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| Takaaki Kidani starts off with the press con address (courtesy of CharaExpo) |
Apart from the minor change of venue to Expo Hall 7, CharaExpo announced the following:
Yoichi Takahashi (Mangaka of Captain Tsubasa)
CharaExpo starts out with the announcement of Yoichi Takahashi. This name is well known to the readers of the soccer manga Captain Tsubasa. Complementing the announcement was the appearance of Albirex Niigata (SG) goalkeeper Mr Kenjiro Ogino.
Maon Kurosaki!
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| Maon Kurosaki video greeting |
The power vocals of Maon Kurosaki will entrance attendees in the upcoming event. The last she stepped into our region's J-Culture event was as a guest performer for Anime Festival Asia Malaysia in 2012. She will definitely one of the most anticipated guest artistes for CharaExpo
Ryo Horikawa!
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| Another big reveal: Mr Ryo Horikawa, seiyuu of Vegeta (credits CharaExpo) |
Seiyuu Ryo Horikawa was revealed as another guest seiyuu. He is most known for being the seiyuu of the character Vegeta from Dragonball Z.
Fight Cards for NJPW!
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| Are you ready Singapore? NJPW coming soon! |
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| Mr Kaname Tezuka |
This is the one that I'm most eagerly anticipating. NJPW President Kaname Tezuka announced some new names for the NJPW list. Captain New Japan, Sho Tanaka and Yohei Komatsu joins the already strong roster of wrestlers. New updates on the layout of the NJPW wrestling ring and event goers will have to take note that first row seats are ticketed. However, we were assured that tickets would be affordable. Also the Fight Cards were revealed. Tentative matchups would be the following. List could be changed following up to match day:
Sat Matchup
Yohei Komatsu VS Sho Tanaka
Jushin Thunder Liger, Togi Makabe, Hirooki Goto VS Gedo, Yoshi-Hashi, Kazuchika Okada
Captain New Japan & Hiroshi Tanahashi VS Toru Yano & Shinsuke Nakamura
Sun Matchup
Yohei Komatsu VS Sho Tanaka
Captain New Japan, Togi Makabe, Hirooki Goto VS Yoshi-Hashi, Toru Yano, Shinsuke Nakamura
Jushin Tiger Liger & Hiroshi Tanahashi VS Gedo & Kazuchika Okada
Aimi shops visit
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| The lovable seiyuu Aimi! (credits CharaExpo) |
Aimi sang the ending theme for Fairy Tail!
Voice actress / Singer Aimi would be visiting selected shops around Singapore to promote CharaExpo. This lady is notable for voice acting roles in Cardfight Vanguard and also a member of the Milky Holmes Feathers singing unit. During the evening, we visited La Tendo and Rapid Culture in Funan as they're one of the selected shops. A large crowd was there waiting in line for her autograph.
Cosplay
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| Featured Guest cosplayers (credits to CharaExpo) |
A cosplay competition will be held in the venue itself with the winner representing Singapore for the upcoming Tokyo Game Show in September. In addition, guest cosplayers gracing the event will be Tatsumi Inui, KANAME and Shin Izumi
More Experience Zones!
More experience zones were revealed during the press con. The overall layout of the different booths and experience areas was shown, fans certainly can expect a great amount of content. Inclusive will be a main stage where talks and performances will take place. Also, event goers will have a designated area, a mini stage, for autograph, photo-taking and live drawing sessions.
Fans of anime will be glad to know of a movie area which movies such as "Dragonball Z Movie: Revival of F" and "Naruto: The Last Naruto Movie" will be shown free. And if that does not entice fans, loads of booths from big name exhibitors such as Good Smile Company, Sony and Amuse scattered around the convention. For card gamers, they can showcase their skills at the Bushiroad Card Game Area booth.
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| From left, Mr Takaaki Kidani, Aimi, Kaname Tezuka and Kenjiro Ogino (Credits CharaExpo) |
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