Ohayocon

Ohayocon
Status	Active
Venue	Hyatt Regency and Columbus Convention Center
Location	Columbus, Ohio
Country	United States
First held	2001
Attendance	10,120 in 2010
Official website	http://www.ohayocon.org/

Ohayocon is a convention focusing on Japanese pop culture, including popular anime and manga fandom. It is traditionally held during the month of January in Columbus, Ohio. Ohayocon was first held in 2001 in Cleveland, Ohio, moving to Columbus in 2003. Ohayocon derives its name from the similarity in pronunciation between "Ohio", where the con is held, and Ohayo (おはよう, Ohayou^?), which is Japanese for "Good morning". With its continued growth, Ohayocon has become the largest winter anime convention in North America.

History

Event history

Dates	Location	Atten.	Guests
January 26–28, 2001	Sheraton Airport Hotel Cleveland, Ohio	800	Michael Brady, Izzy Burger, Jessica Calvello, Juliet Cesario, Robert DeJesus, Tiffany Grant, Jei Fubler Harvey, Neil Nadelman, Jonathan C. Osborne, Scott Simpson, Kazuko Tadano, and Brett Weaver.[1]
January 11–13, 2002	Holiday Inn Cleveland-South Independence, Ohio	1,200	Rodney "Largo" Caston, Tiffany Grant, Jonathan C. Osborne, and Deb Rabbai.[2]
January 10–12, 2003	The Hilton Columbus Columbus, Ohio	2,061	Steve Bennett, Kei Blue, Keith Burgess, Robert DeJesus, Brad DeMoss, Fred Gallagher, Tiffany Grant, Amy Howard-Wilson, Shimpei Itoh, Vic Mignogna, Yad-Ming Mui, Stephanie Nadolny, Dominic Nguyen, Mio Odagi, Jonathan C. Osborne, Chris Patton, Deb Rabbai, Monica Rial, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, Jeff Thompson, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[3]
January 23–25, 2004	Hyatt Regency Columbus Columbus, Ohio	3,042	Greg Ayres, Steve Bennett, Blood, Keith Burgess, Austell Callwood, Richard Ian Cox, Robert DeJesus, Brad DeMoss, Tiffany Grant, Jason Lee, Scott McNeil, Jillian Michaels, Yad-Ming Mui, Monica Rial, Jan Scott-Frazier, Jeff Thompson, David Williams, Amanda Winn Lee, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[4]
January 14–16, 2005	Hyatt Regency Columbus Columbus Convention Center Columbus, Ohio	4,051	Greg Ayres, Steve Bennett, Keith Burgess, Steve Conte, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Tiffany Grant, Bruce Lewis, Mike McFarland, Scott McNeil, Vic Mignogna, Monica Rial, Chris Sabat, Jan Scott-Frazier, Mike Sinterniklaas, Doug Smith, Jeff Thompson, and David Williams.[5]
January 6–8, 2006	Hyatt Regency Columbus Columbus Convention Center Columbus, Ohio	4,257	Greg Ayres, Laura Bailey, Johnny Yong Bosch, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Michael Dobson, Tiffany Grant, Matt Greenfield, Mike McFarland, Dave Merrill, Shaindle Minuk, Peelander-Z, Monica Rial, Chris Sabat, Jan Scott-Frazier, The Spoony Bards, Jeff Thompson, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[6]
January 5–7, 2007	Hyatt Regency Columbus Columbus Convention Center Columbus, Ohio	6,124	Chris Ayres, Greg Ayres, Chris Bevins, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Caitlin Glass, Tiffany Grant, Matt Greenfield, Clarine Harp, Brittney Karbowski, Jason Lee, Bruce Lewis, Mike McFarland, Chris Patton, Monica Rial, Chris Sabat, Jan Scott-Frazier, Rosearik Rikki Simons, Doug Smith, The Spoony Bards, Amanda Winn Lee, and Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons.[7]
January 4–6, 2008	Hyatt Regency Columbus Columbus Convention Center Columbus, Ohio	7,032	Chris Ayres, Greg Ayres, Chris Bevins, Johnny Yong Bosch, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Eyeshine, Tiffany Grant, Matt Greenfield, Clarine Harp, Brittney Karbowski, Jonathan Klein, Bruce Lewis, Mike McFarland, r*k* Milholland, Monica Rial, Antimere Robinson, Chris Sabat, Jan Scott-Frazier, Rosearik Rikki Simons, and Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons.[8]
January 30 – February 1, 2009	Hyatt Regency Columbus Columbus Convention Center Columbus, Ohio	8,093	Chris Ayres, Greg Ayres, Aaron Dismuke, Tiffany Grant, Vic Mignogna,[9] Matt Greenfield, Mike McFarland, Jerry Jewell, Rosearik Rikki Simons, Caitlin Glass, and Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons.[10]
January 29 – 31, 2010	Hyatt Regency Columbus Columbus Convention Center Columbus, Ohio	10,120	Chris Ayres, Greg Ayres, Jonathon Coulton, Robert DeJesus, Aaron Dismuke, Tiffany Grant, Matt Greenfield, Illich Guardiola, Carl Horn, Jerry Jewell, Bruce Lewis, Jamie McGonnigal, Lisa Ortiz, Paradox Lost, Wendy Powell, Jan Scott-Frazier, Stephanie Sheh, Mike Sinterniklaas, Doug Smith, Rikki Simons, J. Michael Tatum, Richard Townsend, Shannon Townsend, Voices For, Tom Wayland, Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons.[11]
January 28 – 30, 2011	Hyatt Regency Columbus Columbus Convention Center Columbus, Ohio		Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio

References

1. ^ "Ohayocon 2001 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/132. Retrieved 2008-02-02. 
2. ^ "Ohayocon 2002 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/167. Retrieved 2008-02-02. 
3. ^ "Ohayocon 2003 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/312. Retrieved 2008-02-02. 
4. ^ "Ohayocon 2004 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/133. Retrieved 2008-02-02. 
5. ^ "Ohayocon 2005 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/609. Retrieved 2008-02-02. 
6. ^ "Ohayocon 2006 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/893. Retrieved 2008-02-02. 
7. ^ "Ohayocon 2007 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/980. Retrieved 2008-02-02. 
8. ^ "Ohayocon 2008 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1344. Retrieved 2009-01-29. 
9. ^ "Ohayocon 2009 Guest Update". Ohayocon.org. http://www.ohayocon.org/. Retrieved 2008-10-14. 
10. ^ "Ohayocon 2009 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1492. Retrieved 2008-08-23. 
11. ^ "Ohayocon 2010 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1780. Retrieved 2010-01-31. 

External links

• Ohayocon website