Thank you very much for your continued warm support of the World LocalCharacters Grand Prix. To provide everyone with a more comfortable user experience, we will be renewing our website design as outlined below. ■ Renewal Date Starting M...

This morning, a system trouble occurred that caused the website to be inaccessible, preventing users from viewing the site and submitting votes. We deeply apologize for the great inconvenience and concern this may have caused to all our ...

Based on your valuable feedback, we have updated our system to make the website even easier and more fun to use! ✨ Here are the details of today's update 👇 ⏰ Ranking Updates Are Now "Every 30 Minutes"! Thanks to our currently stable s...

Thank you very much for your continuous and passionate support for the World LocalCharacters Grand Prix. At the request of GMMTV, the managing organization of the Thai mascots, the characters listed below have withdrawn from the Online V...

Thank you very much for your incredible patience and continuous support for the "World Gotochi-Chara Grand Prix." We are pleased to officially report that the technical issue causing the website's ranking updates to freeze has been fully...

Thank you very much for your continuous support for the "World Gotochi-Chara Grand Prix." As previously reported, we are still experiencing a technical issue where the ranking updates on our official website remain frozen. We sincerely a...

Thank you very much for your continuous support for the "World Gotochi-Chara Grand Prix." We are writing to inform you that we are currently experiencing a technical issue on our official website where the ranking updates have temporaril...

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused by the temporary slow loading and connectivity issues due to the high volume of traffic on our voting website. Our technical team has successfully optimized the servers, and access to t...

Thank you so much for your continuous love and support! The highly anticipated voting for the "World Gotochi-Chara Grand Prix" has officially started today, Tuesday, July 7th, at 8:00 AM (JST)! This year's Grand Prix is completely refres...

Thank you so much for your continuous love and support for the Grand Prix! To power up the event like never break before, we are thrilled to announce the official launch of our newly redesigned logo! Breaking away from our previous look,...

Thank you very much for your patience and cooperation during our recent system maintenance. We sincerely apologize for the temporary unavailability of the website and any inconvenience this may have caused. The following updates and new ...

Based on our analysis of the ongoing Trial Voting Event, we will be performing system updates to improve overall performance and add new features. During this maintenance period, the voting website (including rankings, individual charact...

We have received reports from some users stating that they cannot log in on their first attempt, but successfully log in on their second attempt. Our technical investigation shows that this issue typically occurs when accessing the websi...

The "Trial Voting Event," which was held to help everyone get familiar with our voting system, will officially conclude on Wednesday, June 17, at 11:59 (JST). We hope this trial gave you a clear understanding of how the system works! We ...

The issue causing timeouts during periods of high traffic has been resolved. Following the implementation of countermeasures, all functions are now fully restored and operating normally.We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and tr...

We are currently experiencing a system issue that is preventing access to the Trial Voting Event website.We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience and trouble this may cause to our users. Our technical team is urgently investigating t...

Get Ready for the "World Gotochi-Chara Grand Prix"! Join Our "Trial Voting Event" Starting June 7th! The official online voting for the "World Gotochi-Chara Grand Prix" kicks off on Tuesday, July 7th. Before the big day, we are holding a...

Now Accepting Applications for In-Person Voting Events! https://gotouchi-chara.jp/hikone2026 Event Overview Name: Gotochi-Chara Expo 2026 Date & Time: Saturday, Oct 17 & Sunday, Oct 18, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Venue: Yumekyobash...

Now Accepting Applications for In-Person Voting Events! https://gotouchi-chara.jp/hanyu2026 Event Overview Name: The 15th World Character Summit in Hanyu Date & Time: Saturday, Nov 21 & Sunday, Nov 22, 2026 | 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM V...

Now Accepting Applications for In-Person Voting Events! https://gotouchi-chara.jp/chiba2026 Event Overview Event Name: 900th Anniversary of Chiba’s Founding: "Zenkoku Gotochi Osusowake Marche in Chiba" ~Connecting Japan’s Treasures with ...

We have published a new page detailing the event venues and how you can vote in person to support your favorite characters. Please use this information to plan your visit and join the excitement at the venues! https://charagp.full-comi.j...

Check out the honors and prizes awaiting the winners. We have even more awards planned and will be adding them soon—so stay tuned for more exciting updates!

The scheduled system maintenance has been completed.All features are now back online and available for use as usual.Thank you very much for your patience and cooperation.

Due to an issue discovered during the previous maintenance, we will be conducting additional website maintenance on May 9th and 10th. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this may cause so soon after the last update. We appreciat...

Today's scheduled system maintenance has been completed ahead of schedule as work proceeded smoothly.All features are now back online and available for use as usual.Thank you very much for your cooperation and patience during the mainten...

We will be conducting website maintenance on May 3rd and 4th. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

Entry applications opened on April 6th at 3:00 PM (JST). The Executive Committee is currently reviewing entries in the order they were received. We kindly ask for your patience until the approval process is complete.

We are delighted to announce that a song by Yufu Terashima (寺嶋由芙), who is also a member of our Executive Committee, has been chosen as the official support song for this event! Many character names appear in the lyrics, so listening ...

The Background and Vision Behind the Event. ■ The Story Behind the "Grand Prix" During the "Local Mascot Boom" that began in 2008, characters from all over Japan actively participated in the "Yuru-chara (R) Grand Prix." In the inaugural ...

Moving beyond a simple popularity contest to becoming a driving force for regional growth!Announcing the "World Local Characters Grand Prix" — a new-era event evaluating the impact of mascot activities.Transforming daily grassroots effor...