In fiscal year 2024, the domestic shipment value of the Japanese costume play clothing market in Japan was forecast to reach around 29 billion Japanese yen. Cosplaying is a substantial part of Japanese popular culture, in which participants dress up as characters inspired by popular works like manga, television series or video games.
Domestic shipment value of costume play (cosplay) clothing within the otaku market in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2023 with a forecast for 2024
(in billion Japanese yen)
fiscal years 2015 to 2023; the Japanese fiscal year starts April 1 of each stated year and ends March 31 of the following year
Special properties
the market size is based on the domestic shipment value
Supplementary notes
*Forecast.
Research objects were organizations and providers of contents, products and services pertaining to otaku categories.
Data prior to fiscal year 2020 come from previous reports. 100 Japanese yen equal 0.64 U.S. dollars or 0.63 euros as of February 2025. Values have been rounded.
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Yano Research. (February 5, 2025). Domestic shipment value of costume play (cosplay) clothing within the otaku market in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2023 with a forecast for 2024 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1051921/japan-costume-play-clothing-market-retail-value/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Yano Research. "Domestic shipment value of costume play (cosplay) clothing within the otaku market in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2023 with a forecast for 2024 (in billion Japanese yen)." Chart. February 5, 2025. Statista. Accessed February 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1051921/japan-costume-play-clothing-market-retail-value/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Yano Research. (2025). Domestic shipment value of costume play (cosplay) clothing within the otaku market in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2023 with a forecast for 2024 (in billion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1051921/japan-costume-play-clothing-market-retail-value/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Yano Research. "Domestic Shipment Value of Costume Play (Cosplay) Clothing within The Otaku Market in Japan from Fiscal Year 2015 to 2023 with a Forecast for 2024 (in Billion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Feb 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1051921/japan-costume-play-clothing-market-retail-value/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Yano Research, Domestic shipment value of costume play (cosplay) clothing within the otaku market in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2023 with a forecast for 2024 (in billion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1051921/japan-costume-play-clothing-market-retail-value/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited February 19, 2025)
Domestic shipment value of costume play (cosplay) clothing within the otaku market in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2023 with a forecast for 2024 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph], Yano Research, February 5, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1051921/japan-costume-play-clothing-market-retail-value/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
