The Guests of Honor of Kotae Expo 2025
Kotae Expo 2025 will invite multiple Guests of Honor who are known from Japanese and Korean popular culture. Some of the guests will be visiting the Expo while others will be making a virtual appearance. You can find information about our Guests of Honor from this site.
All Guests of Honor will be published on this site during 2025. Keep your eyes peeled, there’s more to come!
The first Guest of Honor of Kotae Expo 2025 has been revealed!
Confirmed Guests of Honor for 2025:
– Atsushi Abe (virtual guest)
Read more from below!
What does a virtual guest mean?
A virtual guest will not be present at the premises of the event. Their program will be held via e.g. a video call, where both the audience and the guest can hear each other.
You can read more about the program of our virtual guests from below as well as from the program site that will be updated at a later date.
You can recognize a virtual guest from this symbol →
Atsushi Abe
Atsushi Abe is a Japanese voice actor who started his career in 2005. Abe is known from his many familiar roles in series such as Bakuman, Cardfight!! Vanguard, IDOLiSH7, Boruto and Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf, which came out last year. One of Abe’s most well-known roles is the main character of A Certain Magical Index, Tooma – a role which got him the Best New Actor Award from Seiyuu Awards in 2010.
In addition to anime roles, Abe’s voice can be heard in many games as well, including Food Fantasy, Arknights and Digimon Survive as well as the role of Wise in the current smash-hit game from miHoYo, Zenless Zone Zero.
Program:
Atsushi Abe will be making a virtual appearance in an interview show and Q&A session. The schedule of the program will be released closer to the event.
