In addition to Hiroyuki Takei attending Otakon 2015, Otakon announced on June 4th that Romi Park will also attend the convention. She is the Japanese voice actress for Tao Ren in Shaman King and Sennju in Butsu Zone.
Otakon’s website had the following bio posted.
Her most well-known roles include Edward Elric inFullmetal Alchemist; Nana Osaki in Nana; Ken Ichijouji in Digimon; Tao Ren in Shaman King; Temari in Naruto; Teresa in Claymore; and Toshiro Hitsugaya in Bleach. She is currently the voice of Emma Guzman in Garo: The Animation.
She recently voiced the villainous clothing mogul Ragyo Kiryuin in Kill la Kill, and has played several roles in the Gundam and Persona 4 franchises. Park has dubbed most of her anime characters in video game form, as well.
Like many seiyu, she also lends her voice frequently to dubs of imported movies and TV shows, including Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy and Uhura in theStar Trek (Original Series) movies. She’s also the voice of Finn the Human in the Japanese dub of Adventure Time.
Park serves as the go-to voice for dubbing Hilary Swank, Lucy Liu, and Michelle Rodriguez, in addition to dozens of other voices in TV and movies.
Otakon 2015 will take place on July 24th through July 26th, 2015 in the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
