Kin-Yoobi Con Guests

Akai Sky
DBR
Eloquence
Eve-Lynne Miyasaki
Fujiko-Chan
Robert Axelrod
Shogunate
Steven Savage

Preface (前書き)

Kin-Yoobi Con 2009 is going to be filled with cool special guests. Panelists, DJs, and voice actors are just some of the types of guest that we will feature at the con. Our special guests are eager to share their passion, whether it be a love of anime or other interest, with our attendees. Check this section often for new additions to our special guests line up.

Robert Axelrod (ラバートエツラド)

Robert Axelrod has carved a career in show business that runs the gamut. Born and raised in New York City, he did commercials and theater as a child and teen, eventually ending up in the Soho Avant-garde Theater scene in a show called “Little Trips”, then Off-Broadway in a play called “The Destroyers”. Axelrod left acting for the world of music. He spent eight years as a working rock musician playing electric bass and singing in folk, rock, and soul bands. Music brought him to Los Angeles where he decided to return to acting, a decision he never regrets.

Since then, Mr. Axelrod has appeared in over thirty feature films including four with Charles Bronson, the Sci-Fi hit remake “The Blob” with Kevin Dillon and many others. Television appearances include guest star roles on “Amazing Stories”, “Star Trek Voyager”, and “The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. He also starred in the Michael Jackson music video “Stranger in Moscow”.

Mr. Axelrod is also a busy voice over artist. He is the voice of Lord Zedd and Finster on the “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers”. The Lord Zedd voice is one of the most recognizable character voices around. He voiced Armadillomon and Wizardmon on “Digimon, Microchip, The Punisher’s sidekick, on “Spiderman”, Rico on “Robotech”, and has voiced countless Anime features including “Akira”, “The Big O”, “Cowboy Bebop”, “Brain Scratch”, et al. As Lord Zedd, he starred in both the first Power Rangers feature film and the wildly popular live show that toured the country. He was a regular character on Saban Entertainment’s “Wowser” series (as Ratso Catso), “Journey To The Heart of the World” (as Scarface), “Hallo Spencer” (as Elmer), and more. He just finished narrating the mockumentary “Safety First: The Rise of Women and voicing four Anime series, “Gaiking”, “Danguard Ace”, “Captain Horlock”, and “The Adventures of Nadja”.

Steven Savage (スティーヴンサーヴェージュ)

Steven Savage is an unrepentant technophile, history buff, and enthusiast for the unusual - in short, a complete nerd. However he has also been an IT professional since 1996, and a person who actively keeps track of the economy and the job market. He has helped many a friend and co-worker through job and career issues, so I also started speaking on careers.

Over the years he has developed a basic philosohpy on how people who are part of or participate in "the geekonomy" can guide their careers and find more satisfaction and purpose in their lives. It all starts with finding out your passions and inclinations - and few people are more passionate than your average technophile, sci-fi fan, or anime buff!

You can read the latest news analysis, reviews, and advice from his and his co-blogger, and the occasional guest, at the blog Fan To Pro.

Fujiko-chan (フジコちゃん)

Fujiko-Chan is a San Francisco-based Japanese band playing “anything goes”- style Rock. 70's and 80's Japanese feel with a bit of hard-edged spice to it.

Originally formed in 2003. Featuring powerful, sassy and very sexy vocalist naoko Mine and Koichi Mine on Guitar. And Taro Mine on Drums joined 2005. FC accelerated its energy since K Mine joined on bass in 2008. Very First EP HIMITSU 秘密 was released in April 2008. (Himitsu means Secret, so come to FC show to find out!)

Adding to the performance at local venues, Fujiko-Chan is appearing a lot of anime conventions this year, such as AOD, FanimeCon and Anime Expo. Now FC is back to Kin-Yoobi Con 2009 to rock with you!

Akai Sky (赤いスカイ)

akai SKY stands as the premier American Jrock band in Northern California. The San Francisco-based band fuses Japanese lyrics and heavy rock sounds to create a unique mesh of music. The band tours all across California, as well as throughout the country, including Nevada, Texas and Florida.

The band played at venues celebrating Asian culture, such as Fanime's MusicFest with bands from Japan, as well as Anime Expo, the largest anime convention in the United States. With a plethora of shows under their belts, akai SKY strives to share their distinctive sound with the international music scene. 

Shogunate (ショグナト)

The Shogunate is a group of artists united by a love of music, japanese animation, and untied from the bonds that hold most people back. The group was originally called The West Coast Samurai Ninja Klan, and mainly dabbled in parodies of popular a-pop and j-pop songs.

The original members were West Coast Samurai, and Lonewolf, followed in a year or so later, by Nocamaru, then Seraph. In 2007, Bob $wole joined the group.

But, times are never easy for any great band. Bob $wole had to leave the Bay Area for Atlanta, and Seraph and WCS had to leave the stage for personal reasons. The group was devastated.

For maybe a week. Two of the remaining members, Nocamaru, and Lonewolf, then embarked on a side project, called Break Through Heaven. While The Shogunate's music combined Rythm & Blues, Hip Hop, Rock, all very close genres of themselves, BTH was Nocamaru and Lonewolf's excuse to push harder and renew their goal, taking their music a totally different direction.

The side project, which had become the main project, was set aside when Emerging Rock, and another secret character joined The Shogunate in January 2008. Their arrival is only the perfect beginning of The Shogunate's rise to glory (finally.)

A weekly podcast and blogs give you a peek into the minds of these wild otaku, with their crazy dreams and goals.
 

Eloquence (エーロクエンス)

Persuasive Power by Definition. Eloquence is one who understands that by opening up to ideas and exposing themselves to different cultures, one can create an infinite number of possibilities. Entering the hiphop realm at age 15 during his sophmore year at James Logan High School in 2005, Eloquence has since expanded from emceeing to beat boxing, producing and bboying.

Being a multi-talented artist, Eloquence is influenced by various art forms, drifting from one genre to the next to assemble and present to you a genuine sound that'll take you places, (you never know what planet you'll end up on). By staying true to the world, he as been able to incorporate as much of himself into his music as possible to Fedex a style that is nothing less than absolute.

 

DBR (ダレルレコノス)

　
DBR is Darrell Reconose, a rising young gun musician hailing from the bay area of California. A multi-talented guitarist and singer, DBR has already built a reputation in his hometown of Hayward for his skills on the guitar and behind the mic. A culturally diverse musician, Darrell’s musical style covers a wide range of genres including rock, JPop, JRock, progressive metal, techno, hip hop, and beyond. Whether you’re into JPop, blazing guitar acrobatics, or rude, in-your-face prog-metal, there’s something for everybody. Check out his myspace for more info

Eve-Lynne Miyasaki (イフリーンみやさき)

　
DO U WANNA PARTY? LUV 2 KARAOKE? kj EVE'S KARAOKE CLUB does too!

For Non-stop Music, Games, Laughs, Fun, Excitement, etc. etc. etc. check us out at Kin-Yoobi Con 2009 Karaoke Event.

Free! Cosplay karaoke! Free! Tons of Songs to choose from! Free!

Do it for you! Do it for Free!

kj EVE'S KARAOKE CLUB SONG LIST:
go2: http://www.eve-lynne.com/KARAOKE.html

:: ABOUT Eve-Lynne Miyasaki ::

Eve-Lynne moved to the SF Bay Area from Hawaii in 2000. She was trained by Remy Abelliera (Blue Water Cafe, Waikiki) to be a karaoke jockey (KJ). Name sound familar? Reno Abelliera, famous Waimea short board surfer, is Remy’s bro. Lenson Sonoda (Blue Water Cafe, Waikiki, and Top of the Ilikai, Honolulu), his cuz, trained her to do a high energy, culturally diverse karaoke show. It’s all in the family! In Waikiki, she has worked various music gigs as a KJ at Outrigger Hotel, Blue Water Cafe, and private parties.

While in Hawaii, she had a band called the ACID ROCK PARTY, a.k.a. the PSYCHEDELIC ROCK PARTY, an alternative/acid rock band, which played at the Sting, Ala Moana Hotel; Snappers, Waikiki; Anna Bananas, Honolulu, and private parties. She performed as a jazz vocalist at Magner's on the Park, and with pianist, Danny Ironstone, at the New Orleans Bistro, Waikiki. She worked as a hapa Hawaiian singer and hula dancer for the Ebbtides at conventions.

Since returning to the mainland, she has worked as a KJ for Acapulco Restaurant and Cantina in Santa Clara for over seven years. Recently, an Oakland club, Luka's, c/o of Grand & Broadway, Uptown Oakland, has added her karaoke show to their weekly entertainment line-up: Luka's Urban Monday Night now includes Old Skool vs. New Skool Karaoke. Most recently, she worked as a back-up singer for Zakiya Hooker, when she played at the Club Jazz Nouveau in San Francisco.

Her vocal coach is Nate Pruitt: http://www.primarycolorsmusic.com

Hobbies: sewing cosplay costumes, drawing Anime, making Maya animations, singing karaoke, and belly dance.

For more info about her go to: http://www.eve-lynne.com.