Yuu Asakawa is Coming to Kami-Con! Plus, a VOCALOID Fan Concert!

Voice actress Yuu Asakawa, known for voicing Crypton’s VOCALOID Megurine Luka, will be at Kami-Con!

Megurine Luka @ Kami-Con Season 9!

GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT!Ever wanted to meet a Vocaloid? Now you can!MEGURINE LUKA comes to Kami-Con!Come see Yuu Asakawa, Japanese voice actress and voice provider for Luka's vocal samples! She's also popularly known as Sakaki from Azumanga Daioh, Rider from Fate/stay night, and Motoko from Love Hina!Please join us in welcoming her to Kami-Con Season 9!Get your tickets TODAY and SAVE 22%!http://kamicon9.eventbrite.com/Jan. 27-29 @ BJCC in Birmingham, ALwww.kamicon.net

Posted by Kami-Con on Wednesday, November 9, 2016

In addition to voicing Luka, Yuu has given her voice to famous characters such as Sakaki from Azumanga Daioh, Rider from the Fate series, Norimi from K-On!, Leone from Akame ga Kill!, Lebreau from the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy, and many more! She is also the co-host of the internet web show Otaku Verse Zero, alongside Otaku USA editor-in-chief Patrick Macias.

In addition, Yuu’s appearance at Kami-Con marks the convention’s first-ever Japanese voice actress guest! Congratulations to Kami-Con and Yuu Asakawa!

Fan Concert

There’s also a VOCALOID fan concert available at Kami-Con as well!

This authorized fan-made concert is brought to you by Synthesized Reality Productions.

About Kami-Con

Kami-Con is a 3-day convention that celebrates Japanese and geek culture, anime and manga, cosplay, tabletop and video gaming, comics, TV shows, movies, and much, much more! Kami-Con is also a uniquely interactive convention in which it features events that allow con-goers to affect the outcome of its story!

It’ll be taking place in the BJCC’s East Exhibit Halls in Birmingham, Alabama, from Friday, January 27th, 2017, to Sunday, January 29th, 2017.

If you would like to order tickets, check out the Eventbrite link here. Tickets are available in single day and full-weekend passes. However, there’s no schedule yet, so we don’t know when the VOCALOID related events will occur.

Stay tuned to VNN for any more information that may surface! And be sure to follow Kami-Con’s Facebook for more guest announcements!


Sources: Kami-Con Official Website, Kami-Con’s Page About Yuu Asakawa, Kami-Con’s Page About SRP.

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