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2015: Japon Expo 16th Impact
Have a look at the guest list of the sixteenth edition of Japan Expo on this page!
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Manga & anime
- Ken AKAMATSU (mangaka; UQ HOLDER!) - Guest of Honor
- Tatsuya ASANO (teacher and mangaka)
- Boichi (mangaka; Wallman)
- Elsa BRANTS (mangaka; Save me Pythie)
- Kenjiro HATA (mangaka; Hayate the Combat Butler)
- Keiichi ITOH (music composer; Memories of Tomorrow)
- Hirokatsu KIHARA (writer and former producer at Studio Ghibli)
- Shichiro KOBAYASHI (illustrator, painter, and art director; Ashita no Joe 2)
- Ein LEE (illustrator; Princesse Pivoine, Le Secret de la Grue Blanche)
- Narcissus (mangaka; In These Words)
- Makoto NIWANO (mangaka and actor; Ryûtei – Dragon Emperor)
- Hiroyuki Oshima (mangaka; Toys of War)
- Yoshiyuki SADAMOTO (chara-designer; Neon Genesis Evangelion) - Guest of Honor
- Tsukasa SAIMURA (manga writer; Crueler than Dead)
- Michiko SUWA (producer; Inuyasha, City Hunter)
- Kôzo TAKAHASHI (mangaka; Crueler than Dead)
- Jun TOGAI (mangaka; In These Words)
- Vanrah (illustrator and mangaka; Stray Dog)
- Tetsuya WATANABE (producer; Young Kindaichi)
Music
- BACK-ON (J-rock)
- Baseball☆Girls (J-pop)
- Bee Shuffle (J-pop)
- Chaw Chaw (J-pop)
- Dempagumi.inc (J-pop)
- Eir AOI (J-pop)
- Kenji FUJISAWA (J-hard rock)
- Rio HIIRAGI (J-pop)
- ILU GRACE (J-RnB)
- Azumi INOUE (anime music)
- JAGMO (video game music orchestra)
- Hitomi KUROISHI (J-pop)
- Le Lien (J-pop)
- Luce Twinkle Wink☆ (J-pop)
- Michinoku Sendai ORI☆Himetai (J-pop)
- Hiroshi MOTOFUJI (J-hard rock and taiko)
- Neko Light Orchestra (video game and anime music)
- ONE NOT'E (J-rock)
- Orange Port (J-pop)
- Pink Babies (J-pop)
- Yasuharu TAKANASHI & Yaiba (anime music composer)
- VAMPS (J-rock) - Guests of Honor
- Yoshiki (composer, pianist, drummer, leader of X Japan)
Video games
- Katsuhiro HARADA (producer; Tekken Revolution)
- Yuji HORII (creator of Dragon Quest)
- Hisashi KOINUMA (director of KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD)
- Yusuke KOZAKI (chara-designer; Tekken 7)
- Hiroshi MATSUYAMA (CEO of CyberConnect2)
- Ryo MITO (producer; Saint Seiya Soldiers Soul)
- Shigeru MIYAMOTO (creator of Mario) - Guest of Honor
- Koji NAKAJIMA (producer at Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Cosplay
Voice acting
- Laurence BREHERET (voice actress; French voice of Misato Katsuragi in Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Olivier JANKOVIC (voice actor; French voice of Kaworu Nagisa in Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Olivier KOROL (voice actor; French voice of Kaworu Nagisa in Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Cinema & TV shows
- Takeshi ICHIHARA (director; Ryûtei)
- Daiki ISE (actor, singer, and dancer)
- Yuito ISHIHARA (actor; Ryûtei)
Web culture
- Benzaie (video maker)
- François DESCRAQUES (webseries creator)
- E-Penser (video maker)
- Golden Moustache (video makers, collective of actors)
- Joueur du Grenier (video makers, retrogaming show)
- LinksThe Sun (web-artist)
- MARCUS
- Noob (webseries)
- Umi-kun (video maker)
Others
- Ai HARUNA (music artist, actress, animator, and business woman)
- Jaru Jaru (comedian duo)
- Reki KAWAHARA (writer; Sword Art Online)
- Yashaoh MADARA (stunt artist; Ryûtei – Dragon Emperor)
