{"rewrite":{"id":"r_47f2473d64b0ad1f67d00102","clusterId":"c_ec3fb4e8d039b72e09a6f99c","slug":"offkai-expo-gen-5-draws-more-than-9-200-across-three-san-jose-venues","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"OffKai Expo Gen 5 Draws More Than 9,200 Across Three San Jose Venues","summary":"OffKai Expo Gen 5 ran July 24-26, 2026, and drew more than 9,200 attendees, figures announced during the closing ceremony. The convention moved beyond the San Jose McEnery Convention Center into the adjacent South Hall and the San Jose Civic. HIMEHINA played their first solo live performance in the West at the Civic, and OffKai LIVE: Dazzling Showtime ran more than three hours the next evening.","whyItMatters":"OffKai's move into the Civic and South Hall, plus a Western solo debut for HIMEHINA, shows the convention scaling its venue footprint and its booking ambitions at the same time.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe San Jose Civic hosted HIMEHINA\u0026#39;s LIFETIME is BUBBLIN stop on the tour\u0026#39;s only North American date, a two-and-a-half-hour set the report describes as running like a feature film rather than a conventional concert. The next night, OffKai LIVE: Dazzling Showtime filled the same room for more than three hours, hosted by Keiseira and EllyEN, with OffChoir opening. Raki Kazuki and LAZULI presented the self-produced SURGE!!! 3D LIVE Musical, and Elia Stellaria and Penny Puffball assembled the Big British Exchange Concert. Grand sponsor The Wildcard Club opened applications for teams to be led by four VTubers.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"OffKai Expo Gen 5 split across three San Jose venues, and the Civic booking is what made HIMEHINA's first solo West performance possible. Room capacity is now the convention's real ceiling.","twitterPost":"OffKai Expo Gen 5's three-venue footprint bought the Civic stage that HIMEHINA's first West solo live needed. Venue capacity is the new growth limit.","threadsPost":"OffKai Expo Gen 5 moving into the San Jose Civic is what let HIMEHINA play their first solo West live. A single convention center could not hold what a three-hour OffKai LIVE: Dazzling Showtime and a headliner set both demand, so the venue portfolio becomes the convention's real growth lever.","newsletterBlurb":"OffKai Expo Gen 5 brought more than 9,200 attendees to San Jose on July 24-26, 2026, and spread the weekend across the McEnery Convention Center, South Hall, and the San Jose Civic. HIMEHINA's first solo live performance in the West anchored the Civic, with OffKai LIVE: Dazzling Showtime filling the same venue the following evening.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"VTuber NewsDrop\",\"url\":\"https://vtubernewsdrop.com/offkai-expo-gen-5-event-report/\",\"title\":\"OffKai Expo Gen 5 Grows Into a Multi-Venue VTuber Celebration\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4705,"outputTokens":633,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789926266,"createdAt":"2026-09-20T17:39:00.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-20T17:43:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-20T17:43:22.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_ec3fb4e8d039b72e09a6f99c","canonicalTitle":"OffKai Expo Gen 5 Grows Into a Multi-Venue VTuber Celebration","representativeArticleId":"a_9b3ba275e178611041bb1fda","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"OffKai Expo\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"vtuber\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-20T16:37:05.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-20T16:37:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-20T17:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"VTuber NewsDrop","url":"https://vtubernewsdrop.com/offkai-expo-gen-5-event-report/","title":"OffKai Expo Gen 5 Grows Into a Multi-Venue VTuber Celebration"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["OffKai Expo"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"vtuber","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}