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Tokyo Game Show Expands to 5 Days in 2026
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The opening ceremony of this year's Tokyo Game Show event announced on Thursday that the event will expand from four days to five next year. That includes two business days open to industry professionals as before, but now with three public days open to the general public. Next year's event will run from September 17 to September 21, which will be a public holiday in Japan (Respect for the Aged Day).
Tokyo Game Show began as a three-day event in 1996, expanded to two annual events (spring and fall) in 1997, shrank back to one annual three-day event in 2002, and expanded to a four-day event in 2007.
The staff also announced that 263,101 people attended this year's event. 274,739 attended the 2024 event, and 243,238 attended the 2023 event. This year, 52,352 people attended on Thursday (the first business day), 54,779 on Friday, 77,415 on Saturday (the first public day), and 78,555 on Sunday.
Tokyo Game Show 2025 ran in Chiba's Makuhari Messe center from September 25 to 28. This year's theme was "Unlimited, Neverending Playgrounds." 1,136 companies and organizations from 47 countries and regions exhibited their latest products, which are both record highs for the show.
Sources: Press release, 4Gamer (簗島), Tokyo Game Show website
