Kumoricon

Kumoricon is an annual three-day anime convention held during October or November at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. The name of the convention comes from the Japanese word Kumori (曇り), meaning cloudy.^[4][5] Kumoricon is run by a volunteer staff and was previously held in Vancouver, Washington at the Hilton Vancouver Washington/Red Lion Vancouver at the Quay.^[6]

Kumoricon
Kumoricon 2016
Status	Active
Genre	Anime, Manga, Japanese culture[1][2]
Venue	Oregon Convention Center
Location(s)	Portland, Oregon
Country	United States
Inaugurated	2003
Attendance	11,729 in 2023[3]
Website	http://www.kumoricon.org/

Programming

The convention typically offers board gaming, cosplay chess, cosplay competitions, dances (formal masquerade ball and informal), karaoke, music, music video contests, panels, tabletop gaming, video game tournaments, and workshops.^{[5][7][8][9][10]}

History

The convention originated from the anime club at the University of Oregon.^[1] Due to the convention's growth, in 2011 it was held in both the Hilton Vancouver Washington and the Red Lion Vancouver at the Quay.^[1][9] Kumoricon expanded to four days in 2014.^[6] Due to growth and lack of space, Kumoricon in 2016 moved to the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon.^[2][11] Demolition of Red Lion's Centennial Center and Kumoricon using six hotels also influenced the decision. Kumoricon used half the convention center in 2019.^[12] Kumoricon 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and they announced an online convention in its place.^[13][14][15]

Event history

Dates	Location	Atten.	Guests
November 29–30, 2003	Clarion Hotel Springfield, Oregon	419	Bakazoku[16]
September 4–6, 2004	Portland Marriott Downtown Portland, Oregon	1,284	Bakazoku, Phuong-Mai Bui-Quang (PMBQ), Brad DeMoss, Jeannie Lee, and Dr. Antonia Levi.[17]
September 3–5, 2005	Doubletree Hotel Portland/Lloyd Center Portland, Oregon	1,850	Bakazoku, Greg Dean, Brad DeMoss, Antonia Levi, Joshua Seth, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[18]
September 2–4, 2006	Red Lion on the River Portland, Oregon	2,357	A-Key Kyo, Bakazoku, Greg Dean, Liz Dean, Michael Gluck, Tiffany Grant, and Kirk Thornton.[19]
September 1–3, 2007	Vancouver Hilton & Convention Center Vancouver, Washington	3,133	A-Key Kyo, Mohammad "Hawk" Haque, Ananth Panagariya, Sean Schemmel, The Slants, and Kirk Thornton.[20]
August 30 – September 1, 2008	Doubletree Portland-Lloyd Center Portland, Oregon	4,610	Greg Dean, Liz Dean, Richard Epcar, Kaja Foglio, Phil Foglio, Carl Gustav Horn, The Slants, Ellyn Stern, Kirk Thornton, and Tommy Yune.[21]
September 5–7, 2009	Hilton Portland & Executive Tower Portland, Oregon	4,761	The Anime Hunters, Svetlana Chmakova, Kaja Foglio, Phil Foglio, Carl Gustav Horn, Last Stop Tokyo, Cynthia Martinez, Soul Candy, Jason Thompson, Kirk Thornton, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[22]
September 4–6, 2010	Hilton Portland & Executive Tower Portland, Oregon	4,271	Tiffany Grant, Todd Haberkorn, Carl Gustav Horn, Kevin McKeever, Soul Candy, and Sonny Strait.[23]
September 3–5, 2011	Hilton Vancouver Washington Red Lion Vancouver at the Quay Vancouver, Washington	4,182	The Anime Hunters, Chris Cason, Todd Haberkorn, Slightly Anime, and David Vincent.[24]
September 1–3, 2012	Hilton Vancouver Washington Red Lion Vancouver at the Quay Vancouver, Washington	5,023	Lauren Landa, Ninja of the Night, The Slants, and Sonny Strait.[25][26]
August 31–September 2, 2013	Hilton Vancouver Washington Red Lion Vancouver at the Quay Vancouver, Washington	6,206	Anina Bennett, Terry Blas, Ron Chan, Paul Guinan, Todd Haberkorn, Cassandra Lee Morris, Ninja of the Night, Christopher Sabat, Jason Thompson, and David Vincent.[27]
August 29–September 1, 2014	Hilton Vancouver Washington Red Lion Vancouver at the Quay Vancouver, Washington	6,650	Chuck Huber, Bryce Papenbrook, Raj Ramayya, Christopher Sabat, Patrick Seitz, Stephanie Sheh, and Karen Strassman.[28]
September 4–7, 2015	Hilton Vancouver Washington Red Lion Vancouver at the Quay Vancouver, Washington	6,600	Christine Marie Cabanos, Erica Mendez, Patrick Seitz, The Slants, Ciarán Strange, and David Vincent.[29]
October 28–30, 2016[11]	Oregon Convention Center Portland, Oregon	7,954	D.C. Douglas, Caitlin Glass, Shigeto Koyama, Neeko, Sonny Strait, Ciarán Strange, Austin Tindle, Eric Vale, and Hiromi Wakabayashi.[30]
October 27–29, 2017	Oregon Convention Center Portland, Oregon	8,575	Steve Ahn, Fighting Dreamers Productions, Jessie James Grelle, Todd Haberkorn, Jerry Jewell, Hiroyasu Kobayashi, Shigeto Koyama, Kra, Eugene Lee, Cherami Leigh, Vic Mignogna, TeddyLoid, Hiromi Wakabayashi, and Lisle Wilkerson.[31]
October 26–28, 2018	Oregon Convention Center Portland, Oregon	9,086	Yoshitaka Amano, Justin Briner, Clifford Chapin, Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, Lucien Dodge, KionCloud, Hiroyasu Kobayashi, Shigeto Koyama, Lauren Landa, Magic of Life, Erica Mendez, Atelier Pierrot, Monica Rial, Jad Saxton, Keith Silverstein, Ciarán Strange, superlog, J. Michael Tatum, TeddyLoid, Kimura U, Uptown Cosplay, Hiromi Wakabayashi, and David Wald.[32]
November 15–17, 2019	Oregon Convention Center Portland, Oregon	10,816	Yuko Ashizawa, Tia Ballard, Morgan Berry, Luci Christian, Enayla, Caleb Hyles, IBI, Brittney Karbowski, KionCloud, Shigeto Koyama, Matthew Lassiter, Joel McDonald, Brina Palencia, Atelier Pierrot, Ciarán Strange, Karen Strassman, TeddyLoid, Uptown Cosplay, Vedetta Marie, Hiromi Wakabayashi, and David Wald.[33]
November 6-8, 2020[15]	Online convention
November 5–7, 2021	Oregon Convention Center Portland, Oregon	8,923	ACME, Morgan Berry, Kira Buckland, Robbie Daymond, Alisa Freedman, Caleb Hyles, Billy Kametz, James Landino, Faye Mata, Erica Mendez, Momma Sammu, Laura Stahl, Ciarán Strange, TeddyLoid, and Abby Trott.[34]
November 11-13, 2022	Oregon Convention Center Portland, Oregon	11,199	DJ Amaya, Burnout Syndromes, Ray Chase, Zack Davisson, Robbie Daymond, Alisa Freedman, Caleb Hyles, DJ Kagamine, Shigeto Koyama, Cherami Leigh, Adam McArthur, Amanda C. Miller, Max Mittelman, Momma Sammu, Bryce Papenbrook, Kaiji Tang, TeddyLoid, Cristina Vee, Hiromi Wakabayashi, December Wynn, and Anne Yatco.[35]
November 17-19, 2023	Oregon Convention Center Portland, Oregon	11,729	6%Dokidoki, ACME, Black Bettie, Griffin Burns, Dani Chambers, Crusher-P, Alisa Freedman, Caleb Hyles, Brittney Karbowski, Haruka Kurebayashi, Lauren Landa, E. Jason Liebrecht, Michelle Marie, Amber May, Brandon McInnis, Patrick Pedraza, Alejandro Saab, Rock M. Sakura, Keith Silverstein, Karen Strassman, J. Michael Tatum, Teca, Jeannie Tirado, Kana Ueda, Howard Wang, and Jonathan Young.[3]
November 8-10, 2024	Oregon Convention Center Portland, Oregon		Britt Baron, Black Bettie, Johnny Yong Bosch, Allegra Clark, Crusher, Eli Ebberts, Faeliae Kitsune, Kyle "Turtle Smithy" Mathis, Malinda "Malindachan" Mathis, David Matranga, Xander Mobus, Nano, OR3O, Zeno Robinson, Michelle Ruff, Scottaconda, Stephanie Sheh, and Briana White.[36]