KnoxCon 2008 Guests

Johnny Yong Bosch

KnoxCon is pleased to welcome Johnny Yong Bosch. In his early days, Johnny started off as Adam Park, the Black Power ranger, on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, as well as 2 Power Ranger Movies. After that he got into the voice acting business. Johnny can be heard in many anime titles. His most notible roles are: Ichigo from Bleach, Renton from Eureka 7, Vash from Trigun, Clause from Last Exile, Kiba from Wolf's Rain, and Itzuki from the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. His other anime roles include Full Metal Alchemist, BECK Mongolian Chop Squad, Naruto, and Tenjo Tenge. Johnny can also be heard in various Video games including: Valkyire Profile 2: Silmaria, Tales of The Abyss and Devil May Cry 4, where he voices the lead Character Nero. Johnny is also frontman of the edge rock band Eyeshine.

Derek Stephen Prince

Derek Stephen Prince probably would not be doing voice overs today had it not been for some very key people in his life that had a great impact. His great uncle was the first actor to play Pinocchio on stage. His grandmother and great aunt were professional dancers. His mom and dad did musical theater and his dad often did funny voices and celebrity impersonations. He was trained and graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a BFA in Musical Theater. After taking a leave from doing a musical tour through the states, he wound up back in California where his dad was and decided to pursue acting. After landing gigs on ER, Saved By the Bell, Profiler and some indie movies, things became slow. He then took a class with Bob Bergen, who does the voice of Porky Pig and Tweety Bird. At the time, Bob had a role in Eagle Riders, where Derek Stephen Prince first caught onto dubbing for anime. After taking a multitude of classes and pounding the pavement, he landed Aulric the Conqueror, his first major voice over role, on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. 12 years later, he has created a wealth of characters in the anime world that we all know. Here are just a few of the more memorable ones: Keitaro Urashima from Love Hina, Suguru Misato from Mahoromatic, Dr Root from Duel Masters, Mickey from the game Makai Kingdom, Nuke from the .hack series, Veemon, Impmon, Beelzamon & Ken Ichijoji from Seasons 2 & 3 of Digimon, Noxic from Big Bad Beetleborgs, Cho from Samurai Champloo, Phantom from MAR, Shino Aburame from Naruto, Uryu Ishida from Bleach, Arashi from Paradise Kiss and Oswold from the PS2 game Odin Sphere.

Stephanie Sheh

Stephanie Sheh is so grateful to be lucky in enough to work in voiceover. She can currently be heard as Eureka in "Eureka 7," Hinata in "Naruto," Orihime in "Bleach," Wendy in "GunSword," and Matsuri in "Kamichu." She's also voiced Mamimi in "FLCL," Guu in "Hare and Guu," Kirie in "Girls Bravo," Nanoka in "Koi Kaze," Aya in "Ultra Maniac," Greta in "Snow Fairy Sugar," and Aya in "Tenjho Tenge" to name a few. In addition to anime she's provided voices for the videogames "Valkerie Profile 2: Silmeria," "Grandia III," "Radiata Stories," "Tales of the Abyss," "Disgaea 2," "Shadowhearts 2" and "Obscure," which she also voice directed. Stephanie is making her anime directorial debut with "Paradise Kiss."

Eyeshine
	Lead by Johnny Yong Bosch, KnoxCon welcomes Eyeshine. They are currently in the studio recording their album, Red Stripes and White Lights. Eyeshine's "huge hooks" and "infectious melodies" are bound to make it into your playlist. They will be playing in Jordan's Anime Rock Show.

Seven Story Coalition
	Straight out of Fredricktown, Seven Story Colation will rock KnoxCon in Jordan's Anime Rock Show with their hot garage sound. Seven Story Coalition Will definitly rock your world.

Almost Aces
	Local Mt. Vernon Rockers Almost Aces Will be rocking out during Jordan's Anime Rock Show from playing at local venues to Newport Music Hall. These Battle of the Bands Champions will make your playlist big time.