A brand created by designer Karin Moriguchi to give “kawaii” a tangible form.
Featuring a Taisho-Roman-inspired Japanese Lolita style, these clothes allow you to become the protagonist of your own story.
Karin Moriguchi was born May 16, 1990. She explores new possibilities within her beloved Lolita fashion and expresses them through her designs. She has a deep love for manga, games, and anime.
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Sakura-Con is thrilled to welcome Emi Nitta!
Emi Nitta debuted as a voice actor in 2010. Some of her main leading roles include Honoka Kosaka in Love Live!, playing Vivian in the Toho Musical version of Legally Blonde, and being the dub voice of Do-ran Kim in the K-Drama, My Only One.
In September of 2014, Emi made her musical artist debut, and in June of 2018 she performed her Emi Nitta Live Tour “EMUSIC 32 – meets you” in Osaka and Tokyo. More recently in March 25, 2020, she released her single “Sing Ring.” In 2021, she sang the theme music (Longing for!) for the anime Azur Lane: Slow Ahead! She is a versatile performer as both a voice actress and a singer!
Brittney Karbowski is a prolific voice actress, who has voiced in a number of series with studios from Texas to California. She is best known for her roles as Wendy Marvel in Fairy Tail, Black Star in Soul Eater, Camie Utsushimi in My Hero Academia, Ryou in Clannad, Yuri in Angel Beats, Pride in Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, Mikoto Misaka in A Certain Magical Index and A Certain Scientific Railgun Series, Nanachi in Made in Abyss, Rimuru in That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime, Migi from Parasyte the Maxim, Kusu is Dragon Ball Super, HisKo in Food Wars, and Hitch in Attack on Titan. Most recently she’s Tirol In Sabukui Bisco; Saori in Tribe Nine, Minoru in Akebi’s Sailor Uniform, Cetia Final Fantasy Brave Exvius; Pookie and Chela in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, and there’s more to come!
Applications for 2026 Cosplay Contest are going live on Sunday, January 11th at 12:00PM
Pacific
Application Link: 2026 Sakura-Con Cosplay Contest Application
Applications will be open until January 18th at 11:59PM PST. Please read through the rules to
make sure you are ready to apply as soon as the contest opens. Link to rules.
SCANDAL formed in 2006 in Osaka, made major debut in 2008 with ‘DOLL’.
The girls won the Record Award for Best Newcomer in 2009 with ‘Shoujo S’.
They have a large domestic and international following and have performed concerts all over the world. They have also gained attention as fashion icons in recent years, producing their own apparel brand ‘FEEDBACK’. In 2019, they established their own private label, “her”.
They are one of Japan’s leading girl bands in both name and reality.
Cassandra Lee Morris is a Los Angeles-based voice actor who has voiced nearly 300 characters for anime, video games and animation. She’s known for her versatility and fierceness, voicing everything from creatures to boys to strong and sassy fighters. Her first big anime roles were Yubel in Yu-Gi-Oh GX, then Leo and Luna in Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds. More recently, she can be heard telling exhausted gamers to get some sleep as Morgana in Persona 5 or lending her trademark sassiness to characters like Sothis in Fire Emblem, Beffica in Bugsnax and Taiga in Toradora. Other favorite roles include Fie Claussell in the Trails of Cold Steel franchise, Yuumi and Nami in League of Legends, Aoi Asahina in Danganronpa, Nero Claudius in Fate, Leafa in Sword Art Online, and Kyubey in Madoka Magica.
She grew up in Connecticut, where her love of dance and performing lead her to starring in local theater productions in middle and high school. After signing with A3 Artists Agency in New York City, she started working professionally in voiceover, commercials and indie film in high school.
After studying at NYU and living in NYC for many years, she road tripped cross-country to see what Los Angeles had to offer and hasn’t looked back!
Cassandra teaches voice acting on Zoom and loves sharing her knowledge with other actors, no matter where they are in their voice acting journey. She also loves meeting anime fans and taking ridiculous selfies like it’s a Vogue photoshoot, so stop on by her booth to say hi!
LINKS:
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.cassandraleemorris.com
TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@socassandra
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/cassandra.morris/
X/TWITTER: https://twitter.com/socassandra
BLUE ENCOUNT is a 4-piece band hailing from Kumamoto, in southern Japan. They pride themselves on always giving it all they’ve got, delivering thrilling performances that draw in the audience and resonate with a spirit of unity, creating a beautiful kinship.
They made their major label debut with the EP “TIMELESS ROOKIE” in September 2014, and since then, they’ve released four full albums: “≒”, “THE END”, “VECTOR”, and “Q.E.D”. They also have several exciting anime theme songs to their credit.
In the spring of 2023, bassist Tsujimura began a one-and-a-half-year music study program in New York, honing his craft abroad. Marking their 20th anniversary in 2024-2025, the band kicked off an Asia tour and is currently touring with all four members. BLUE ENCOUNT is an ever-evolving band, and we can’t wait to see what adventures lie ahead for them!
Your time has come!
Sakura-Con panel applications are now OPEN!
From game shows to contests to cultural events to cosplay, we want to hear from you!
Apply today! https://sakuracon.org/programming/panels/
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Mallorie Rodak is an American voice actress who has appeared in hundreds of TV series, movies, animation, and video games. She was nominated for Breakthrough Voice Actress of the Year in 2014 by Behind the Voice Actors.
Mallorie’s best known anime voices include Frieren (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End), Yukino (Fairy Tail), Raphael/Great Sage (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime), Rossweisse (High School DXD), High Elf Archer (Goblin Slayer), Elinalise (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation), Yumi (Senran Kagura), Yuki Mori (Star Blazers), Nia Honjo (Date A Live), Solution Epsilon (Overlord), Olka Gretcher (SPYxFAMILY), Nebra Silva (Black Clover), Tenya’s Mother (My Hero Academia), Gion Momousagi (One Piece), Olka Gretcher (SPYxFAMILY), Woman in Black (Fire Force), Sophia (Ancient Magus Bride), Miyu Takano (Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou), Turquoise (Dr. Stone), Prince of Wales (Azur Lane), Finè (Izetta), Orsola (A Certain Magical Index II), Kyoh Goshoin (Netoge), Enishida (One Piece), and Sayuki (Hensuki).
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