DJ Wong was born and raised in 7 mile, Detroit, Michigan. She was influenced musically at a young age by R&B, Hip Hop, and Soul, which were prolific in Detroit. She has had an ear for music since the day she was born. After moving to Los Angeles as a young teenager she started attending underground parties and became obsessed with the trance scene. Ever since, she has had a burning desire to get behind the decks. While pursuing a Real Estate Finance degree at University of Los Angeles, DJ Wong began working behind the scenes at events at the back lots of Universal studios, Paramount studios, events like the MTV Awards, BET Awards, Private Estates and boat parties. She worked behind the scenes with DJ’s who inspired her even more to pursue dj-ing and producing music on her own terms. She has been practicing and learning her skills and is now ready to rock the dance floor herself, with her style of music, a sense of trance, with cooling sensation music that has not yet been heard, music that will move people for generations to come. She has been in Los Angeles for over twenty years and watched the music industry change. She is currently working with some prominent music producers in the scene. She is currently in the studio and expected to release her own solo album, “Cooling” by December 2011. It will contain both remixes and original tracks. She hopes to be touring the world supporting her album after its release. She hopes that crowd’s can’t go wrong, with DJ Wong.
Ramen Tree & Choichi Kai Ramen Tree is Japanese folk music at home in Los Angeles. The tunes may be familiar--many are hundreds of years old. But Ramen Tree re-imagines these classics in a Western Pop context. Whether it’s bossa nova, beach pop, or blues, the melodies that have been played in Japan for generations, sound a little different with the rhythms and instrumentation that come straight from the City of Angels. Japanese folk music has never sounded this vibrant, this modern and this cool before.
The infectious melodies and upbeat rhythms of the ancestral music of Okinawa have drawn musicians from all over the world to study and perform on the islands. Choichi Kai, LA Shibu is a group of Okinawan Sanshin players under the direction of Choichi Terukina, a Japanese National Living Treasure living in Okinawa. Led by Kyoushi Ryan Nakamatsu, the group was recently recognized as Terukina's first Dojo on the U.S. mainland. The group is a part of the Afuso Ryu school in Okinawa, and while they perform Okinawan Minyo and modern Okinawan Pop, Terukina and his dojo is best known for its performance of Koten, Okinawan Classical Music.
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Stephanie Yanez
Stephanie Yanez is an American Jpop singer, Virtual Idol of Japanese anime avatar site TinierMe.com, and Anime Expo’s AX Idol. She has toured all over the States and in Japan. She has been seen on T.V. as the Tokyo Reporter for Anime Select’s Comcast On Demand documentary “Crazy Sexy Tokyo”. Miss Yanez has released numerous CD’S and singles which are all on iTunes, Amazon,etc. She has worked with Crypton Future Media, Gcrest, Aniplex USA, I’VE Sound, Geneon USA, Victor Entertainment, and Broccoli on numerous projects. She has opened up and shared the same stage with Kotoko, Yousei Teikoku, and Nikka Costa. stephanieyanez.com
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The Animaid Cafe and Pacific Media Expo Harajuku Fashion Show AniMaid Cafe is a maid café with an anime twist. We are here to entertain and serve otaku like ourselves who would like to have the chance to experience the ultimate in modern customer service/entertainment experience. AniMaid Café has super moe maids to serve their masters with love and hosts who are gentle and charming to serve our lady guests. We often use cute (or “Moe”) food service, game play at the tables, and/or stage entertainment including song and dance. Some people have compared it to mild traditional Geisha entertainment and service with an Anime emphasis and Victorian costuming and formality. Our goal is to promote Japanese Culture through maid cafe, anime, and music. We bring the service and feeling similar to maid café following the pop-Japanese culture model created in Akihabara, Japan and to promote the unique anime lifestyle. Please visit us at www.theanimaidcafe.net or our forum: http://forums.theanimaidcafe.net/
Dig Jelly is a LA based modern Rock band, fronted by a Japanese born female voc/gtr Rayko (whom possesses both angelic voice and a roar from the dark places.. Their energetic/ in your face performance will capture the audience in any given venue!) Dig Jelly performs at anywhere from House of Blues to 2nd Srreet Jazz! Now they are back at the Cherry Blossom Fest! Don't miss out.
Konnichiwa! Most recently you’ve seen these girls with Jack Black belting Skadooosh for Kung Fu Panda 2, throwing love bombs to support Japan relief efforts including their single Tokyo Drift released with Tori Amos and Sara Barailles for Songs of Love for Japan and many more efforts to spread love to Japan. They blast Harajuku and street fashion rockin a beat all their own with electronic dance music, sweet lyrics and loads of fun. These super kawaii girls are American actresses and the J-pop group known as the AJUKU GIRLS! Get the AJUKU GIRLS SINGLE TOKYO DRIFT at http://itunes.apple.com/ and vist them at http://www.ajukugirls.com
Senka is a wonderful J-pop singer and songwriter.
She writes beautiful melodies with unique lyrics.
You can hear many kinds of music influences in her songs.
Jazz, Latin,Classic,Japanese- Enka,also Japanese folksong.
If you like her music, you can buy her album "In the Present Time" on I Tunes, and also CD Baby.
DJ Wong was born and raised in 7 mile, Detroit, Michigan. She was influenced musically at a young age by R&B, Hip Hop, and Soul, which were prolific in Detroit. She has had an ear for music since the day she was born. After moving to Los Angeles as a young teenager she started attending underground parties and became obsessed with the trance scene. Ever since, she has had a burning desire to get behind the decks. While pursuing a Real Estate Finance degree at University of Los Angeles, DJ Wong began working behind the scenes at events at the back lots of Universal studios, Paramount studios, events like the MTV Awards, BET Awards, Private Estates and boat parties. She worked behind the scenes with DJ’s who inspired her even more to pursue dj-ing and producing music on her own terms. She has been practicing and learning her skills and is now ready to rock the dance floor herself, with her style of music, a sense of trance, with cooling sensation music that has not yet been heard, music that will move people for generations to come. She has been in Los Angeles for over twenty years and watched the music industry change. She is currently working with some prominent music producers in the scene. She is currently in the studio and expected to release her own solo album, “Cooling” by December 2011. It will contain both remixes and original tracks. She hopes to be touring the world supporting her album after its release. She hopes that crowd’s can’t go wrong, with DJ Wong.
miwaLyric is a female Nisei hip hop artist who speaks about revolution by the way of words and rhymes. Through music she brings awareness and spreads the word of history to the new generation. With albums released and online, such as itunes.com, miwaLyric has paid her dues during her teen years. Currently, with her clothing line that benefits children in need, miwaLyric is making her way around the world with plans of building up a theater for children to express through the music and arts.
Mochi Café was founded on August 16, 2009 by head maids Koko and Aura. Mochi Cafe had a lot of thought put into as a major project. We plan to show up at as many convention centers around California, and hopefully other states in the future. Not everyone gets to travel out of the country, let alone to Japan's infamous maid cafes. So we, as well as other groups, plan to bring the culture and unique experience of Japanese maid cafes to the United States
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Tsugaru Shamisen is a traditional Japanese instrument with just three strings. Naoki Atkins, age 14, will introduce you to its distinctive Japanese sound. He will perfom as a Solo act and will accompany the Hollywood Entertainment Academy show on J-Pop stage. www.jpthreestrings.com
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Hollywood Entertainment Hollywood Entertainment Academy was established 4 years ago for Japanese people who want to make it in Hollywood Entertainment Business. We teach acting, singing, dancing voice over, modeling and martial arts. Some of our students have signed with major agencies in the U.S. and Japan. The school director Yoshitomo Kaneda also established the martial arts dojo called Sogo Jiukenjitsu Kaneda Dojo, means mixed martial arts Kande dojo. We teach karate based mixed martial arts, self defense, stunt technique and sword technique. We also teach the mentality of martial arts, as well as, safety.
WHEN: Sunday, Sept. 25th from 2:45 PM to 3:30 PM @the J-POP Stage COSPLAYERS: To enter the contest, just sign up between 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm at the Pacific Media Expo/Valley Gakuen table wearing your costume. RATED G COSTUMES ONLY- this is a family festival. Dress accordingly. You must bring a colored printout of the character you are cosplaying or bring a manga/book/magazine with your character. We will return the manga/book/magazine to you. We are only taking 30 cosplayers maximum for this event. No skits. Individuals only
PRIZES: Prizes will be awarded to the best cosplayers. (FaceBook)
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The Otafuku3
For the past 20 years the power pop trio The Otafuku3 has been entertaining audiences throughout California.
Friends since childhood Guitarist Brandon Bottichelli, Bassist Kimo Au'Nakuanu and drummer Dustin Chang have put together a blend of sounds for all to enjoy.
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Big Bertha Big Bertha is a Los Angeles based Rock/Power-Pop The lead singer/bass player is Kazue Awakawa. She was borne & raised in Japan. Most of our song list can be sung in Japanese or English. You can see & hear Kazue at www.bigbertharocks.com. band doing originals and some covers.
The Cherry Blossom Festival SoCal is a fiscally sponsored project of the Pasadena Arts Council,
a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
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