Thank you so very much for joining us at Naka-Kon 2024! It was amazing spending the weekend with all of you!
See you March 14-16, 2025!
Naka-Kon is an annual three-day convention, celebrating anime, manga, cosplay, music, fashion, gaming, and more! Every year, we bring your favorite voice actors, musicians, cosplayers, artists, designers, and industry experts to the Overland Park Convention Center. Catch guest panels and performances, be part of our cosplay competitions, enter contests, and learn about working in the anime, manga, and music industries.
January 14, 2025
Hello, Nakama! We’re excited to announce our first-ever Japanese comedian and DJ guest of honor, BAN BAN BAN! BAN BAN BAN consists of the comedy duo of Hiromi Sameshima and Masatake Yamamoto and is famous for their performance act, Anison Disco. Anison Disco is a fun interactive event open to all ages and fandom, and attendees will be able to enjoy dancing (wotagei) to their favorite anime songs (anison)! On stage, Sameshima-san serves as the DJ, and Yamaoto-san cosplays and impersonates Frieza, the main antagonist of Dragon Ball Z, who is a favorite amongst the fans. Please give BAN BAN BAN a warm welcome to Naka-Kon, and please check out Anison Disco on the main stage!
January 13, 2025
Nakama! We are so excited to welcome our special guest Yaya Han to our 20th Anniversary event! Yaya Han is a cosplayer, designer and author with more than 20 years of activity in the fandom world. Yaya has made over 400 costumes, been featured in two US Network TV Shows and countless magazines, books, newspapers and online media outlets, and she appears as a guest and speaker at hundreds of events all over the globe.
January 12, 2025
Attention, Nakama! We’re proud to announce that Sasara Sekine will be attending Naka-Kon 2025 as one of our Guests of Honor! Sekine-san is an actress, model, and former idol member of the group "Houkago Princess." She is currently the official supporter and MC for one of the world’s largest pop culture events, the Tokyo and Osaka Comicon, and the MC for the official coverage and support program of the B. LEAUGE, the professional men’s basketball league in Japan. Please give a warm welcome to Sekine-san!