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February 22, 2006

News for Kawaii Kon 2006:

Kawaii Kon announces Yoko Ishida as guest of honor

HONOLULU, HI- 2/22/06- Kawaii Kon is pleased to announce that Yoko Ishida will be joining us as a guest of honor for Kawaii Kon 2006! We are honored to include Ms. Ishida in an amazing line-up of special guests for this event.

Ms. Ishida first broke onto the music scene with the Sailor Moon R series. Since then, she has taken the industry by storm, providing theme songs for such notable series as Pretear, Ai Yori Aoshi, Litle Snow Fairy Sugar, Gunparade March, Texhnolyze, the Ah! My Goddess tv series, Shakugan no SHANA, and This Ugly and Beautiful World, just to name a few. She also sings the ending theme song for the videogame Red Ninja: End of Honor.

In addition to her anime work, Ms. Ishida also has two full- length albums out- sweets, and Yoko Ishida-All of Me. In the midst of her busy schedule, she also finds the time to serve as co-host of the popular japanese radio program Okui Masami Kiss 3.

ABOUT KAWAII KON: Kawaii Kon is Hawaii's premiere anime convention. Drawing almost 2000 attendees from all over the world it's first year, this 2nd year promises to be even bigger, with 3 times the vendors, guests and convention space!! For more information and updates, please visit www.kawaii-kon.org