Sakura-Con loves cosplay, and we wanna see your lineup! So share what you’ll be wearing with our official cosplay lineup frames! To use a frame, just download the image as a PNG and place your cosplay plans using your preferred image editor. Don’t forget use #sakuraconcosplaylineup and #sakuracon2025 in your posts so our community can see!

Under the pen name TurtleMe, Brandon Lee blends Western and Eastern influences in his award-winning series, The Beginning After the End (TBATE). TBATE is the first English webnovel to webcomic series to receive an anime adaptation with its premiere in April 2025 on Crunchyroll. This long-running popular action-fantasy web novel and webcomic are available on Tapas Entertainment. It is also available as a graphic novel from Yen Press. TBATE has garnered over 700K followers across its webnovel and webcomic on Tapas and has been honored with the prestigious Japanese Piccoma Award in both 2021 and 2022. The series has also been released internationally in countries including the United States, Japan, South Korea, China, Thailand, Indonesia, France, Germany, Mexico, and India.

Applications for 2025 Cosplay Chess went live on Sunday, February 16th at 12:00PM Pacific, Application Link: 2025 Sakura-Con Cosplay Chess Application Applications will be open until March 17th, 11:59PM PST. The theme for the all-ages Main Game is Red Vs Black, the same colors as our chessboard! The theme for the 18+ Late Night Game is Brains Vs Brawn. We also have the Sunday Improv Game, where anything can happen!  

Sakura-Con is pleased to announce Reol will perform at this year’s convention! Reol began creating and releasing music in 2012, and quickly hit 1 million subscribers. She was later chosen for the first global YouTube campaign, “Artist on the Rise”. An internet-born songwriter, record producer, and rapper with clear electronic and rock influences, her music is a distinctive fusion of western and Asian pop. Her music is defined by her expressive voice combined with appealing, upbeat melodies. Currently, she has over 1.71 million Youtube subscribers with a total of 1.08 billion views, and her hit song, “THE SIXTH SENSE” exceeded 100 million streams. Reol is gaining international popularity with her one-and-only joyful, bitter dark, twisted, and kawaii vibes.

Anime Day with the Seattle Mariners is back!  Join Sakura-Con on April 13th at T-Mobile Park for our second year of Anime Day. Come cheer on the Mariners, get your limited-edition Anime Day shirt featuring Ikuta and the Mariner Moose, and help support Sakura-Con!  Deadline to purchase: Friday, Apr 11 at 5pm https://www.mlb.com/mariners/tickets/specials/anime

We are proud to announce the 2025 Cosplay Contest and 18+ Skit Contest will be opening applications on January 19th at 12PM PST. They will be open until January 25th at 11:59PM PST. Links will be posted both on the Sakura-con website and via social media posts. Please review the updated rules for both events at the link below: Cosplay Contest Skit Contest 18+

Sakura-Con is thrilled to welcome back the Dreamland Maid Cafe!  Dreamland Maid Café is the USA’s largest travelling Maid Café! Guests can expect to experience the most authentic Maid Café experience outside of Japan with immersive table-side entertainment, dazzling dance performances, one-of-a-kind photo opportunities, and super-cute food and drink! Stay tuned to our social media to see when bookings will open.

Always wanted to be in a Fashion show?Well here’s your chance!!!!h.NAOTO Tokyo Fashion is holding an open call for models.Selected applicants will model in the h.NAOTO Tokyo Fashion shows held Saturday 4/19/25. To enter, please send an email tofashion@jhouserock.com with the following: Two Photos (One headshot, One full body)Measurements (height, weight, bust/hip/waist)A brief statement telling why you want to be a part of the fashion eventAll applications must be submitted by Monday March 31, 2025 All applicants must be convention attendees to be eligible.  

h.NAOTO is a charismatic gothic fashion brand, debuted in the year 2000, which sparked a global movement. He is a central figure in Cool Japan fashion, incorporating Japan’s unique cultures of Gothic Lolita, punk, anime, games, and visual kei into fashion, and bringing about a change from “fashion for dressing up” to “fashion for acting.”  He has received support from many Cool Japan artists, including musicians such as X-JAPAN’s YOSHIKI, HYDE, and GACKT, anime voice actors, and manga artists, and even including Marilyn Manson, Amy Lee of Evanescence, and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith. His fashion has a huge influence on artists around the world and has enthusiastic fans. He has created his original fashion images involving Japanese culture along with Gothic, Lolita, and Visual-kei elements. He has also designed stage costumes for musicians and works as a lecturer at a fashion school. In …

Sora Tokui is a Japanese voice actress, singer, manga artist, and VTuber from Chiba, Japan.She made her voice acting debut in 2009 in the series Weiß Survive R and landed her first lead role in the following year as Nero Yuzurizaki in Tantei Opera Milky Holmes. Most fans around the world know her as the iconic voice of Nico Yazawa from the Love Live! series and the group μ’s. As part of her work on Love Live! She has released numerous character songs as well as unit songs under the sub group BiBi.  She has also performed on stage at concerts as a part of the series, culminating in the group’s final performance at Tokyo Dome in 2016.