Japan Expo Announces You Kikkawa as Special Musical Guest & Official Reporter for Debut Event

Santa Clara, CA – August 1st, 2013 – Japan Expo is pleased to announce You Kikkawa as their special musical guest & official reporter for their inaugural Santa Clara event!

Kikkawa entered Hello Pro Egg in 2007, and has been active since 2007. She made her solo debut on May 11, 2011 with the single “Kikkake wa You!”. Her single “Kokokara Hajimarunda!” was released on July, 11th and the following one, “Darling to Madonna”, was the ending song of the anime “Sengoku Collection”.

Not only a talented singer, Kikkawa has also tried her hand at acting. She had a main role in the 2011 film Cheerfu11y released by Universal Music Japan. Kikkawa also appears in the Japanese television drama Hancho 6 and radio “Kikkawa You no! Radio Yattemikka!” as well.

Kikkawa will be performing live, doing panels and signing autographs at the event. She has previously attended Japan Expo Centre as well as Japan Expo Belgium, and Japan Expo is extremely excited to have her at the 1st Impact in Santa Clara!

About Japan Expo and SEFA Entertainment

Japan Expo is the premier event of SEFA Entertainment, based in San Francisco, California. SEFA Entertainment is the American subsidiary of JTS Group, originators of Japan Expo located in Paris, France. Founded in 1999, Japan Expo is the largest Japanese popular culture event of its kind in Europe, and one of the largest in the world with 219,614 certified attendees in 2012.

Since the creation of this event the Japan Expo brand has expanded to include a number of events across Europe throughout the calendar year. Japan Expo is now expanding to include North America as well. Working together with JTS Group, SEFA Entertainment is committed to bringing its unique skillset and expertise to create our first event “Japan Expo, 1st Impact” in Santa Clara, California from August 23rd-25th, 2013.

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