Chicago native Erica Mendez is a longtime anime and video game fan who put in the work and became a voice actress. She has been fortunate to play some fan-favorite characters, including: Retsuko in Aggretsuko, Ryuko in KILL la KILL, Gon in Hunter x Hunter, Aladdin in Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Yuuki in Sword Art Online II, Sailor Uranus in the new Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon, Megumin in Konosuba, Akko in Little Witch Academia, Diane in Seven Deadly Sins, Nico in Love Live, Mash in Fate/Grand Order, Bernadetta in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, and Raphtalia in The Rising of the Shield Hero.

Attention all AMV creators and video editors! Enjoy making videos? Love Sakura-Con? Want to help get people pumped up? Why not try your hand at making us a video for our Opening Ceremonies?

The Sakura-Con 2020 AMV Contest is now open for submissions! Sakura-Con’s AMV contest is an event for fans to showcase their creative talents in the form of anime music videos. The Contest is open to anyone, be they amateur or professional! Submissions, signups and contest rules can be found HERE.

Give a generous gift and donate blood during the Sakura-Con Blood Drive! Pre-register to donate blood on April 10th or 11th here: https://schedule.bloodworksnw.org/DonorPortal/GroupLanding.aspx?s=0868 Our goal is 70 donors a day!

Sakura-Con is hosting a cosplay contest on Sept 28 at 4:00 PM at Bellevue College Japan Week Festival. There will be a prize for the winner!

AKA The Cosplay Parade! Date: July 21st Meetup: 6:30pm Parade Start: 7pmCome one and all to the Cosplay Parade! Lets show Seattle what Sakura-Con Cosplay is all about! If you’d like to participate in our section of the Chinatown Seafair Parade (aka the Cosplay parade!) please follow these instructions: Objective: To show Seattle what Sakura-Con cosplay is all about!! Where: Meet at approximately King Street and 8th Avenue. * We do not know our exact placement until we check in. You may need to ask where Sakura-Con’s section is with the parade organizers.

We’re hosting two Cosplay Contests this weekend!  Join us at one or both events! On Saturday for Dragon Fest 2019 at Seattle’s Chinatown-International District and/or on Sunday for Japan Fair 2019 at Meydenbauer Center!

Team Sakura has lots of summer events this year! Come say hello! Next events are Dragon Fest 2019 Jun 29th and Japan Fair 2019 on June 30th!Sakura-Con will be hosting a cosplay contest at 3PM at Japan Fair. Show off your latest creation and/or try your chance at winning a complimentary membership for you and a friend for Sakura-Con 2020. (To enter the contest sign up at the Sakura-Con Japan Fair booth by 2PM on Sunday June 30th.)

Here are the mascot winners for this year: 1st Place: Rosalie Higashi2nd Place: Zearyu 3rd Place: Kathy Chiu

We are pleased to announce the Promised Neverland secret guest: the lead voice actress of Emma, Sumire Morohoshi!The Promised Neverland special event at Sakura Con 2019 is brought to you by Aniplex!