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Kawaii Kon to Host Voice Actress/Singer Yuu Asakawa
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Kawaii Kon announced on Tuesday that it will host voice actress and singer Yuu Asakawa at the March 16-18 event in Honolulu.
Asakawa has voiced roles in more than 70 anime titles, including Love Hina (Motoko), Azumanga Daioh (Sakaki), Bubblegum Crisis 2040 (Priss), and Amagami SS (Hibiki), and she also lent her voice to the Vocaloid 2 virtual singer character Megurine Luka. Asakawa sang theme songs for Bubblegum Crisis 2040, the Love Hina X'mas Special - Silent Eve, and Majikoi - Oh! Samurai Girls!, and voiced roles in the Final Fantasy XIII and Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII video games. Arakawa previously attended Anime Expo in 2010.
Kawaii Kon will also host voice actors Ryō Horikawa (Dragon Ball Z's Vegeta) and Kenichi Miya (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Dragan), and Final Fantasy/Vampire Hunter D artist Yoshitaka Amano. Other confirmed guests include voice actor Johnny Yong Bosch and his rock band EyeShine, voice actress Lisa Ortiz, and voice actors Vic Mignogna and Chris Sabat.
