THE OFFICIAL WORLD COSPLAY SUMMIT

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Date	Corresponding Event
August 2, 2006	Press Conference in Akihabara
June 5, 2007	Tokyo Preliminary Event
August 1, 2007	Press Conference in Tokyo
May 19, 2008	Tokyo Preliminary Event
July 30, 2008	Press Conference in Tokyo
August 2, 2008	Osu Cosplay Parade
August 3, 2008	Cosplay Championship Event
August 1, 2009	Osu Cosplay Parade
August 2, 2009	Cosplay Championship Event

15 countries are to take part in the championship in 2009.
Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Singapore, Thailand, United States.

Growth Rate of Participating Countries

WCS2009

Country	Event	Location	Date	Audience
Australia	Animania "not-for-profit" Festival	Sydney	August 24, 2008	6,000
Brazil	WCS2009 JBC Brazil Stage	Sao Paulo	June 20, 2009	1,000
China	2009 ChinaJoy Cosplay Carnival	Shanghai	May 1-3, 2009	---
Germany	CONNICHI	Kassel	September 12-14, 2008	15,000
Denmark	J-POPCON	Copenhargen	Novebmer 7-9, 2008	3,000
Spain	XIV SALON DEL MANGA	Barcelona	October 30-November 2, 2008	60,000
Finland	Helsinki Book Fair 2008	Helsinki	October 23-26, 2008	70,000
France	JAPAN EXPO	Paris	July 2-5, 2009	164,000
Italy	ROMICS	Roma	October 2-5, 2008	60,000
Japan	SUNSHINE SAKAE presents WCS2009 Japan Preliminary Round	Nagoya	August 2, 2009	---
Korea	2009 EVERLAND COSPLAY PARTY	Yongin	June 7, 2009	---
Mexico	EXPO-MANGA-COMIC TNT GT3	Mexico City	January 30-February 2, 2009	20,000
Singapore	COSFEST VIII	Singapore	July 11-12, 2009	18,000
Thailand	Comic Party 14th	Bangkok	January 17-18, 2009	20,000
United States	The New York Anime Festival	New York	September 26-28, 2008	18,000
WCS2009	Nishiki BouleVard Red Carpet March	Nishiki BouleVard	August 1, 2009	5,000
	Osu Cosplay Parade	Osu shopping district	August 1, 2009	*(500)
	World Cosplay Championship	Oasis21 (Higashiku Nagoya-city)	August 2, 2009	12,000

*(Number of participants)

WCS2008

Country	Event	Location	Date	Audience
Brazil	WCS2008 JBC Brazil stage	Sao Paulo	June 21, 2008	10,000
China	ChainaJoy	Shanghai	July 17-19, 2008	100,000
Germany	CONNICHI	Kassel	September 8, 2007	20,000
Denmark	J-POPCON	Copenhargen	Novebmer 2-4, 2007	3,000
Spain	SALON DEL MANGA	Barcelona	November 1-4, 2007	67,000
France	JAPAN EXPO	Paris	July 5-6, 2008	120,000
Italy	ROMICS	Roma	October 4-7, 2007	20,000
Japan (Tokyo)	Cosplayfesta in Tokyo Dome City Attractions	Tokyo Dome City	May 18, 2008	3,000
Japan (Osaka)	COSPLAYERS JAM REVOLUTIONS	Kyocera Dome Osaka	July 13, 2008	1,500
Korea	EVERLAND COSPLAY PARTY	Yongin	June 1, 2008	10,000
Mexico	TNT GT2	Mexico City	February 2-4, 2008	30,000
Singapore	COSFEST	Singapore	July 5-6, 2008	10,000
Thailand	JAPAN WEEK	Bangkok	September 23, 2007	10,000
United States	NY ANIME FESTIVAL	New York	December 7-9, 2007	20,000
WCS2008	Osu Cosplay Parade	Osu shopping district	August 2, 2008	*(300)
WCS2008	World Cosplay Championship	Oasis21 (Higashiku Nagoya-city)	August 3, 2008	12,000

*(Number of participants)

WCS2007

Country	Event	Location	Date	Audience
Brazil	WCS2007 JBC Brazil stage	Sao Paulo	June 9, 2007	3,000
China	the 3rd China International Animation Festival	Hangzhou	April 28-May 4, 2007	300,000
Germany	CONNICHI	Kassel	September 15-17, 2006	30,000
Denmark	DANISH COSPLAY SUMMIT	Copenhargen	March 17, 2007	5,000
Spain	SALON DEL MANGA	Barcelona	October 27-29, 2006	45,000
France	JAPAN EXPO	Paris	July 6-8, 2007	80,000
Italy	ROMICS	Roma	October 6-8, 2006	40,000
Japan (Tokyo)	Tokyo Dome City Cosplayfesta	Tokyo Dome City	June 3, 2007	2,500
Japan (Osaka)	Layered.XTRM	Osaka Castle Bandshell	April 1, 2007	1,500
Japan (Nagoya)	COS X KARA WITH JOYSOUND	JOYSOUND KANAYAMA	July 15, 2007	500
Korea	2007Everland Cosplay Party	Yongin	June 17, 2007	10,000
Mexico	TNT GT	Mexico City	February 2-4, 2007	40,000
Singapore	COSFEST VI THE GOLDEN EXPERIENCE	Singapore	July 14-15, 2007	10,000
Thailand	COMIC PARTY　4TH	Bangkok	January 13, 2007	1,500
WCS2007	Osu Cosplay Parade	Osu shopping district	August 4, 2007	*(200)
WCS2007	World Cosplay Championship	Oasis21 (Higashiku Nagoya-city)	August 5, 2007	10,000

*(Number of participants)

WCS2006

Country	Event	Location	Date	Audience
Brazil	WCS2006 ETAPA JBC BRAZILl	Sao Paulo	June 17, 2006	500
China	the 2nd China International Animation Festival	Hangzhou	April 28-May 3, 2006	300,000
Germany	CONNICHI	Kassel	September 16-18, 2005	20,000
Spain	X SALON DEL MANGA	Barcelona	Octobaer 29-November 1, 2005	45,000
France	JAPAN EXPO	Paris	July 7-9, 2006	60,000
Italy	ROMICS	Roma	December 8-11, 2005	40,000
Japan (Tokyo)	Cosplayfesta IN Tokyo Dome City	Tokyo Dome City	June 25, 2006	2,300
Japan (Nagoya)	WCS2006 Japan Preliminary Round +Premiere Live	CLUB UP SET	August 2, 2006	300
Japan (Web)	Preliminary Round on the Web	WCS2006 Web Site	July 15-25, 2006	－
Singapore	COSFEST	Singapore	July 9, 2006	8,000
Thailand	COMIC PARTY	Bangkok	May 28, 2006	2,000
WCS2006	Osu Cosplay Parade	Osu shopping district	August 5, 2006	*(120)
WCS2006	World Cosplay Championship	Oasis21 (Higashiku Nagoya-city)	August 6, 2006	5,000

*(Number of participants)

WCS2005

Country	Event	Location	Date	Audience
China	WCS Preliminary Round	Hangzhou	July 10, 2005	500
Germany	CONNICHI	Kassel	September 10-12, 2004	20,000
Spain	X SALON DEL MANGA	Barcelona	October 29-November 1, 2004	45,000
France	EPITANIME	Paris	May 27-29, 2005	45,000
Italy	ROMICS	Roma	Octorber 7-10, 2004	40,000
Japan (Eastern)	Eastern Preliminary Round	Geopolice at Tokyo Dome City	June 25-26, 2005	2,000
Japan (Western)	Western Preliminary Round	in >> dependent theatre 2nd	July 9, 2005	100
Japan (Central)	Central Preliminary Round	Glamorous at De・La・Fantasia	July 10, 2005	150
Japan (Web)	Preliminary Round on the Web	Livedoor [Cure]	June17-July 13, 2005	－
United States	ANIME EXPO	Anaheim	July 1-4, 2005	35,000
WCS2005	Osu Cosplay Parade	Osu shopping district	July 31, 2005	*(100)
WCS2005	World Cosplay Championship	EXPO Dome, EXPO 2005 Aichi,Japan	August 7, 2005	3,000

*(Number of participants)