Guests from Shogakukan added to Roster for Otakon 2025

Washington, D.C. (June 11, 2025) – Otakon 2025 will feature guests from Shogakukan's "Too Many Losing Heroines!" (Makeine) with Takibi Amamori, Kentaro Iwaasa, and Imigimuru, according to Otakorp Inc.

Amamori is a novelist from Toyohashi City in Aichi Prefecture. He won the Gagaga prize in the 15th Shogakukan Light Novel Awards in 2020 with his submission “Am I Just a Random Mob Character Standing Next to the Losing Heroine in the Final Episode?” In 2021, he debuted with a retitled version of the same novel, “Too Many Losing Heroines!”

Imigimuru is a manga artist and illustrator from Hyogo Prefecture, best known as the creator of the hit romantic comedy series "This Art Club Has a Problem!" He has also worked as the illustrator for a number of other popular games and anime, including "Lycoris Recoil," "Fate/Grand Order," and "Too Many Losing Heroines!"

Iwaasa is the deputy editor-in-chief of Shogakukan's Gagaga Bunko department. He has worked with titles such as "A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics" (Henjin no Salad Bowl), "Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki," "Chitose-kun Is in the Ramune Bottle," and "Too Many Losing Heroines!"

Otakon 2025 will be held from August 8-10, 2025 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

ABOUT OTAKON AND OTAKORP, INC.: Now entering its thirty-first year, Otakon is an annual celebration of Japanese and East Asian popular culture, and also one of the largest gatherings of fans in the United States. Otakon celebrates popular culture as a gateway to deeper understanding of Asian culture, and has grown along with the enthusiasm for anime, manga, video games, and music from the Far East. Historically, Otakon has drawn over 40,000 people for three days each year (for a paid attendance of over 100,000 turnstile attendees). Otakon is a membership-based convention sponsored by Otakorp, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based, 501(c)3 educational non-profit whose mission is to promote the appreciation of Asian culture, primarily through its media and entertainment. Otakorp, Inc. is directed by an all-volunteer, unpaid staff – we are run by fans, for fans.

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