ALL OFFICIAL GREEK COSPLAY STATISTICS & INFORMATION OF THE PERIOD 2006 – 2024
- Existence in Greece: 26.02.2006 – 25.02.2024 ( 18 years )
- 13 Cities, where Cosplay events take / took place
- 503 Commercial Events
- 132 Mass Outdoor Photoshoots
- 24593 Cosplays ( including Cosplay repetitions by the same person in multiple events ) until 30.04.2023
- 2757 Cosplays outside of events & mass cosplay photoshoots ( 11,2% of total ) until 30.04.2023
- ~3700 Cosplayers in Greece until 30.04.2023
- ~900 active Cosplayers in Greece during the last season
- ~3850 different characters from 1520 sources until 30.04.2023
- – Male: ~1232 ( 32% ) until 30.04.2023
- – Female: ~2618 ( 68% ) until 30.04.2023
TOP 10 EVENTS BY COSPLAY TOTAL ( until 30.04.2023 )
TOP 10 ORGANISERS BY EVENT TOTAL ( 60% of total / until 30.04.2023 )
TOP 15 COSPLAY SOURCES ( 32,8% of total / until 30.04.2023 )
TOP 15 COSPLAY CHARACTERS ( 8,2% of total / until 30.04.2023 )
TOP 5 COSPLAY PHOTOGRAPHER BY WORK
CASSIEL COSPLAY PHOTOGRAPHY
||| Events Covered: 155 ||| Outdoor Photoshoots: 105 ||| Cosplays Shot: 9200+ ( 1950+ extra abroad ) ||| City: Athens & Thessaloniki ||| Start: 12.06.2009 ||| End: 01.03.2020 ||| Covered Event & Mass Outdoor Photoshoot List ||| Links: Facebook , Facebook , Group , Youtube , Twitter , Instagram , Cure WorldCosplay , Cosplay.com ||| Photographer Feature & Interview |||
DIMITRIS PAPADOPOULOS PHOTOGRAPHY
||| Events Covered: 91 ||| Outdoor Photoshoots: 44 ||| Cosplays Shot: 2890+ ( 300+ extra abroad ) ||| City: Athens & Thessaloniki ||| Start: 22.02.2014 ||| End: 19.01.2020 ||| Covered Event & Mass Outdoor Photoshoot List ||| Links: Facebook , Facebook , Group , Youtube , Youtube , Twitter , Twitter , Instagram , Instagram , Deviantart , Cure WorldCosplay ||| Photographer Feature & Interview |||
FOTOGAMES SPECIALISTS
||| Events Covered: 35 ||| Outdoor Photoshoots: 0 ||| Cosplays Shot: 4010+ ||| City: Αθήνα ||| Start: 02.06.2018 ||| End: – ||| Covered Event List up until 2023 ||| Links: Page , Facebook , Group , Youtube , Twitter , Instagram ||| Photographer Feature & Interview |||
ADVENTURER PHOTOGRAPHY
||| Covered Events: 94 ||| Outdoor Photoshoots: 66 ||| Cosplays Shot: 2260+ ||| City: Thessaloniki ||| Start: 20.12.2007 ||| End: 26.03.2016 ||| Covered Event & Mass Outdoor Photoshoot List ||| Links: Facebook |||
MARY CHAN COSPLAY & PHOTOGRAPHY
||| Events Covered: 76 ||| Outdoor Photoshoots: 63 ||| Cosplays Shot: 2340+ ( 200+ extra abroad ) ||| City: Athens & Thessaloniki ||| Start: 14.12.2013 ||| End: 29.02.2020 ||| Covered Event & Mass Outdoor Photoshoot List ||| Links: Facebook , Instagram , Deviantart |||
GREEK CONVENTIONS
ANIMECON: RUN THESSALONIKI
||| Date: October ||| Duration: 2 days ||| City: Thessaloniki ||| Location: Ioannis Vellidis Convention Center 
||| Type: Convention ||| Category: Japan & Anime ||| Events: 6 ||| Visitors: ~10.000 ||| Cosplay Contest: No ||| Cosplay Show: No ||| Entrance: Yes ||| Organiser: Mangatellers ||| Links: Page, Facebook , Youtube , Twitter , Instagram , Tik Tok |||
ATHENS ART FESTIVAL
||| Date: October ||| Duration: 2 days ||| City: Athens ||| Location: Serafio City of Athens ||| Type: Convention ||| Category: Comics, Movies & Series & Videogames ||| Events: 2 ||| Visitors: ~3.000 ||| Cosplay Contest: No ||| Cosplay Show: No ||| Entrance: Yes ||| Organiser: Αthens Art Festival ||| Links: Facebook , Instagram |||
ATHENS RETRO FESTIVAL
||| Date: June ||| Duration: 4 days ||| City: Athens ||| Location: Old Car Station OSY 
||| Type: Convention ||| Category: Retro ||| Events: 1 ||| Visitors: ~8.000 ||| Cosplay Contest: Yes ||| Cosplay Show: No ||| Entrance: Yes ||| Organiser: Athens Retro Festival ||| Links: Page , Facebook , Facebook , Youtube , Twitter , Instagram |||
ATHENSCON
||| Date: December ||| Duration: 3 days ||| City: Athens ||| Location: Tae Kwon Do Stadium ||| Type: Convention ||| Category: Comics & Movies & Series ||| Events: 7 ||| Visitors: ~35.000 ||| Cosplay Contest: No ||| Cosplay Show: No ||| Entrance: Yes ||| Organiser: AthensCon ||| Links: Page , Facebook , Group , Youtube , Instagram , Twitter , TikTok |||
COMIC N' PLAY
||| Date: December ||| Duration: 3 days ||| City: Thessaloniki ||| Location: Port Warehouse C’ ||| Type: Convention ||| Category: Comics ||| Events: 6 ||| Visitors: ~4.000 ( unique ) ||| Cosplay Contest: Νο ||| Cosplay Show: No ||| Entrance: No ||| Organiser: Comic ‘N’ Play ||| Links: Page , Facebook , Youtube , Instagram |||
COMICDOM CON ATHENS
||| Date: May ||| Duration: 3 days ||| City: Athens ||| Location: Technopolis |||| Type: Convention ||| Category: Comics ||| Events: 14 ||| Visitors: ~27.000 ||| Cosplay Contest: Yes ( Europa Cosplay Cup Qualifiers ) ||| Cosplay Show: No ||| Entrance: Yes ||| Organiser: Comicdom ||| Links: Page , Facebook , Group , Youtube , Twitter , Instagram |||
CRETAN COMIC CON
||| Date: June ||| Duration: 2 days ||| City: Heraklion ||| Location: Cultural Conference Center of Heraklion ||| Type: Convention ||| Category: Comics ||| Events: 3 ||| Visitors: ~4.000 ( unique ) ||| Cosplay Contest: Yes ||| Cosplay Show: No ||| Entrance: No ||| Organiser: Cretan Comic Con ||| Links: Page , Facebook , Instagram |||
DIGITAL EXPO
||| Date: September ||| Duration: 2 days ||| City: Athens ||| Location: Peristeri Convention Center ||| Type: Convention ||| Category: Videogames ||| Events: 7 ||| Visitors: ~20.000 ||| Cosplay Contest: No ||| Cosplay Show: Yes ||| Entrance: Yes ( Cosplayers free ) ||| Organiser: Gamespace ||| Links: Page , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram |||
EGAMING
||| Date: September ||| Duration: 9 days ||| City: Thessaloniki ||| Location: Thessaloniki International Fair ||| Type: Convention ||| Category: Videogames ||| Events: 8 ||| Visitors: ~100.000 ||| Cosplay Contest: Yes ||| Cosplay Show: Yes ||| Entrance: Yes ||| Organiser: CowboyTV ||| Links: Page , Facebook |||
FANTASMAGORIA
||| Date: April ||| Duration: 2 days ||| City: Thessaloniki ||| Location: City Hall ||| Type: Convention ||| Category: Fantasy ||| Events: 2 ||| Visitors: ~5.000 ( unique ) ||| Cosplay Contest: No ||| Cosplay Show: Yes ||| Entrance: No ||| Organiser: Fantasmagoria ||| Links: Page , Facebook , Youtube , Twitter , Instagram |||
FANTASY FESTIVAL
||| Date: October ||| Duration: 2 days ||| City: Athens ||| Location: Peristeri Exhibition Center ||| Type: Convention ||| Category: Fantasy ||| Events: 3 ||| Visitors: ~18.000 ||| Cosplay Contest: Yes ( photographic ) ||| Cosplay Show: No ||| Entrance: Yes ( Cosplayers free ) ||| Organiser: Fantasy Festival ||| Links: Page , Facebook , Youtube , Instagram |||
FORCECON
||| Date: December ||| Duration: 2 days ||| City: Thessaloniki ||| Location: Ioannis Vellidis Convention Center ||| Type: Convention ||| Category: Movies & Series ||| Events: 2 ||| Visitors: ~1.500 ( unique ) ||| Cosplay Contest: No ||| Cosplay Show: Νο ||| Entrance: Yes ||| Organiser: Mangatellers ||| Links: Facebook |||
GAMEATHLON
||| Date: Twice per year ||| Duration: 3 days ||| City: Athens ||| Location: Tae Kwon Do Stadium ||| Type: Convention ||| Category: Videogames ||| Events: 14 ||| Visitors: ~27.500 ||| Cosplay Contest: Yes ||| Cosplay Show: Yes ||| Entrance: Yes ( Cosplayers free through prior online registration ) ||| Organiser: CowboyTV ||| Links: Page , Facebook , Youtube , Instagram |||
GAMES & FOOD FESTIVAL
||| Date: July ||| Duration: 3 days ||| City: Athens ||| Location: Peristeri Convention Center ||| Type: Convention ||| Category: Videogames ||| Events: 1 ||| Visitors: ~15.000 ||| Cosplay Contest: No ||| Cosplay Show: No ||| Entrance: Yes ( Cosplayers free ) ||| Organiser: Games & Food Festival ||| Links: Page , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram |||
HALL OF GAMES
||| Date: September ||| Duration: 9 days ||| City: Thessaloniki ||| Location: Thessaloniki International Fair ||| Type: Convention ||| Category: Videogames ||| Events: 1 ||| Visitors: ~100.000 ||| Cosplay Contest: Yes ||| Cosplay Show: No ||| Entrance: Yes ||| Organiser: InSpot ||| Links: Page , Facebook , Instagram |||
JAPAN FESTIVAL
||| Date: May ||| Duration: 2 days ||| City: Athens ||| Location: Peristeri Convention Center ||| Type: Convention ||| Category: Japan & Anime ||| Events: 3 ||| Visitors: ~8.000 ||| Cosplay Contest: No ||| Cosplay Show: Yes ||| Entrance: Yes ||| Organiser: Japan Festival ||| Links: Page , Facebook , Youtube , Twitter , Instagram |||
POP CULTURE FESTIVAL
||| Date: February ||| Duration: 3 days ||| City: Athens ||| Location: Peristeri Exhibition Center ||| Type: Convention ||| Category: Comics , Japan & Anime , Movies & Series & Videogames ||| Events: – ||| Visitors: – ||| Cosplay Contest: No ||| Cosplay Show: No ||| Entrance: Yes ||| Organiser: Pop Culture Festival ||| Links: Page , Facebook , Instagram , TikTok |||
THE COMIC CON
||| Date: May ||| Duration: 3 days ||| City: Thessaloniki ||| Location: Ioannis Vellidis Convention Center ||| Type: Convention ||| Category: Comics ||| Events: 8 ||| Visitors: ~15.000 ||| Cosplay Contest: No ||| Cosplay Show: Yes ||| Entrance: Yes ||| Organiser: The Comic Con ||| Links: Page , Facebook , Youtube , Twitter , Instagram |||
VINTAGE TOYS
||| Date: October ||| Duration: 2 days ||| City: Athens ||| Location: Tae Kwon Do Stadium ||| Type: Convention ||| Category: Retro ||| Events: 5 ||| Visitors: ~12.000 ||| Cosplay Contest: Yes ||| Cosplay Show: No ||| Entrance: Yes ( Cosplayers free ) ||| Organiser: Vintage Toys ||| Links: Page , Facebook , Group , Instagram |||
XBOX ARENA FESTIVAL
||| Date: June ||| Duration: 1 day ||| City: Athens ||| Location: Gazi Music Hall ||| Type: Convention ||| Category: Videogames ||| Events: 3 ||| Visitors: ~10.000 ||| Cosplay Contest: Yes ||| Cosplay Show: No ||| Entrance: No ||| Organiser: Microsoft ||| Links: Page , Facebook |||
FANTASTICON
||| Date: October ||| Duration: 2 days ||| City: Athens ||| Location: Hellenic American Union ||| Type: Convention ||| Category: Fantasy ||| Events: 5 ||| Visitors: ~4.000 ( unique ) ||| Cosplay Contest: Yes ||| Cosplay Show: No ||| Entrance: Νο ||| Organiser: FantastiCon ||| Links: Facebook , Youtube , Twitter , Instagram |||
INFORMATION BY CITY ( Cosplays until 30.04.2023 )
||| Commercial Event Total: 313 ( 62% of total ) ||| Mass Outdoor Photoshoot Total: 35 ( 26,5% of total ) ||| Cosplays: 15711 ( 63,9% of total ) ||| Start: 26.02.2006 ||| City Event List ||| Organizers: Akai Panda , Anime Greek Lovers • ᴗ • , Anime Kingdom Org , Athens Art Festival , Athens Cosplay , Athens Retro Festival , AthensCon , Comicdom , Comicworld , Cosplay Corp , Cosplayers//GR , CowboyTV , FantastiCon , Fantasy Festival , Gaayy Shes , Games & Food Festival , Gamespace , Glc Sekai , Greek Otaku Radio , Hell-N Cosplay . Hikari no Terra , House of Games , I Love Anime & Manga too , InSpot , Japan Festival , JMusic.gr , Kawaii Gentleman Fox , Korinthos Cosplay , Le Ciel , Lina Kiryu , Microsoft , One Piece Greek Fans , Oshare Play! , Otaku Play , OtakuGR , Pop Culture Festival , Raven’s Lair , Riot Games , Sakura Syndrome , Salamander Cosplay & Photography , SpirosK Photography , Street Production , Supernatural Greece , Superstrange , Techmaniacs , Vintage Toys , Will O’ Wisps |||
||| Commercial Event Total: 143 ( 28,3% of total ) ||| Mass Outdoor Photoshoot Total: 88 ( 66,7% of total ) ||| Cosplays: 5532 ( 22,5% of total ) ||| Start: 14.02.2007 ||| City Event List ||| Organizers: 4Noise , AiSakura 愛桜 , AnimeHouse , Cosplayers//GR , CowboyTV , Comic ‘N’ Play , Fantasmagoria , Gamespace , Greek Otaku Radio , IEK Delta , InSpot , Jap団 Dan , Koi Play , Le Ciel , Mangatellers , Oshare Play! , Ota.Con Project , Otaku Mode On , Otakustore.gr , Sakura Syndrome , Supernatural Greece , The Comic Con |||
||| Commercial Event Total: 17 ( 3,2% of total ) ||| Mass Outdoor Photoshoot Total: 0 ||| Cosplays: 241 ( 1% of total ) ||| Start: 20.04.2012 ||| City Event List ||| Organizers: Animanga Festival, Cretan Comic Con , Cybercut , eFantasy, Tsuyoi Sofu |||
||| Commercial Event Total: 1 ( 0,2% of total ) ||| Mass Outdoor Photoshoot Total: 7 ( 5,3% of total ) ||| Cosplays: 89 ( 0,4% of total ) ||| Start: 13.02.2010 ||| City Event List ||| Organizers: Patras Otaku Club |||
||| Commercial Event Total: 6 ( 1,3% of total ) ||| Mass Outdoor Photoshoot Total: 0 ||| Cosplays: 77 ( 0,3% of total ) ||| Start: 01.03.2013 ||| City Event List ||| Organizers: Dragon Tale , Seras Verve |||
||| Commercial Event Total: 7 ( 1,4% of total ) ||| Mass Outdoor Photoshoot Total: 0 ||| Cosplays: 60 ( 0,2% of total ) ||| Start: 26.08.2011 ||| City Event List ||| Organizers: Kuroi Hana |||
||| Commercial Event Total: 6 ( 1,3% of total ) ||| Mass Outdoor Photoshoot Total: 0 ||| Cosplays: 35 ( 0,1% of total ) ||| Start: 18.08.2011 ||| City Event List ||| Organizers: Ojama Brothers |||
||| Commercial Event Total: 4 ( 0,8% of total ) ||| Mass Outdoor Photoshoot Total: 0 ||| Cosplays: 14 ( 0,1% of total ) ||| Start: 30.08.2013 ||| City Event List ||| Organizers: Anime Bakka , Bleach Fans , Oshare Play! |||
||| Commercial Event Total: 3 ( 0,6% of total ) ||| Mass Outdoor Photoshoot Total: 0 ||| Cosplays: 28 ( 0,1% of total ) ||| Start: 21.02.2014 ||| City Event List ||| Organizers: United Anime Fans Kavala |||
||| Commercial Event Total: 2 ( 0,4% of total ) ||| Mass Outdoor Photoshoot Total: 2 ( 1,5% of total ) ||| Cosplays: 34 ( 0,2% of total ) ||| Start: 19.09.2015 ||| City Event List ||| Organizers: Korinthos Cosplay |||
||| Commercial Event Total: 1 ( 0,2% of total ) ||| Mass Outdoor Photoshoot Total: 0 ||| Cosplays: 6 ||| Start: 09.11.2013 ||| City Event List ||| Organizers: I Gefira |||
||| Commercial Event Total: 1 ( 0,2% of total ) ||| Mass Outdoor Photoshoot Total: 0 ||| Cosplays: 6 ||| Start: 27.05.2010 ||| City Event List ||| Organizers: Izumi CJP |||
||| Commercial Event Total: 1 ( 0,2% of total ) ||| Mass Outdoor Photoshoot Total: 0 ||| Cosplays: 3 ||| Start: 12.08.2014 ||| City Event List ||| Organizers: Chania Otaku Club |||
*** As unlikely as it might be, some Cosplays may have gone completely unnoticed and not been seen by anyone in few of the biggest conventions that took place during the first 16 years of Greek Cosplay. The statistics are therefore not affected by it at all proportionally.
*** Cosplays outside of Commercial Events & Mass Outdoor Photoshoots include all Cosplays appearing at solo photoshoots ( 300+ ), at indoor group photoshoots ( few ), at outdoor photoshoots of 1-4 persons ( few ), as well as all public known Cosplays at homes, non-Cosplay related events or just random cases.
*** Mass Outdoor Photoshoots are defined as all outdoor photoshoots, which either include 5 or more persons or are part of Cosplayers//GR’s long running “Pre-‘Cosplay Party’ Photoshootings” in Thessaloniki. In case of an existing related Commercial Event ( party or convention ) following a Mass Outdoor Photoshoot, it is required that the organizers are different in both cases.
*** In case of an existing related Commercial Event ( party or convention ) following a Mass Outdoor Photoshoot, Cosplays attending it too are not included twice in the statistics.