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Thank you to everyone who visited our photobooth at Sakura-Con 2025.  We’re so happy to be able to share your amazing cosplays!
We’d like to offer a special thanks to Mahou Photo for their fantastic work; you can find them on X and Instagram at @MahouPhotoPNW & online at https://MahouPhoto.com/

Friday Photo Booth 2025

Scroll through for a selection of Friday’s photos, or click the following link to see all of them: Sakura-Con 2025 Friday Photobooth ...

Saturday Photo Booth 2025

Scroll through for a selection of Saturday’s photos, or click the following link to see all of them: Sakura-Con 2025 Saturday Photobooth ...

Sunday Photo Booth 2025

Scroll through for a selection of Sunday’s photos, or click the following link to see all of them: Sakura-Con 2025 Sunday Photobooth ...

Scroll through for a selection of Friday’s photos, or click the following link to see all of them: Sakura-Con 2025 Friday Photobooth

The cherry blossoms are blooming and spring is upon us for another Sakurumble! 

Sakurumble is returning with two fantastic events at Sakura-Con 2025! Head over to Summit on Friday and Saturday to cheer on your favorite characters – or for the downfall of your least – to decide the winner. Charisma makes all the difference in this no-contact sport!

Do you hear the roar of the crowd for you? Ready for the showdown? Experienced or novice, we want to hear from you.

Applications open now until April 4! Apply today!

Scroll through for a selection of Saturday’s photos, or click the following link to see all of them: Sakura-Con 2025 Saturday Photobooth

You can apply here: 2025 Sakura-Con Cosplay Chess Application

If you’ve never been in Cosplay Chess before and just want to sample the carnage, consider applying for our Improv Cosplay Chess where the audience gets to be a part of the action! If you’d rather watch from the sidelines, we are also looking for Stage Ninjas to help with special moves and to keep the fights moving along. No headbands required, but there will be running involved! If you have any questions about Cosplay Chess, please feel free to send an email to cosplay.chess@sakuracon.org.

Hope to see you at Sakura-Con 2025!

Sakura-con is pleased to welcome Simba Tsuchiya (voice of Shuji Itō from Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-)!

Actor and voice actor, born in 1996, Tokyo. He trained his physical ability through Japanese dance and classical ballet, and worked as an action actor. He was fascinated by “voice acting” on stage, and is now active as a genre-less expressive actor. He has voiced various roles including Shuji Itō in “Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX-Beginning-“, Balgo in “BURN THE WITCH“, Tsutomu Goshiki in “Haikyuu!!”, Tatara Fujita in “Welcome to the Ballroom”, Shotaro Futaba in “Backflip‼”, Raphael in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem”. He also participated in stage productions of Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” and “Love’s Labor’s Lost”. In 2020, he won the “Best New Actors” of the 15th Seiyu Awards.

Scroll through for a selection of Sunday’s photos, or click the following link to see all of them: Sakura-Con 2025 Sunday Photobooth

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!