Katsumasa Ikeda

Katsumasa Ikeda (池田勝正) is a Japanese YouTuber, GoAnimator, Plotagonist, video maker, actor, voice actor and sound effects editor. As a sound effects editor, he is known for his usage of comedy and cartoon sound effects from Hanna-Barbera, Hanna-Barbera Lost Treasures, Warner Bros., Rocky and Bullwinkle, Cartoon Express, Turner Entertainment Co., Animation Collection, Cartoon Trax from The Hollywood Edge and Series 4000 Hollywood.

He is the older brother of Heiichirō Ikeda, who's also an actor, voice actor and sound effects editor using sounds from The Hollywood Edge. His best friend was Fuyuki Kurokawa, who's a director and cinematographer.

Career
Katsumasa began his career by making his own videos using Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere at the age of 18. In 2004, Fuyuki Kurokawa made a sketch comedy series called Katsumasa Ikeda's Sketch Comedy Show (池田かつまさのスケッチコメディーショー).

On August 13, 2012, Katsumasa created his Nico Nico account. He joined GoAnimate (now Vyond) and made his first video called "My first video on GoAnimate" (GoAnimateの最初の動画) and published it on YouTube and Nico Nico Douga.

On July 23, 2014, Katsumasa joined Plotagon and made his first Plotagon video called The First Japanese Video on Plotagon (Plotagonでの最初の日本語動画). He published it on YouTube and Nico Nico Douga.