Ohayocon

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Ohayocon
おはようカーン (ohayoukaan)
Status	Active
Venue	Hyatt Regency and Columbus Convention Center
Location	Columbus, Ohio
Country	United States
Years in existence	2001 to present
Attendance	4,200 (est.) as of 2006
List of events	Masquerade/cosplay, video rooms, game rooms, Ohayocon Celebrity Roast, and Jeff Thompson Dubbing Workshop
Official Website

Ohayocon is a convention focusing on Japanese pop culture, including, but not limited to, 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.

The operating staff of Ohayocon is comprised of volunteers in Ohio and throughout the Midwest that work together to put on the annual event.

1 Convention History
2 Trivia
3 References
4 External Links

[edit] Convention History

[edit] January 26-28, 2001

Location: The Sheraton at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Cleveland, OH
Guests: Michael Brady, Izzy Burger, Jessica Calvello, Juliet Cesario, Robert DeJesus, Tiffany Grant, Jei Fubler Harvey, Neil Nadelman, Jonathan Osborne, Scott Simpson, Kazuko Tadano, Brett Weaver
Attendance: 800 ^[1]

[edit] January 11-13, 2002

Location: Holiday Inn, Independence, OH
Guests: Rodney Caston ("Largo", Megatokyo), Tiffany Grant, Jonathan Osborne, Deb Rabbai
Attendance: 1,200 ^[2]

[edit] January 10-12, 2003

Location: The Hilton - Columbus, OH
Guests: 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 Osborne, Chris Patton, Deb Rabbai, Monica Rial, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, Jeff Thompson, Toshifumi Yoshida
Attendance: 2,061 ^[3]

[edit] January 23-25, 2004

Location: Hyatt Regency Columbus - Columbus, OH
Guests: Greg Ayres, Steve Bennett, Blood (band), Keith Burgess, Austell Callwood, Robert DeJesus, Tiffany Grant, Jason Lee, Scott McNeil, Jillian Michaels, Yad-Ming Mui, Monica Rial, Jan Scott-Frazier, Jeff Thompson, David Williams, Amanda Winn Lee, Toshifumi Yoshida
Attendance: 3,042 ^[4]

[edit] January 14-16, 2005

Location: Hyatt Regency Columbus - Columbus, OH
Guests: Greg Ayres, Steve Bennett, Keith Burgess, Steve Conte, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Tiffany Grant, Bruce Lewis, Scott McNeil, Vic Mignogna, Monica Rial, Chris Sabat, Jan Scott-Frazier, Mike Sinterniklaas, Doug Smith, Jeff Thompson, David Williams
Attendance: 4,051 ^[5]

[edit] January 6-8, 2006

Location: Hyatt Regency Columbus - Columbus, OH
Guests: Greg Ayres, Laura Bailey, Johnny Yong Bosch, Steve Conte, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Michael Dobson, Tiffany Grant, Matt Greenfield, Mike McFarland, Scott McNeil, Dave Merrill, Shaindle Minuk, Peelander-Z, Monica Rial, Chris Sabat, Jan Scott-Frazier, The Spoony Bards, Jeff Thompson, Toshifumi Yoshida
Attendance: 4,200 (est.) ^[6]

[edit] January 5-7, 2007

Location: Hyatt Regency Columbus - Columbus, OH
Guests: Greg Ayres, Christopher Ayres, Chris Bevins, Steve Conte, 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, Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons
Attendance: (none reported)

[edit] Trivia

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".
- The 1991 Sesame Street movie Big Bird in Japan also comments on this phonetic similarity