Kawaii Kon Announces Completed Guest List for 2015 Show
Kawaii Kon's Completed Guest List for the 2015 Show
Honolulu, HI - March 2nd 2015 – Announcing the complete guests of honor list for Kawaii Kon 2015, Hawaii's largest anime convention.
Tōru Furuya - Seiyuu
Tōru Furuya is most known for the roles of Amuro Ray in Mobile Suit Gundam and its following Gundam sequels, Hy?ma Hoshi in Star of the Giants, Pegasus Seiya in Saint Seiya, Yamcha in Dragon Ball, Ky?suke Kasuga in Kimagure Orange Road, and Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask in Sailor Moon. He considers these roles as his most important roles. In addition to these amazing characters, Furuya has been featured in hundreds of anime and video games, and has performed on CDs, radio, and in tokusatsu.
Range Murata – Artist
Range Murata is a Japanese artist and character designer, known for his unique style. His most famous works include the conceptual design work on anime series Last Exile and Blue Submarine No. 6. In addition to designing anime, Range has also worked in video games, creating the character designs for Spy Fiction, a PlayStation 2 game. Finally, Range is also a prolific writer when he isn't designing characters and concepts, with 4 artbooks and 2 doujinshis to his name.
Eir Aoi – Musician
Singing has been Eir Aoi's passion all her life; she fronted a band she formed in high school. Her debut single was “Memoria”, the ending theme of TV anime Fate/Zero, which was #8 on the Oricon single chart and sold close to 60,000 copies. Eir Aoi continued to produce many hit singles that were openings of anime such as: “Aurora”, the opening theme of TV anime Mobile Suit Gundam AGE: Third Generation series; “Innocence”, the opening theme of TV anime Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance series; “Sirius”, the opening theme of TV anime Kill la Kill; and most recently, “IGNITE”, the opening theme song to the popular TV anime series “Sword Art Online II”.
AKIRA – Musician / Fashion Model
AKIRA made her solo debut in the summer of 2014 as a Sony major artist with “Aoki Tsuki Michite,” which was featured as the ending theme of the hit anime series “Black Butler: Book of Circus.” She is also the vocalist for the visual kei band “DISACODE”, which has released three albums to date. When not singing in her band, AKIRA has been featured on the KERA magazine cover 9 times as an official KERA model for Boy's Style fashion. She has also appeared on the cover of “KERA BOKU” for the first three publications. AKIRA will perform as Kaname Kuran for the new Vampire Knight musical in Japan. Her new single "Kirie Toroimen no Shirabe" will be the main theme for the musical.
Bryce Papenbrook – Voice Actor
Bryce Papenbrook has been a professional voice over artist since the age of eight. He was introduced to the voice acting scene by his father, Bob Papenbrook, and has continued the trade in his footsteps. Bryce has performed in numerous video games, cartoons, and television shows. Some recent roles include Eren Jaeger in Attack on Titan, Kirito in Sword Art Online, Rin Okumura in Blue Exorcist, Chōoki & Lydendor in Tenkai Knights, Makoto Naegi in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, Henry in Fire Emblem Awakening, Issachar in Shin Megami Tensei IV, Asbel Lhant in Tales of Graces F, Zidane Tribal in Final Fantasy Dissidia 012, Masaomi Kida in Durarara!!, and Guan Ping in Dynasty Warriors. Past leading roles include Shugo in .hack//SIGN Legend of the Twilight, Jack in MAR, Jack Russell in Radiata Stories, Hanabusa Aido in Vampire Knight, and Isami Fujiwara in Noein.
Todd Haberkorn – Voice Actor
Todd Haberkorn has been on stage, on set, and behind a mic for many years. Not only is Todd an actor in LA, he works as a producer, writer, and director as well. In the world of anime, Todd got his first major start in Suzuka as Yamato Akitski. From there, he went on to voice roles such as Jadeite from Sailor Moon, Natsu from Fairy Tail, Italy from Hetalia, Ling Yao from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Cheren from Pokémon, Allen Walker from D. Gray Man, Hikaru Hitachin from Ouran High School Host Club, Death the Kid from Soul Eater, and many others. As far as video games go, you'd recognize his voice in the Call of Duty Series, Defiance, World of Warcraft, Street Fighter IV, Ghostbusters, Silent Hill: Book of Memories, Borderlands 2, and Rage to name a handful. His voice makes sure to get its marathon training in as an award winning narrator for audiobooks. Do a Google search and you'll find everything from thrillers and young adult to zombie sagas and children's books. Todd has most recently been cast as Haruka Nanase in Free! Eternal Summer.
Cassandra Morris – Voice Actress
Cassandra entered the anime world as Yubel in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, and later voiced twins Leo and Luna for Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds. Some of her favorite roles include Leafa in Sword Art Online, Taiga in Toradora!, Nami in League of Legends, Kyubey in Madoka Magica, Edea Lee in Bravely Default, Sophie in Tales of Graces f, Sue in Doraemon and Ritsu in K-ON! She can also be heard in the following roles: Nee in Blue Exorcist, Usamaro in Blue Exorcist: The Movie, Lola in Angelo Rules, Leifang in Dead or Alive 5, Aoi Asahina in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, and many more. In 2015, you'll hear Cassandra in the upcoming video games: There Came an ECHO as Grace, Final Fantasy Agito and Final Fantasy Type-0 as Mutsuki.
Rob Paulson – Voice Actor
Rob has voiced beloved characters in several iconic animated series: Yakko Warner in Animaniacs and Carl Wheezer in Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, but may be best known to animation fans the world over as the voice of the boisterous and energetic laboratory mouse Pinky in two hit series Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky and The Brain and Pinky, Elmyra, and The Brain for Warner Brothers. With over 2,000 half-hours of animation to his credit, Rob's versatility shines in his starring roles as the voices of Yakko, Dr. Scratch'N'Sniff and Pinky in the Peabody and the two-time Emmy award-winning series, Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs also for Warner Brothers. He can also be heard as Peck in Back at the Barnyard, Birdbrain in T.U.F.F. Puppy, Jack Fenton in Danny Phantom and various characters, including Mark Chang in Fairly Odd Parents, all on Nickelodeon, as well as a number of Disney projects including The Little Mermaid III; Ariel's Beginning, Jacques and the Grand Duke in Cinderella and the role of Bobble in the Tinkerbell DVD series. For young fans of Play House Disney, Rob provides the voices of Al in Can you teach my Alligator Manners? and Ze Fronk in Tasty Time with Ze Fronk and Toodles in Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
Jess Harnell – Voice Actor
Named by the entertainment industry's Variety magazine as one of the top ten voice actors in the business, the Emmy-nominated Jess Harnell is truly one of the best and busiest. Jess has appeared on practically every animated series on TV from “The Simpsons” to “Fairly Odd Parents” to” Phineas & Ferb.” In addition, he has dozens of starring roles, including “Captain Hero” on Comedy Central's “Drawn Together”, Chilly and The Wicked King on “Doc McStuffins”, “Cedric” on “Sofia the First” and “Wakko” on Steven Spielberg's “Animaniacs”, winner of multiple Emmy awards including Best Animated Series and the prestigious Peabody Award. Jess is currently the lead singer in the acclaimed 80's metal/pop mash-up band “Rock Sugar”, sharing stages with such rock legends as AC/DC, Slash and Aerosmith.
About Kawaii Kon: Kawaii Kon is dedicated to creating a broader awareness of, and appreciation for Japanese animation by celebrating the richness of this art form. Through cooperation with the community, Kawaii Kon hopes to facilitate growth of the anime, manga and related industries in Hawaii and beyond. In addition to providing a central event for fans and enthusiasts, Kawaii Kon seeks to become a vehicle for sharing and disseminating industry information. Kawaii Kon also provides the community and related industries the opportunity to network and conduct business.
Kawaii Kon will be held at the Hawaii Convention Center from March 27th – 29th, 2015. For more information please visit: www.kawaiikon.com
Honolulu, HI - March 2nd 2015 – Announcing the complete guests of honor list for Kawaii Kon 2015, Hawaii's largest anime convention.
Tōru Furuya - Seiyuu
Tōru Furuya is most known for the roles of Amuro Ray in Mobile Suit Gundam and its following Gundam sequels, Hy?ma Hoshi in Star of the Giants, Pegasus Seiya in Saint Seiya, Yamcha in Dragon Ball, Ky?suke Kasuga in Kimagure Orange Road, and Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask in Sailor Moon. He considers these roles as his most important roles. In addition to these amazing characters, Furuya has been featured in hundreds of anime and video games, and has performed on CDs, radio, and in tokusatsu.
Range Murata – Artist
Range Murata is a Japanese artist and character designer, known for his unique style. His most famous works include the conceptual design work on anime series Last Exile and Blue Submarine No. 6. In addition to designing anime, Range has also worked in video games, creating the character designs for Spy Fiction, a PlayStation 2 game. Finally, Range is also a prolific writer when he isn't designing characters and concepts, with 4 artbooks and 2 doujinshis to his name.
Eir Aoi – Musician
Singing has been Eir Aoi's passion all her life; she fronted a band she formed in high school. Her debut single was “Memoria”, the ending theme of TV anime Fate/Zero, which was #8 on the Oricon single chart and sold close to 60,000 copies. Eir Aoi continued to produce many hit singles that were openings of anime such as: “Aurora”, the opening theme of TV anime Mobile Suit Gundam AGE: Third Generation series; “Innocence”, the opening theme of TV anime Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance series; “Sirius”, the opening theme of TV anime Kill la Kill; and most recently, “IGNITE”, the opening theme song to the popular TV anime series “Sword Art Online II”.
AKIRA – Musician / Fashion Model
AKIRA made her solo debut in the summer of 2014 as a Sony major artist with “Aoki Tsuki Michite,” which was featured as the ending theme of the hit anime series “Black Butler: Book of Circus.” She is also the vocalist for the visual kei band “DISACODE”, which has released three albums to date. When not singing in her band, AKIRA has been featured on the KERA magazine cover 9 times as an official KERA model for Boy's Style fashion. She has also appeared on the cover of “KERA BOKU” for the first three publications. AKIRA will perform as Kaname Kuran for the new Vampire Knight musical in Japan. Her new single "Kirie Toroimen no Shirabe" will be the main theme for the musical.
Bryce Papenbrook – Voice Actor
Bryce Papenbrook has been a professional voice over artist since the age of eight. He was introduced to the voice acting scene by his father, Bob Papenbrook, and has continued the trade in his footsteps. Bryce has performed in numerous video games, cartoons, and television shows. Some recent roles include Eren Jaeger in Attack on Titan, Kirito in Sword Art Online, Rin Okumura in Blue Exorcist, Chōoki & Lydendor in Tenkai Knights, Makoto Naegi in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, Henry in Fire Emblem Awakening, Issachar in Shin Megami Tensei IV, Asbel Lhant in Tales of Graces F, Zidane Tribal in Final Fantasy Dissidia 012, Masaomi Kida in Durarara!!, and Guan Ping in Dynasty Warriors. Past leading roles include Shugo in .hack//SIGN Legend of the Twilight, Jack in MAR, Jack Russell in Radiata Stories, Hanabusa Aido in Vampire Knight, and Isami Fujiwara in Noein.
Todd Haberkorn – Voice Actor
Todd Haberkorn has been on stage, on set, and behind a mic for many years. Not only is Todd an actor in LA, he works as a producer, writer, and director as well. In the world of anime, Todd got his first major start in Suzuka as Yamato Akitski. From there, he went on to voice roles such as Jadeite from Sailor Moon, Natsu from Fairy Tail, Italy from Hetalia, Ling Yao from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Cheren from Pokémon, Allen Walker from D. Gray Man, Hikaru Hitachin from Ouran High School Host Club, Death the Kid from Soul Eater, and many others. As far as video games go, you'd recognize his voice in the Call of Duty Series, Defiance, World of Warcraft, Street Fighter IV, Ghostbusters, Silent Hill: Book of Memories, Borderlands 2, and Rage to name a handful. His voice makes sure to get its marathon training in as an award winning narrator for audiobooks. Do a Google search and you'll find everything from thrillers and young adult to zombie sagas and children's books. Todd has most recently been cast as Haruka Nanase in Free! Eternal Summer.
Cassandra Morris – Voice Actress
Cassandra entered the anime world as Yubel in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, and later voiced twins Leo and Luna for Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds. Some of her favorite roles include Leafa in Sword Art Online, Taiga in Toradora!, Nami in League of Legends, Kyubey in Madoka Magica, Edea Lee in Bravely Default, Sophie in Tales of Graces f, Sue in Doraemon and Ritsu in K-ON! She can also be heard in the following roles: Nee in Blue Exorcist, Usamaro in Blue Exorcist: The Movie, Lola in Angelo Rules, Leifang in Dead or Alive 5, Aoi Asahina in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, and many more. In 2015, you'll hear Cassandra in the upcoming video games: There Came an ECHO as Grace, Final Fantasy Agito and Final Fantasy Type-0 as Mutsuki.
Rob Paulson – Voice Actor
Rob has voiced beloved characters in several iconic animated series: Yakko Warner in Animaniacs and Carl Wheezer in Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, but may be best known to animation fans the world over as the voice of the boisterous and energetic laboratory mouse Pinky in two hit series Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky and The Brain and Pinky, Elmyra, and The Brain for Warner Brothers. With over 2,000 half-hours of animation to his credit, Rob's versatility shines in his starring roles as the voices of Yakko, Dr. Scratch'N'Sniff and Pinky in the Peabody and the two-time Emmy award-winning series, Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs also for Warner Brothers. He can also be heard as Peck in Back at the Barnyard, Birdbrain in T.U.F.F. Puppy, Jack Fenton in Danny Phantom and various characters, including Mark Chang in Fairly Odd Parents, all on Nickelodeon, as well as a number of Disney projects including The Little Mermaid III; Ariel's Beginning, Jacques and the Grand Duke in Cinderella and the role of Bobble in the Tinkerbell DVD series. For young fans of Play House Disney, Rob provides the voices of Al in Can you teach my Alligator Manners? and Ze Fronk in Tasty Time with Ze Fronk and Toodles in Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
Jess Harnell – Voice Actor
Named by the entertainment industry's Variety magazine as one of the top ten voice actors in the business, the Emmy-nominated Jess Harnell is truly one of the best and busiest. Jess has appeared on practically every animated series on TV from “The Simpsons” to “Fairly Odd Parents” to” Phineas & Ferb.” In addition, he has dozens of starring roles, including “Captain Hero” on Comedy Central's “Drawn Together”, Chilly and The Wicked King on “Doc McStuffins”, “Cedric” on “Sofia the First” and “Wakko” on Steven Spielberg's “Animaniacs”, winner of multiple Emmy awards including Best Animated Series and the prestigious Peabody Award. Jess is currently the lead singer in the acclaimed 80's metal/pop mash-up band “Rock Sugar”, sharing stages with such rock legends as AC/DC, Slash and Aerosmith.
About Kawaii Kon: Kawaii Kon is dedicated to creating a broader awareness of, and appreciation for Japanese animation by celebrating the richness of this art form. Through cooperation with the community, Kawaii Kon hopes to facilitate growth of the anime, manga and related industries in Hawaii and beyond. In addition to providing a central event for fans and enthusiasts, Kawaii Kon seeks to become a vehicle for sharing and disseminating industry information. Kawaii Kon also provides the community and related industries the opportunity to network and conduct business.
Kawaii Kon will be held at the Hawaii Convention Center from March 27th – 29th, 2015. For more information please visit: www.kawaiikon.com
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