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2021 Kigurumi Chronicle

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

Verified chronology

May 22 and August 7–8: WCS adopts a hybrid format

The WCS 2021 archive announced its hybrid structure on May 22 and held the event on August 7–8. The championship used a Video Division, while in-person cosplay activity remained around Oasis 21 and other Nagoya venues.1 Japan National Tourism Organization and Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs also confirm the dates and hybrid format.23

October 23–24: 18th Kigurumi Wasshoi!

The organizer records that the event moved from September to October 23–24 and was tested at Hotel East 21 Tokyo.4 The program combined:

  • two days of halls, a top-floor lounge, pool areas, and chapel photography;
  • hotel packages that allowed changing in guest rooms;
  • stage and dealer activity related to kigurumi and other full-head costumes;
  • a dinner plan adjusted to soft drinks under the dining restrictions then in force.

August 30: the official WCS booklet is archived

WCS published its 2021 official booklet after the event.1 Programs, maps, rules, and booklets are first-party records even when they appear after an event ends.

Sources

  1. World Cosplay Summit, “WORLD COSPLAY SUMMIT 2021,” https://www.worldcosplaysummit.jp/2021/en/ ↩↩

  2. Japan National Tourism Organization, “World Cosplay Summit 2021 – Hybrid event,” https://www.japan.travel/en/au/news-blog/world-cosplay-summit-2021-hybrid-event/ ↩

  3. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, “The World Cosplay Summit 2021,” https://www.mofa.go.jp/p_pd/ca_opr/page24e_000310.html ↩

  4. キグルミwasshoi!, “開催概要 / 第18回 キグルミwasshoi!,” https://www.wasshoi.kigdoll.net/20210918 ↩