CDawgVA
Connor Marc Colquhoun, known online as CDawg or CDawgVA, is a Welsh voice actor, YouTuber, streamer, and podcaster based in Japan. He is affiliated with the Kadokawa-backed agency GeeXPlus.
Career
Colquhoun created his YouTube channel CDawgVA in February 2014. He moved to Tokyo in November 2019 to begin working as a content creator for the Kadokawa-backed agency GeeXPlus, which aimed to utilise his platform to promote anime and Japanese culture to the rest of the world.In February 2020, Colquhoun joined Joey "The Anime Man" Bizinger and Garnt "Gigguk" Maneetapho in creating and hosting the weekly podcast Trash Taste, where they discuss anime, manga, otaku culture, and their experiences living in Japan. All episodes were made available on YouTube, Spotify, and iTunes.
In both 2020 and 2021, Colquhoun was a presenter at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards. In August 2020, he participated in the livestreamed chess tournament Tournament Arc, hosted by Chess.com for anime YouTubers. He lost to Gigguk in the finals. In the July 2021 sequel championship, Tournament Arc 2, he finished in fourth place.
On 11 December 2022, Colquhoun participated in a surprise "chess-slap" match with Ludwig Ahgren at the Mogul Chessboxing Championship, held at the Galen Center in Los Angeles.
On 1 March 2023, Colquhoun announced that he would be exclusively streaming on Twitch after signing an agreement. From 26 July to 18 August 2023, he participated in the PogChamps chess tournament series, securing the championship at PogChamps 5.
In October 2024, Colquhoun was announced as a board member of GeeXplus, tasked with overseeing the growth and development of new talent while providing guidance on production strategies.
Style
Many of Colquhoun's videos feature him cosplaying and roleplaying, with roles ranging from hosts, butlers, pole dancers, and visual kei musicians. His YouTube channel gained popularity due to his anime content, with his favorite anime being JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.Colquhoun is well-known for his streaming collaborations with the vTuber Ironmouse; he has described himself as being the "straight man" to Ironmouse's "chaotic" personality.
Charity work
In 2022, Colquhoun and fellow YouTuber Chris "Abroad in Japan" Broad participated in an eight-day "cyclethon" across Hokkaido to raise funds for the Immune Deficiency Foundation. The cycle was streamed on Twitch and raised over $310,000. The event won Best Philanthropic Stream Event at the 2022 Streamer Awards.In 2023, Colquhoun and Broad followed-up with a second cyclethon across Kyushu. The nine-day bike ride from Fukuoka to Kitakyushu, via the perimeter of Kyushu, raised over $555,000 for the Immune Deficiency Foundation. Later that year, Colquhoun was the auctioneer of a charity auction at the Biltmore Los Angeles. The auction featured unique items from various Twitch and YouTube streamers, raising over $329,000 for the Immune Deficiency Foundation.
In 2024, Colquhoun and Broad did a third cyclethon from Yamaguchi to Tokyo. The two-week bike ride included guest cyclists Garnt "Gigguk" Maneetapho, Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg, Peter "PremierTwo" Macy, and Natsuki Aso; it raised over $1 million for the Immune Deficiency Foundation. Later that year, Colquhoun organised and presented his second charity auction on Twitch, raising a total of $517,874 for the Immune Deficiency Foundation with contributions from streamers like Ludwig Ahgren, Jeremy "Jerma985" Elbertson, and Imane "Pokimane" Anys.
In 2025, Colquhoun and Broad completed a fourth cyclethon, this time from Hokkaido to Tokyo. The 15-day, 1,200 km bike ride again included various guests, such as Gigguk, PewDiePie, Rob "robcdee" Dee, and Peter Macy, again raising over $1 million for the Immune Deficiency Foundation.