STEPHANIE YANEZ

Stephanie has been a singer all her life. At Anime Expo 2004 she became the grand winner of AX IDOL, a contest for aspiring voice actors and singers, judged by industry judges. Soon after, Geneon contacted her saying that they wanted to record her version of Ningyo Hime from Chobits. The song that she won Ax Idol 2004 with. She was so happy that her musical aspirations and dreams were finally close at hand. Through Geneon she got to meet everyone from I'VE which led her to record three songs from I'VES record company Fuctory Records! Now that Stephanie has recorded her songs (Shift, Sabaku no Yuki, Ningyo Hime) which are featured on the CD ANIME KARAOKE COLLECTION, she was given the chance to come back and perform her songs at AX Idol once again. The CD made it's big debut at Anime Expo and is now being sold at many major record stores and media outlets(i.e. Suncoast, Sam Goody, FYE, Barnes N Noble, Borders, etc.). Since AX IDOL, she has been seen across the country, peforming at different events and conventions. She even went to Japan to have a live performance in Harajuku!

At Pacific Media Expo 2006, Stephanie entered the NANA Costume Contest, judged by none other than OLIVIA, who sang songs for the NANA anime. She cosplayed as Reira of Trapnest and won the grand prize. Stephanie also has her own band called SLY, and some times... she could be heard performing cover songs from the anime!

She is not only a staff member of the Southern California NANA Day Organization, graciously helping put the event together-- but she will also be performing during the event.

We thank Stephanie for all her work, and welcomes her as a guest of SoCal NANA Day! We look forward to her performance!

* Parts of this bio were taken straight from Stephanie's official website, Steph-Idol.com. Also visit: Myspace.com/stephmusic

KESHIKI started in May 2007, with members gathered from the bands of various kinds of music. Three weeks after they formed, KESHIKI announced their glorious debut at J-Rock Extended Party in front of 300 audience. From romantic ballad through heavy rock, KESHIKI expresses their music with many colors and multi-talented ways. When five members share these different personality, character, and talent, KESHIKI's harmony cheers audiences up, and hold their heart kindly and gently. Everything KESHIKI creates is just to see people's smile.

Visit the band's official myspace at www.myspace.com/keshikiprojects

Artbeat introduces their new style of Japanese American rock, a mixture of the sensitive melodies of Japanese rock and the emotional heaviness of American rock. Artbeat has been performing at various venues in Los Angeles as one of the few Japanese rock bands in the U.S. The energetic trio features the bilingual punk rock charisma Jack on vocals and guitar, along with the powerful rhythm section composed of the unstoppable Jet on bass and the tiniest giant Masato on drums. Artbeat also has been appearing at various anime and Japanese rock conventions and grabbing hundreds of fans’ hearts in different areas of California. Their nonstop high-energy rock ‘n roll circus is taking over the scene in Los Angeles with their unique bilingual blend of catchy melodies and high-speed rocking riffs. To survive the fast-paced international stream of today’s world, don’t hesitate to throw yourself into the art created by the beat of this bilingual punk rock trio. Revolution is just an Artbeat away!!!

Visit the band's official website at artbeat-music.com