The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition is pleased to announce the performers and creative team for the Flag Parade held on Monday, 13 October 2025.
Performers
・Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition:
TOKURA Masakazu, Chairperson
ISHIGE Hiroyuki, Secretary General
・Bureau International des Expositions (BIE):
Dimitri S. KERKENTZES, Secretary General
Alain BERGER, President of the BIE General Assembly
・HANEDA Koji, Commissioner General of the 2025 World Exposition in Japan
・YOSHIMURA Hirofumi, Governor of Osaka Prefecture
・YOKOYAMA Hideyuki, Mayor of Osaka City
・FUJIMOTO Sou, Expo Site Design Producer
・ISHIKAWA Masaru, Expo Site Operation Producer
・KOHASHI Kenji, Expo Events Producer
・Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan Theme Producers:
MIYATA Hiroaki (Professor, Keio University)
ISHIGURO Hiroshi (Professor, Osaka University and Visiting Director, ATR Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories)
NAKAJIMA Sachiko (Musician, mathematician and STEAM educator)
OCHIAI Yoichi (Media Artist)
KAWAMORI Shoji (Animation Director, Mechanic Designer, Vision Creator)
KOYAMA Kundo (Broadcast writer, Vice President of Kyoto University of the Arts)
・Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan Special Supporters
Hello Kitty (appointed 27 November 2023)
Kumamon (appointed 17 June 2024)
NMB48 (appointed 27 March 2024)
(AOBARA Yuka, AOBARA Waka, ABE Wakana, IZUMI Ayano, KAWAKAMI Chihiro, KOJIMA Karin, SAKASHITA
Mako, SAKATA Misaki, SAKURADA Ayaka, SHIOTSUKI Keito, SHINZAWA Nao, HAGA Rei, HIRAYAMA Mai)
AOKI Munetaka (appointed 29 March 2024)
IHARA Rikka (appointed 4 July 2024)
HARUNA Ai (appointed 30 September 2024)
YUCHAMI & YUICHAMI “Yui Koike” (appointed 12 October 2024)
・Flag Bearers
Youth Theatre Japan
Osaka Dance & Actors School
・Marching Band
Waseda Osaka Gakuen Wind Band
・Performers:
avantgardey
KENTO MORI / DREAM KIDS DANCERS
Via Colorguard
LaLaLa Yosakoi
ICHIZA CIRCUS PERFORMER
・MYAKU-MYAKU, Official Character of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan
・Pop-Up Stage West Host: ISOBE Sachiyo
Total number of performers: 395
Creative Team
・Supervising Producer: NAGAYA Ayako
・Project Manager: TANAKA Yusuke
・General Director: KOMATSU Takahiro
・Director/Choreographer: KOBAYASHI Gen
・Assistant Director: KODAMA Aya
・Direction Progress Producers: UMEZAWA Shinya, OKUWAKI Masataka, KAMEYAMA Yukihiko, KITAGAWA Yuki,
TSUNASHIMA Toyoma, HARADA Daisuke
・Production Managers: ISONO Ayumi, KIZAWA Sohei, YAMAMOTO Tamae
・Script Writer: ITAGAKI Hibiki
・Hair, Makeup, and Costumer Production Manager: KOTANI Hoshiko
・Hair and Makeup Supervisor: ISHII Ikuko
・Costume Supervisor: HAMADA Aki
・Sound Production: LARGO
・Special Effects Production: Gimmick Co., Ltd.
・Construction Production: At Basis
・Management and Production: Total Brain Co., Ltd.
For Reference
▽ What’s New
A Flag Parade Will Be Held on the Closing Day of Expo 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan! (1 October 2025)
https://www.expo2025.or.jp/en/news/news-20251001-03/
(Events Bureau)