OffKai Expo Gen 5 Draws More Than 9,200 Across Three San Jose Venues
OffKai's move into the Civic and South Hall, plus a Western solo debut for HIMEHINA, shows the convention scaling its venue footprint and its booking ambitions at the same time.
Reporting from 1 source: VTuber NewsDrop.
OffKai Expo Gen 5 ran July 24-26, 2026, and drew more than 9,200 attendees, figures announced during the closing ceremony. The convention moved beyond the San Jose McEnery Convention Center into the adjacent South Hall and the San Jose Civic. HIMEHINA played their first solo live performance in the West at the Civic, and OffKai LIVE: Dazzling Showtime ran more than three hours the next evening.
The San Jose Civic hosted HIMEHINA's LIFETIME is BUBBLIN stop on the tour's only North American date, a two-and-a-half-hour set the report describes as running like a feature film rather than a conventional concert. The next night, OffKai LIVE: Dazzling Showtime filled the same room for more than three hours, hosted by Keiseira and EllyEN, with OffChoir opening. Raki Kazuki and LAZULI presented the self-produced SURGE!!! 3D LIVE Musical, and Elia Stellaria and Penny Puffball assembled the Big British Exchange Concert. Grand sponsor The Wildcard Club opened applications for teams to be led by four VTubers.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- VTuber NewsDrop OffKai Expo Gen 5 Grows Into a Multi-Venue VTuber Celebration