The date has been set for the Tokyo round to select one of the 3 representative teams from Japan. It will be at the Cosplay Festa, Tokyo Dome City on June 3rd. The time has not been determined yet but applications will be accepted from March 21st to May 24th. Last year there were 3 very strong teams including the veteran team "Barbara", idol like Kara and Ray Ya and members of the Gandam Mobile Suit builders club: Goldie and Sakuya. Recently in Japan there have been a great number of underground style cosplay events, there are many active cosplayers in Japan and I am looking forward to see who will represent Tokyo this year.