KADOKAWA Exhibits Again at 'Niconico Chokaigi 2026', Offering Diverse Projects Spanning Bookstores, Cafes, and Anime!

KADOKAWA CORPORATION (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Director, Representative Executive Officer and CEO: Takeshi Natsuno, hereafter KADOKAWA) will exhibit at 'Niconico Chokaigi 2026', held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture for two days on Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, April 26, 2026. In 2026, we will roll out various projects that book lovers and anime fans cannot miss. These include the annually popular 'bookstore of the future' 'Super Da Vinci Store', 'KADOKAWA CAFE' offering coffee and food, and anime exhibition projects featuring three works: 'Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-', 'Shibou Yugi de Meshi wo Kuu', and 'Oshi no Ko'. ['Niconico Chokaigi 2026' KADOKAWA Special Site] https://promo.kadokawa.co.jp/chokaigi/ ## 1 Super Da Vinci Store At KADOKAWA's envisioned 'bookstore of the future', the 'Super Da Vinci Store', popular video streamers and game creators will introduce and partially sell their recommended books. Books from genres popular on Niconico, such as Vocaloid, Music Novels, and Touhou Project, will also be enriched and sold. Furthermore, as a new proposal for 'Bookstore DX' this year, alongside the annually popular AI recommendations, we will also implement book sales via 'vending machines'. [Super Creators Recommend] We interviewed popular Niconico creators about 'books they read obsessively', 'books they still cherish', and 'books that influenced them'. We will introduce recommended books from 11 creators. Some of the books can be purchased inside the 'Super Da Vinci Store'. *In Japanese syllabary order Tame ni Naranai!, Nakamu, Hyakka Ryoran, Madarauchi, Saiko Cola, Utsu Sensei (Majime ni Yaba City), Emile (Majime ni Yaba City), Shaolon (Majime ni Yaba City), Shoppi (Majime ni Yaba City), Zomu (Majime ni Yaba City), Tonton (Majime ni Yaba City) [Special Feature Bookshelves] We will set up proposal-type 'Special Feature Shelves' where you can immerse yourself deeper into your 'likes' and areas of 'interest'. Books tailored to genres and themes like Vocaloid, Music Novels, Touhou Project, and Cthulhu will be displayed along with related merchandise around them, providing new encounters. We are putting particular effort into the 'Vocaloid Related Books & Music Novels' special section, designed so attendees can look for related books and merchandise while enjoying popular Vocaloid videos, thereby inducing more encounters. [Bookstore DX] ■ Vending Machine 'Super Da Vinci Store Dispatch Vending Machine' As a first-time endeavor this year, we will introduce vending machines for books and merchandise. Two vending machines will be placed outside the booth in addition to inside the Super Da Vinci Store. By broadcasting related promotional videos on the vending machine's built-in monitor, we will attract the interest of passersby and create encounters with books in places other than bookstores. Cash and digital payments are accepted.