Scheduled Events
- (1) Nishiki BouleVard Red Carpet March～Muneharu Tokugawa & World Cosplay Summit・Premium～
- (2) Parade and stage event during the Osu Kannon festival
- (3) World Cosplay Championship
- (4) International Symposium of the World Cosplay Summit 2009
- (5) Mixer event
Date
- Nishiki BouleVard Red Carpet March～Muneharu Tokugawa & World Cosplay Summit・Premium～
- August 1st (Sat), 2009 11:50-
- Osu Cosplay Parade
- August 1st (Sat), 2009 15:30-
(Mini-stage in Osu Kannon grounds 17:00-) - World Cosplay Championship
- August 2nd (Sun), 2009 19:00-
(World Cosplay Championship Prologue 18:50-) - International Symposium of the World Cosplay Summit 2009
- August 3rd (Mon), 2009 10:00-
Location
- Nishiki BouleVard Red Carpet March～Muneharu Tokugawa & World Cosplay Summit・Premium～
- Nishiki BouleVard, Nishiki, Nakaku, Nagoya-city, Aichi, Japan
- Osu Cosplay Parade
- Osu shopping district: Osu, Nakaku, Nagoya-city, Aichi, Japan
- World Cosplay Championship
- Oasis21: 1-11-1 Higashizakura, Higashiku, Nagoya-city, Aichi, Japan
- International Symposium of the World Cosplay Summit 2009
- 8th Floor,Graduate School of International Development Building , Nagoya University Higashiyama Campus, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya-city, Aichi, Japan
Admission fee (World Cosplay Championship)
Free
*Seats are reserved seats. They can sit to watch
Type of seating
| Priority seats | The people who buy the official T-shirts(PC・Japanese) |
|---|---|
| Public seats | For more information(PC・Japanese) |
Guest Judges
Go Nagai- Place of birth: Noto City in Ishikawa Prefecture
Date of birth: September 6, 1945.
He was familiar to Manga, movies,Rakugo, and adventure novels. After worked an assistant of Shoutarou Ishimori, he made a debut of "Meakashi Porikiti"(Bokura/Koudannsha) in 1967.
"Harenchi Gakuen"(Shounen Jump/Shueisha) appeared next year and immediately became a big boom.
Since then he has been releasing his works of the wide genre. The masterpieces are a lot. Some of them are "Harenchi Gakuen","Devilman","Maginger Z","Violence Jack","Cutey Hunny" and so on.
2005 : He assumed a professor of Osaka Art University
2006 : He assumed a supporter of Ishikawa Prefecture.
2009 : The Gou Nagai Memorial Museum will open in Wagima City Ishikawa Prefecture. 
Toru Furuya- Japan's premier male voice actor who has performed in many famous Japanese anime such as "Mobile Suit Gundam" (playing Amuro Rei), "The Star of the Giant" (playing Hoshi Hyuma), "Dragon Ball" (playing Yamucha) and the "Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon" series (playing Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask) etc. He has supported the Cosplay Summit since 2004, and is an indelible fixture at the World Cosplay Summit.
Ichiro Mizuki- He is an emperor and also a pioneer of Anime songs. Still now he has been a top singer.
He made a debut in 1968. The first theme song was "GENSHI SHOUNEN RYU" in 1971 and then "MAGINGER Z" "BAVILⅡ" "BOKURANO BAROM1" and so on. He keeps singing so many Anime songs. His singing songs are over 1200.
In 1999 he had succeed in a live concert for 24 hour, 1000 songs that no one had done., it had left tracks for the history of music as "Single live that was sang the most songs in Japan".
He accepted the offer of the world charismatic DJ Dimitri・From・Paris and collaborated in songs :"BOKURANO MAZINGER Z(Black Version)"(2003),"MINNA NEKONI NARITAINOSA"(2005)
He had held a world concert tour in France, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and so on. His music activity is worldwide.
2004 : released "ZEBRAMAN NO UTA」the theme song of the movie「ZEBRAMAN"
2007 : released "TAO" the theme song of TV program "GEKIJYU SENTAI GEKI RANGER"
As of July, 2009 : The most as a Japanese name 92 languages appears in“Wkipedia”that is the encyclopedia on the internet.
He has been giving children hopes and dreams for about 40 years. In order to he make the Anime song known all over the world and takes over the next generation , his new challenge is continued. 
Hamada Britney- Occupation : GAL cartoonist
Age : 20 years old (self-style)
Now living in : Absence
Habitat : Shibuya(mostly Center Gai Street)
She made a debut of "HYPER TANTEI RINKA".
2007-present:The gag Manga based on real her experience "PAGAL" is very popular serialized in "Weekly Big Comics Sprits" (Syougagugan).
Special Supporter
SKE48- AKB48 from Akihabara in Tokyo is expanding in nationwide. The first branch group was made at Sakae in Nagoya city.
SKE named after the initial of SaKaE that is an activity base at Sakae in Nagoya.
Yasushi Akimoto a songwriter works as a total producer. SKE48 is an idol group that activity started in July, 2008.
The concept is "The idol who can go to meet".They have a weekend performance which based on singing and dancing at SKE48 theater (SUNSHINE STUDIO) on the 2nd floor of the SUNSHINE SAKAE a compound entertainment building in center of Sakae in Nagoya city. On February 14th , SKE48 team S had started the first original performance "TE O TUNAGINAGARA".
The member is composed of 20 people which are selected from the 1st audition in 2670 application total people and 22 people from 2nd audition of 3248 application total people. 16 people as Team S, 16 people as Team KⅡand 10 people as a research student, there are 42 people in all.
The activity that mainly in Tokai area is like these :Digital broadcasting, Radio, Magazine, CM, Media in Tokai area, Public organization and appearance of event that cooperates with companies. Their activity has been expanding besides the stage in the theater. The other hand, they had succeeded in a concert in Hong Kong on April 26th and the 1st single concert「HAJIMETENO KAGAIJYUGYOU」 on May 24th. The First anniversary concert "TENKA O TORUZE!!" decided to be held on July 30th and make a CD debut "TUYOKIMONOYO" (sales :Lantis / BANDAI VISUAL) on August 5th.
MC
- Kentaro Ochiai
- Chisato Arai(TV AICHI announcer)
Time Schedule
August 1st (Sat) 2009 Nishiki BouleVard Red Carpet March～Muneharu Tokugawa & World Cosplay Summit・Premium～| 11:50 | Parade starts |
|---|---|
| 12:40 | Parade finishes |
August 1st (Sat) 2009 Osu Cosplay Parade
| 13:00 | Changing areas (TV Aichi and Daikoh-in Temple) open for general cosplayers Check the following details of changing areas. |
|---|---|
| 15:00 | Get together at TV Aichi and transfer to Osu Kannon |
| 15:30 | Parade starts |
| 16:30 | Parade finishes |
| 17:00- 18:00 |
Mini-stage in Osu Kannon grounds |
| 19:00 | Changing areas (TV Aichi and Daikoh-in Temple) closes for general cosplayers |
August 2nd (Sun) 2009 The World Cosplay Championship
| 14:00 | Changing areas (The 3rd floor in Nikkei Nagoya branch office building) open for general cosplayers *Check the following details of changing areas. |
|---|---|
| 15:00 | The opening of the viewing areas |
| 15:30 | JOYSOUND presents Event of Anime Song Karaoke |
| 18:50 | Championship prologue |
| 19:00 | Championship opening, First half of the championship |
| 19:55 | Announce:Japanese representatives |
| 20:00 | Second half of the championship |
| 20:35 | Intermission |
| 21:00 | Judge's announcement |
| 21:20 | Ending |
| 21:30 | Finish |
| 22:30 | Changing areas (The 3rd floor in Nikkei Nagoya branch office building) closes for general cosplayers |
August 3rd (Sun) 2009 International Symposium of the World Cosplay Summit 2009
| 10:00 | Symposium starts |
|---|---|
| 12:00 | Symposium finishes |
Access
- Nishiki BouleVard
- Higashiyama Line [Sakae].
- Osu shopping district
- Tsurumai Line [Osu Kannon], Meijo Line [Yaba Cho].
- Oasis21
- Higashiyama Line [Sakae], Meijo Line [Sakae].
- 8th Floor,Graduate School of International Development Building, Nagoya University Higashiyama Campus
- Meijo Line [Nagoyadaigaku].
Countries
Cosplayers
- Participating cosplayers from each country will take part in teams of 2 people
Total of 15 teams, 30 people
*There will be a strong press presence from TV Aichi and other media at the World Cosplay Summit (August 1st(Sat): Osu Cosplay Parade, August 2nd(Sun): the World Cosplay Championship). The press who have received permission from the sponsors will be issued with a press pass. Please note that photos and images taken by press reporters may be used by a variety of media.
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