Japan Expo
| Japan Expo | |
|---|---|
| File:Japan Expo logo 2.svg | |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Japanese culture |
| Venue | Parc des Expositions de Villepinte, Paris-Nord Villepinte |
| Location(s) | Paris |
| Country | France |
| Inaugurated | 1999 |
| Attendance | 247,473 in 2015[1] |
| Organized by | SEFA EVENT JTS Group |
| Filing status | For-profit |
| Website | http://www.japan-expo.com/ |
Japan Expo is a convention on Japanese popular culture—the largest of its kind in the world outside Japan[2]—taking place in Paris, France, although it has branched out into a partnership festival Kultima and expanded to include some European and US pop culture as well. It is held yearly at the beginning of July for four days (usually from Thursday to Sunday) in the Parc des Expositions de Villepinte (the second-largest convention center in France). The attendance has increased steadily over the years, with 3,200 visitors welcomed in the first edition in 1999 and around 248,000 for the 2015 edition.
History
Event history
The first exposition took place in 1999 at the Institut supérieur du commerce de Paris and welcomed 3,200 visitors, a number which has grown steadily. In 2002, Japan Expo was hosted at the Center of New Industries and Technologies (CNIT) in La Défense, Paris.
In 2005, the event was canceled out of security concerns due to the large amount of visitors. The exposition has since moved to the larger Parc d'Expositions in Paris-Nord Villepinte.
| Dates | Location | Attendance | Guests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Institut supérieur du commerce de Paris Paris, France | 3,200[citation needed] | ... |
| 2000 | L'Espace Champerret Paris, France | 8,000[citation needed] | ... |
| 2001 | L'Espace Austerlitz Paris, France | 12,000[citation needed] | ... |
| July 5–7, 2002 | CNIT-Paris La Défense Paris, France[4] | 21,000 | Nami Akimoto, and Tsutomu Nihei.[5] |
| July 5–6, 2003 | CNIT-Paris La Défense Paris, France | 29,000 | Keiji Goto, Nobuhiro Okaseko, and Ryosuke Sakamoto[6] |
| July 2–4, 2004 | CNIT-Paris La Défense Paris, France | 41,000 | Hisashi Abe, Masakazu Katsura, Mana, Andy Seto, Hiroshi Watari, and Kanemori Yoshinori.[7] |
| July 1–3, 2005 (canceled) | N/A | N/A | (Convention canceled) |
| July 7–9, 2006 | Paris-Nord Villepinte Paris, France | 56,000 | Hitomitoi, Kenjiro Kawatsu, Morishige, Hideki Owada, Aki Shimizu, Mamiya Takizaki, Kazuhide Tomonaga, Takaharu Okuma, Plastic Tree and Anna Tsuchiya.[8][9] |
| July 6–8, 2007 | Paris-Nord Villepinte Paris, France | 80,727 | Dio – Distraught Overlord, GARI, Halcali, Keiko Ichiguchi, Sachiko Kamimura, Masachika Kawata, Minae Matsukawa, Ichirou Mizuki, Junko Mizuno, Olivia Lufkin, Moon Kana, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Hiroyuki Takei, Hironobu Takeshita, Syuji Takeya, Nana Kitade and Yoshiki.[10] |
| July 3–6, 2008 | Paris-Nord Villepinte Paris, France | 134,467 | Yutaka Izubuchi, Junko Kawakami, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Kazuo Koike, Setona Mizushiro, Go Nagai, Takeshi Obata, Oh! great, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Scandal, Ra:IN (Pata and Michiaki only[11]), Munehisa Sakai, Chihiro Tamaki, Tetsuya Tsutsui, and Miyavi.[12] |
| July 2–5, 2009 | Paris-Nord Villepinte Paris, France | 165,501 | CLAMP, AKB48, Shinichirō Watanabe, Moriyasu Taniguchi, Mizuho Nishikubo, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, Shiori Furukawa, Akemi Takada, Natsuki Takaya, Sakae Esuno, Daisuke Nishijima, Dai Sato, Hitoshi Ichimura, Tetsuya Nishio, Junko Takeuchi, Takami Akai, Akemi Hayashi, Kazuya Hatazawa, Showtaro Morikubo, Hikari Yamaguchi, Yuuichiro Hirata, Shintaro Akiyama, Ryousuke Katoh, Kanon Wakeshima, Benjamin (Zhang Lin), Ji Di (Zu Ya-Le), Aurore, Benjamin Reiss, Ludo Lullabi, School Food Punishment, Ra:IN.[13] |
| July 1–4, 2010 | Paris-Nord Villepinte Paris, France | 173,680 | Tsukasa Hojo, Noriyuki Iwadare, Morning Musume, An Nakahara,Masakazu Katsura, Hiro Mashima, Seikima-II, HITT & Guests, Jun Mochizuki, Suika, die!!die!!color!!!, Kazue Kato, Anipunk, Aya Kanno, Gibier du Mari, X Japan (Toshi and Yoshiki only), Vivid.[14] |
| June 30–July 3, 2011 | Paris-Nord Villepinte Paris, France | 192,000 | Hangry & Angry, Dream Morning Musume (Yoshizawa and Ishikawa), Eriko Kawasaki's K-ble Jungle Akira Yamaoka, Nobuteru Yūki, Yumiko Igarashi, H. Naoto, PASSPO☆. |
| July 5–8, 2012 | Paris-Nord Villepinte Paris, France | 208,000 | Christielle Huet-Gomez, Alice Briére-Haquet, Samantha Bailly, Hideo Katsumata, Chiaki Miyamoto, Yoshihisa Kishimoto, Moto Hagio, Natsumi Aida, Mariya Nishiuchi, Hideo Baba, Katsuhiro Harada, Haruhiko Mikimoto, Masao Maruyama, Kamui, Sakizo, Triple Tails.S (Kana and Mio Shirai), Satsuki, Shiitake, Salagir, Jérôme Morel, Gogeta, Jr., Marlène, Ibi, Furo and Mimi, Berrizo, Monsieur To, TroyB, Tetsuya Tsutsui, Professor Sakamoto, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Toshio Maeda, Ein Lee, Tetsuya Saruwatari, Anli Pollicino, Man With A Mission, Daizystripper, Makoto Shinkai, N0isY☆KidS, Rei Toma, Kohei Tanaka, Junko Iwao, Virgo a.k.a. Hammer, Hemenway, Momoiro Clover Z, Idoling!!!, Keiji Inafune, Flow, Naoki Urasawa,[15] Top 16 French StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty players From 2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series:France Nationals.[16] |
| July 4–7, 2013 | Paris-Nord Villepinte Paris, France | 232,876 | Tetsuo Hara, Masahiro Ikeno, Atsuhiro Iwakami, Shōji Kawamori, Kim Byung Jin, Keito Kōme, Toshiyuki Kubooka, Tomonori Ochikoshi, Aya Oda, Mamiya Takizaki, Tatsuyuki Tanaka, Aki Akana, angela, °C-ute, Dear Loving, Deathgaze, Dempagumi.inc, J☆Dee’Z, Kao=S, Anam Kawashima, Kylee, May'n, Maywa Denki, Nightmare, Ninjaman Japan, Sansanar, Urbangarde, Tsubasa Masuwaka, Una, Hideo Baba, Katsuhiro Harada, Shinji Hashimoto, Yoshinori Kitase, Hisashi Koinuma, Tetsuya Nomura, Motomu Toriyama, Naoki Yoshida, Samantha Bailly, Jérôme Hamon, Shiitake, Ray Fujita, Laure Kié, Kikutaro, Katsuyuki Konishi, Natsuna, Kazma Sakamoto, Daisuke Sekimoto, Hiromu Takahashi, Junko Takeuchi.[17] |
| July 2–6, 2014 | Paris-Nord Villepinte Paris, France | 240,000 | °C-ute, Nogizaka46, Kalafina, Wagakki Band, Shoko Nakagawa, Kamui Fujiwara, Yoshiki, Tatsurō Iwamoto ... |
| July 2–5, 2015 | Paris-Nord Villepinte Paris, France | 247,473 | Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Tsubasa Sakaguchi |
| July 7–10, 2016 | Paris-Nord Villepinte Paris, France | Junichi Masuda, Hiro Mashima |
Japan Expo in other cities
Other than the main convention in Paris, Japan Expo has expanded to 4 cities in 3 countries on 2 continents:
References
- ^ http://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/247-473-visiteurs-sont-venus-pour-le-16e-japan-expo
- ^ Japan Expo 2012
- ^ "ももクロ、初のAKB超え タレントパワーランキング". Nihon Keizai Shimbun (in Japanese). 24 June 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
タレントパワーランキング トップ100. Nikkei Entertainment (in Japanese) (June, 2013). Nikkei BP: 48–49. 2013-05-04.
タレントパワーランキング トップ100. Nikkei Entertainment (in Japanese) (June, 2014). Nikkei BP. 2014-05-02.
タレントパワーランキング トップ100. Nikkei Entertainment (in Japanese) (June, 2015). Nikkei BP. 2015-05-02.
タレントパワーランキング トップ100. Nikkei Entertainment (in Japanese) (June, 2016). Nikkei BP. 2016-05-04. - ^ "Japan Expo 2002 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ^ "History of Guests". Japan Expo. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ^ "Japan Expo 2003 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ^ "Japan Expo 2004 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ^ "Japan Expo 7 (2006)". japan-expo.com. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
- ^ "Japan Expo 2006 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ^ "Japan Expo 2007 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ^ "Ra:IN interview after Japan Expo". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
- ^ "Festival's Guests 2008". Japan Expo. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ^ "Festival's Guests 2009". Japan Expo. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
- ^ "Guest List". japan-expo.com. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
- ^ "Guest List". japan-expo.com. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
- ^ "Stephano Takes the French Nationals". Battle.net. July 12, 2012. Retrieved Sep 10, 2016.
- ^ "Guest List" (in French). japan-expo.com. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
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