Oshi-katsu Expo Returns to Tokyo Big Sight With Awards and Kodak Instant Cameras
The expo puts oshi-katsu goods on a business trade floor, with retail-facing items like the Kodak Mini Shot shown next to the sample-only merchandise, and pairs that market with an awards ceremony naming the idols and characters the culture organizes around.
Reporting from 1 source: 4Gamer.net.
The 6th Oshi-katsu EXPO Autumn ran at Tokyo Big Sight from October 7 to 9, 2026, alongside the 30th Lifestyle Week TOKYO Autumn, with booths showing goods and services for oshi-katsu. On October 7 the 1st Japan Oshi-katsu Awards honored six recipients: Kento Nakajima, AKB48, Shoko Nakagawa, Kizuna AI, Pompompurin, and Kimi Onoda. SAEDA showed the Kodak Mini Shot series, an instant camera that also prints smartphone images.
The floor at Tokyo Big Sight was a trade show, not a fan event, but some booths carried items individuals can buy at retail stores or online shops. That split matters: alongside sample car decoration stickers and promotional novelties meant for buyers, SAEDA brought the Kodak Mini Shot 2 ERA and RETRO and the Mini Shot 3 ERA and RETRO, instant cameras with a printer function that can output smartphone images on the spot.
The awards ceremony ran on the first day of the expo, October 7, and the recipients who took the stage each spoke about the things they follow.
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