Sakura-Con

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!

Now is the time to get your membership at the lowest price all year! This price is only available until April 24, 2024 at 9:00 p.m. PDT—membership prices increase after!

For more information or to get your membership, see our Registration page at https://sakuracon.org/registration/.

Wacom is our new contest sponsor! In addition to the prizes already listed, Wacom products will be awarded to the winners of our 2019 Sakura-Con Mascot Contest. The due date will also be extended to March  14th.

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Joel McDonald has been an ADR director and voice actor for the past 11 years, mostly with Funimation Entertainment.

Joel’s nice and he wants to meet you. Come say hi.

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Sakura-Con 2018’s Hotel Waiting Lists have been closed but it’s not too late to get a great room in a Sakura-Con 2018 room block! Rooms are still available at the Motif, Fairmont and more! Visit Sakura-Con’s hotel page to book yours before February 28th!

He may not have magical powers but Micah Solusod is a fair-trade, free range professional voice actor and illustrator.

When he’s not posting terrible puns on Twitter, Micah works as the lead artist for the webcomic “Ties That Bind.”

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Mana is a living legend of Japanese music and a cornerstone of the original gothic lolita and visual kei movements. His band MALICE MIZER was formed in 1992 and had their major debut in 1997 on Nippon Columbia records. In 1999, Mana produced his original brand and store, Moi-même-Moitié.

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OKAMOTO’S is a four-piece rock band from Shinjuku, Tokyo with Okamoto Sho on vocals, Okamoto Kouki on guitar, Hama Okamoto on bass, and Okamoto Reiji on drums. All band members use “Okamoto” as their last names, paying respect to both the avant-garde artist Taro Okamoto and the legendary punk band Ramones.

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Be sure to pre-register so you get the best price. Your membership fees will help us have a fantastic 21st annual convention in 2018!

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