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1998 Kigurumi Chronicle

This volume records events, works and publications from this year. Announcements and completed events are identified separately.

Verifiable nodes

March 20-22: completed TGS 1998 spring record

The official retrospective labels the fourth edition “1998 spring,” gives March 20-22 and 147,913 visitors, and records commemorative gifts for the first groups in the admission queue.1 This is event-wide admission context, not a record of kigurumi participation or etiquette rules.

October 9-11: completed TGS 1998 autumn record

The same source labels the fifth edition “1998 autumn” and gives October 9-11 and 156,455 visitors.1 Total attendance does not establish the scale, first appearance, or participation of any performance-costume category.

Source

  1. Tokyo Game Show / CESA, “東京ゲームショウ30周年,” 1998 spring and autumn entries, https://tgs.cesa.or.jp/2026/30th ↩↩