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Van Kahel is a Filipino content creator & bilingual voice actor. They are best known for their original animated series on Facebook (mostly part of the Kahel-verse) & their extensive vocal range in original & dubbed voice roles, both in the Filipino (& sometimes the English) language.
Early life[]
Van Kahel was born on April 19, 2000 in the University of Santo Tomas Hospital, where their parents lived near & also worked at. They spent their entire education in the University of Santo Tomas, where attended grade school, high school, & college.
Career[]
Van debuted on Facebook on February 2014, with their first video being about The LEGO Movie Videogame. Among their earliest online content (some of which are still apparent to this day) were yearly LEGO reviews of certain sub-brands compiled into their respective videos. They ventured into animated series starting with Messing Up Work & Girls of the Future, which would receive adequate popularity among Filipinos. Other content they would go on to create include Mga Problema sa Mundo, a series covering issues in the Internet & in society.
Aside from the voice acting roles in their own channel, Van would go on to become a voice actor, dubber, & dub scriptwriter & revisionist in the Filipino & (to a lesser extent) English languages for other companies, YouTube channels, creators, etc. starting mid-2019. They have notably worked with Hit Productions & Synchresis Inc.
They also work for some part-time animation jobs, such as their involvement in Teenage Robot Rebooted as a layout artist & background designer. They also published Psychic Gamer: The Full 1st Season & The Unlikely Guys Comic Collection, which were a refined versions of some childhood comics they made. A 2nd season follow-up book for the 1st season of Psychic Gamer, called Psychic Gamer: The Full 2nd Season, was released on 2025.
Van also released some of their original projects in theaters, with all being distributed by Dreamscape Entertainment. Among the films they released include Ang Whatchamacallit Sisters, which came out on April 3, 2024, & was released on their YouTube channel on May 29 that same year. Their miniseries, Deep Siders, was released as a compilation movie in a limited release starting October 26, 2022, which was also the airdate of its series finale.
Personal life[]
Van identifies as genderfluid, using they/he/she pronouns. They are also a strong advocate for human rights, using their social media to spread word about their views on certain issues aside from their aforementioned series Mga Problema sa Mundo.
Ideas Wiki Roles[]
Filmography[]
Note: If the fanon work is unmarked with (Filipino), it means that is already in the Filipino language &/or has a localized title for the Philippines.
- Messing Up Work - Katie, Tony
- Girls of the Future - Buttercup, Boomer
- Bendy vs....? - Bendy, Edgar
- Faz-Madness!!! - Bonnie (classic, toy, & nightmare versions), Balloon Boy (classic & phantom versions), Plushtrap
- Amphibia (Filipino) - Sprig Plantar
- SpongeBob SquarePants (Filipino) - Mama Bass, Beanie McBeans, Jack Griffo
- The Buzz on Maggie (Filipino) - Maggie Pesky
- S.O.S. Pilipinas - Private Danilo
- Kwaranting Jerkholes - Van
- Godzilla vs. Kong (Filipino) - Dra. Ilene Andrews, Josh
- Mga Sunud-sunuran - robot henchmen
- Chibiverse (Filipino) - Sprig Plantar, Maggie Pesky
- Deep Siders - Dave, Ate Hilfa
- 5 Gabi sa Freddy's - Vanessa Shelly/Afton
- Ang Whatchamacallit Sisters - in-universe film director
- Godzilla x Kong: Ang Bagong Imperyo - Dra. Ilene Andrews, Trapper, Hampton
- Borderlands (2025, Filipino) - Claptrap
- Transformers: Simula - B-127, Soundwave
- Anora (Filipino) - Ivan Zakharov
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Filipino) - Shadow the Hedgehog
- Looney Tunes: Ang Araw na Sumabog ang Mundo - Invader
- Novocaine (Filipino) - Nathan Caine
- Ang Minecraft Movie - Henry, Malgosha, Nitwit
- Dog Man (Filipino) - Petey, Sarah, Flippy
- Superman (2025, Filipino) - Superman
- 5 Gabi sa Freddy's 2 - Vanessa Afton