Kemoket

Kemoket
Location	Ōta-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Website	http://skypalette.jp/kemoket/
Status	Ongoing
First iteration	May 3, 2012
Organizer(s)	Executive Committee of Kemoket
Subject	Book Fair Event

Kemoket (けもケット, Kemoketto) is a kemono themed Japanese dōjinshi fair, and virtually the largest Kemono event in Japan, held twice a year in Kanto Region and Kansai Region, Japan. The first Kemoket was held on May 3, 2012. The main organizer is Gallone (がろーね).

Past Events

Kemoket

The event was held on three floor (two floor were for doujinshi and one floor for fursuit) at Wata-shou kaikan(綿商会館, Cotton-Trade Assembly Hall). Many people had to wait outside to enter the building in the heavy rain for hours, due to the small capacity.

Kansai Kemoket

The first kemono doujinshi bookfair in Kansai region held at Kyousera Dome Sky Hall (京セラスカイドーム), Osaka.

Kemoket 2

The location was moved to Tokyo Metropolitan Industry-Trade Center Hamamatsu-chou building (東京都産業貿易センター浜松町館).

Shin-syun Kemoket 1

Held at Tokyo Wholesaler Center (東京卸商センター) 3F. "Shin-syun" means "New Year".

Shin-syun Kemoket 2

The location was moved to Kawaguchi Frendia (川口フレンディア), Saitama.

Kemoket 4

The location was moved to Osanbashi Yokohama International Passenger Hall (大さん橋ホール), Yokohama.

Kemoket 6

The location was moved to Tokyo Trade Center (東京流通センター).

Kansai Kemoket 6

The location was moved to Kōbe Convention Center (神戸国際展示場).

Transition of the number of circles of Kemoket

All datas is based on the official announcement. The number of "Circles" means that of dealers and not of attendees (it has never been gathered as of now).

Name	yyyy/mm//dd	Num. of Cir.	Location
Kemoket 1	2012/5/3	134	Watshou Kaikan (Cotton Trade Center) 1/4/5/6F
Kansai Kemoket 1	2012/9/16	114	Kyousera Dome Sky Hall D
Kemoket 2	2013/5/4	210	Tokyo Metropol. Indust. Trade Center (Hamamatsuchou) 4F
Kansai Kemoket 2	2013/10/13	219	Kyousera Dome Sky Hall E/F
Kemoket 3	2014/4/29	259	Tokyo Metropol. Indust. Trade Center (Hamamatsuchou) 3/4F
Kansai Kemoket 3	2014/10/13	278	Kyousera Dome Sky Hall B/C
Shinshun Kemoket 1	2015/1/18	124	Tokyo Wholesaler Center 3F
Kemoket 4	2015/5/4	372	Yokohama Oosanbashi Hall
Kansai Kemoket 4	2015/10/11	300	Kyousera Dome Sky Hall B/C
Shinshun Kemoket 2	2016/1/17	172	Kawaguchi Frendia
Kemoket 5	2016/5/3	438	Yokohama Oosanbashi Hall
Kansai Kemoket 5	2016/10/9	402	Kyousera Dome Sky Hall B/C/D
Shinshun Kemoket 3	2017/1/28	194	Kawaguchi Frendia
Kemoket 6	2017/5/6	604	Tokyo Trade Center B/C/D
Kansai Kemoket 6	2017/10/8	470	Kōbe Convention Center

Racist Dispute on Kemoket 5

On 19 Apr 2016, an anti-China/Korean extreme-right racist Yuuken SS (ユウケンSS, Thunder Yuuki) circulated a false rumor on twitter that Chinese and Korean steal in Kumamoto where the large earthquake occured on 14 Apr, and appealed to establish vigilantes with hunting guns. He was going to participate Kemoket as the representative of his doujinshi circle on Pokemon "携帯獣愛護会".

On 22 Apr, he once apologized for his remark, however he was under the delusion that left-wing anti-racists (called "Counter" or "Shibaki-Tai"in Japanese) assault him at Kemoket and he appealed it on twitter and consulted the police.

On 25 Apr, he even appealed to other major extreme-right racist like Toshiko Hasumi (a notorious racist/cartoonist who denigrated Syrian refugees) to support him and Kemoket from an attack of Counter. As a result there was the rumor that anti-racists assault not only Yuuken SS but also other participants.

On 27 Apr, Kemoket banned Yuuken SS by mutual consent between Kemoket and him.

On 3 May, Kemoket 5 was held and never suffered from any serious troubles.

External links

• けもケット official website
• けもケット実行委員会 on Twitter

References

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