Relive the excitement of Sakura-Con 2025 through our official photo booth gallery! Explore stunning shots of incredible cosplays, unforgettable group photos, and candid moments from the weekend. Thank you to everyone who stepped in front of the camera and helped make this year’s gallery shine.
All photos were taken by our amazing photographers at, Mahou Photo. Be sure to tag them and Sakura-Con when you share your favorite shots!
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Kari Wahlgren’s first role was the Vespa-riding Haruko in FLCL. Since then, Wahlgren has voiced numerous anime characters including Fuu in SAMURAI CHAMPLOO, Saber in FATE ZERO and FATE STAY/NIGHT, Celty in DURARARA, Lucia Fex in PROMARE, Kagami in LUCKY STAR, Robin in WITCH HUNTER ROBIN, Anemone in EUREKA SEVEN, Tayuya in NARUTO, Saya and Diva in BLOOD+, Dee Eye Ell in SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION, and Blue Rose in TIGER & BUNNY.
Wahlgren has also voiced characters in many U.S. animation shows, including Jessica, Rick’s Spaceship and Diane in RICK AND MORTY, Starfire in the DC TEEN TITANS movies, Zatanna in DC SUPERHERO GIRLS, Tigress in KUNG FU PANDA: LEGENDS OF AWESOMENESS, Charmcaster in BEN 10, Emma Frost in WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN, Shannon in OK KO: LET’S BE HEROES, and Anka in ARCHER.
Her notable video game roles include Mileena and Kitana in MORTAL KOMBAT 1 and 11, Harley Quinn in GOTHAM KNIGHTS, Portnova in CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS COLD WAR, Starfire in INJUSTICE 2, Aranea in FINAL FANSTASY XV, Ashe in FINAL FANTASY XII, Proctor Ingram in FALLOUT 4, Vex in SKYRIM, and Raine in TALES OF SYMPHONIA. Wahlgren’s on-camera roles include Helen on Wizards of Waverly Place, Criminal Minds, and commercials for Lexus, Swiffer and Rolling Rock. A full list of credits can be found at IMDB.com.
This is a multiple-choice, open-book, take-home quiz that begins on the Sakura-con site three weeks before the convention.
This is a multiple-choice, open-book, take-home quiz that begins on the Sakura-Con site three weeks before the convention. You are encouraged to use any resource at your disposal. Some of the questions will test your understanding and ability to analyze anime, not just your memory. Instead, you will need to do research into the real world of such topics as art, geography, history, literature, music and science. The answers to the questions will provide additional context and meaning to the anime that you already enjoy.
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Brewing one mean seam at a time, Stitchfully Bewitched is an award-winning cosplayer and a professional seamstress. She has over a decade of experience in both costume and apparel design. She has a deep affection for costume designing and enjoys… [Read more]
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Abradorable, or Abra for short, is an award winning cosplayer from Florida that started her competition journey in 2010. She is best known for her over-the-top prop work using materials ranging from foam to fiberglass. She mastered her craft in cosplay… [Read more]
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Meet Tealiosk, your friendly neighborhood seamstress and cosplay superstar! With decades of sewing experience under her belt, she’s a fabric wizard who can whip up jaw-dropping costumes faster than you can say “Just Dance!” She’s a proud advocate for inclu… [Read more]
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Kelsey Cruz is an actor and singer coming to you from the Dallas area! Though her sunshine-y personality says otherwise, she was born and raised in the rainy city of Seattle, Washington. She has a lot of love for her cuddly kitties & silly husband Jordan, singing classic rock songs, playing board games of all sorts & videogames like Pokémon Unite, and snuggling up to a fascinating documentary, anime, or fantasy book. She’s so grateful and excited to be a part of this incredible industry of acting, and even got her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in it!
You can find her in loads of anime and game titles such as:
Yinghua in The Apothecary Diaries, Kim Campbell in Spy x Family, Elfaria Alvis Serfort in Wistoria: Wand and Sword, Animalia in Shangri-La Frontier, Nozomi Kitahara in MF Ghost (The Initial D Sequel), Kaori Houjou in I Got A Cheat Skill in Another World, and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too, Asahi Shonan in Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms, Vania in I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level, Shadow Sparrow Jing Wei in SMITE, Sakuya Kurobane in Love Live! Nijigasaki High School, Saki Shima in Laid Back Camp, Emily Brown in My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even at Level 1, Mai in Eternal Return, Cindy and Hilde in Outerplane, Enid in Fallen Tear: The Ascension and many others!
She loves chatting with fans so please stop by to say hi to her! She’ll catch you soon!
Lauren Landa is voice actress born and raised in Los Angeles. In the last 15 years her voice has been in over a hundred different anime and video game titles, playing the voice of many beloved characters. Lauren is most known for roles such as the ninja beauty, Kasumi in Dead or Alive 5; the sexy Litchi Faye Ling in the popular fighting games BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, as well as the sequels BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, and Continuum Shift Extend; Chrono Phantasma; the badass Kyoko Sakura in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, the enthusiastic Yan Leixia in Soul Calibur V, the deadly Little Queen in Tales of Graces; the valley girl racer in pink, Boiboi, in REDLINE, the adorable zombie Squigly in Skullgirls, kind hearted Leia in Tales of Xillia, the innocent Chubo Sonken in Ikki Tousen: Great Guardians, the quiet Annie Leonhardt in the hit anime series Attack on Titan, One in “DrakenGard 3”, Nora in “Noragami”, Sailor Neptune in the VIZ Media’s Sailor Moon, Merlin in “The Seven Deadly Sins”, Lyra in “Fist Of The North Star: Lost Paradise”, Juno in “Beastars”, Female Robin in “Fire Emblem” and “Super Smash Brothers”, Kyoka Eden in Scarlet Nexus, Karin Kanzuki in Street Fighter V, Leila in
Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise, Tsukasa in Over the Moon for You, and many more!
For Updates and Announcements follow Lauren Landa on Twitter and Twitch!
Twitter:@Lauren_A_Landa!
Twitch: Twitch.tv/LaurenLanda
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