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Japan Expo 2026 continues revealing an impressive guest list, already including Keisuke Itagaki (Baki The Grappler), Chihiro Hiro, Harimaru (Suicide Red), Daisuke Igarashi (Children of the Sea), Genki Ono (Hima-Ten!), Kia Asamiya (Silent Mobius), and Satoshi Shiki (Attack on Titan: Before the Fall). This morning's press conference added three more: Kyu Aiya, artist of The Rising of the Shield Hero manga (30 volumes in Japan, 28 published in France by Doki Doki, its anime's fifth season now in production), attending via a Kadokawa/Doki Doki collaboration; and the duo Shinichi Ishizuka and NUMBER8, creators of the acclaimed jazz saga Blue Giant since 2013.