THURSDAY: The must-see events
Don't miss the day's highlights!
10h15 - 11h00 : JAPAN EXPO GAME SHOW
Every year, the Japan Expo Game Show brings together festival guests and visitors. As a team, take up the challenges set by the host: mini-games, quizzes, pictionary and many other challenges await you!
On Thursday, it's up to the members of Haita Amatubu and Starrysky to try and win.
But you'll emerge victorious too!
Take part and walk away with 200€ worth of goodies!
11h45 - 13h15 : DUBBING WORKSHOP
Discover an on-stage dubbing workshop with two expert voice actors:
- Brigitte LECORDIER, official voice of : Son Goku (Dragon Ball), Young Son Gohan and C-18 (Dragon Ball Z), Noddy (Noddy), Nicolas (Bonne Nuit les Petits), Conan (Future Boy Conan), Peepoodo (Peepoodo), Ogrest (Wakfu), etc.
- Arnaud LAURENT, official voice of : Natsu (Fairy Tail), Toge (Jujutsu Kaisen), Dabi (My Hero Academia), Ban (Seven Deadly Sins) ect.
Discover a unique live performance and dubbing with these talented guests on the Yuzu stage on Thursday, July 3 at 11:45 am.
The public also gets to join in with these professionals! Maybe you'll be lucky enough to be chosen by the comedians to double up with them on stage?
12h00 - 12h45: STARRYSKY X MIKA KOBAYASHI - THE END OF THE WORLD CONCERT
At JAPAN EXPO 2025, Starrysky and Mika Kobayashi will perform their musical co-creation “THE LAST SONG” together on stage for the first time, with an ensemble of 20 backing singers.
A performance that promises to be epic!
12h00 - 12h30: ENRIQUÉ'S LIVE
For the 50th anniversary of Grendizer, this prince of song comes to us at Japan Expo 2025!
Join Enriqué, the singer of Grendizer's very first theme song in France, in concert on the Tsubamé stage!
12h30 - 13h30: IZUMO'S SACRED DELICACIES
With Izumo in the spotlight this year, the cradle of Japanese mythology, it's also a sweet and sacred pastry that invites itself onto the washoku scene: Zenzai. A red azuki bean soup, it was once served at the Council of the Gods, the annual meeting of the Japanese kami to determine the fate of the country. At Japan Expo, the fifth generation of the Sakaneya house, a confectionery established 150 years ago opposite the Izumo Taisha shrine, will be presenting this part of Japanese history.
15h15 - 16h00: HOW TO MAKE A FRENCH VERSION
Arnaud Laurent, the French voice of Natsu, is holding a masterclass on the Kuri stage to teach you all the secrets and techniques involved in dubbing! Come and learn all the secrets behind the making of the French versions!
16h15 - 18h00: THE FUTURE OF VIDEO GAMING - FROM JAPAN TO SOUTH-EAST ASIA WITH NO STRAIGHT ROADS 2
Following its acclaimed announcement at Summer Game Fest 2025, No Straight Roads 2, the new musical action game from the Metronomik studio, published by Shueisha Games, will be stopping off at Japan Expo for an explosive first meeting with the European public, in the presence of Hajime TABATA (Square Enix/JP GAMES), Idir Alexander OULD BRAHAM (Metronomik), Kelly MAROT (actor) and Donald REIGNOUX (actor).
16h30 - 17h30: DRAW YOUR FAVORITE HEROES
Learn the secrets of Son Goku design under the tutelage of Kazuhiko Torishima and Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru! What are the characteristics that make one of the most iconic characters in manga history so appealing? Find out at this exceptional event, where professionals who worked alongside Akira Toriyama teach the public how to draw Son Goku. And as if that weren't enough, there are plenty of other surprises in store...
Come and see Dragon Ball artists at work!
18h30 - 21h30: SCREENING - KYRIE'S SONG, WITH SHUNJI IWAI
The latest creation from Japanese cinema icon Shunji Iwai (Swallowtail Butterfly, All About Lily Chou-Chou), Kyrie's Song reflects on the scars of the 2011 tsunami through an ode to music and resilience. In partnership with the Maison de la Culture du Japon in Paris.