hANGRY & ANGRY to jet off to USA

NEWS: hANGRY & ANGRY (Yoshizawa Hitomi / Ishikawa Rika), the Harajuku fashion based duo, will make their USA debut at next April's Sakura-con 2009. The event, held in Seattle, Washington, will see Yossie and Rika perform at their first non-Hawaiian USA event - how very exciting for the both of them! :D

The official USA hANGRY & ANGRY myspace site released the following press statement:

Sakura-Con to host Hangry & Angry premiere US performance!

Seattle, WA- 12-16-2008 ANCEA is pleased to announce the final headlining performers for Sakura-Con 2009. "Hangry & Angry" will make their US premiere at Sakura-Con 2009, April 10-12 at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center.

Hangry & Angry is a collaboration with a Harajuku fashion store which goes by the same name and is the brand of popular Japanese designer h.NAOTO . Illustrator GASHICON draws the gurokawa (grotesque-cute)-style characters "Hangry" and "Angry". What is Hangry & Angry? Hangry & Angry represent a potent synthesis of fashion, illustration, fantasy and music.

The characters "Hangry" and "Angry" are said to come from the H44 Star Nebula in order to save the world from global warming. They arrived in the present in their time machine dubbed "LOVE MACHINE."