About This Show
Tokyo Game Show 2026 marked the event's 30th anniversary and was scheduled as its first five-day run, September 17-21 at Makuhari Messe, under the theme "The Longest Five Days of Nonstop Play." Typhoon No. 25 forced organizer CESA to cancel the fifth day, so the show ran September 17-20 - business days on the 17th and 18th, public days on the 19th and 20th - and closed with 257,642 visitors. It set records on the exhibitor side: 1,138 companies and organizations from 53 countries and regions, of which 598 were overseas and 540 domestic, the first edition in which foreign exhibitors outnumbered Japanese ones. Those exhibitors took 3,999 booths, down from 4,157 in 2025, and meetings booked through the TGS Business Matching System reached a record 3,673. Sony Interactive Entertainment, Capcom, Bandai Namco, Square Enix, Sega, Konami, Koei Tecmo, Game Freak, Nexon, LEVEL-5 and Pocketpair all exhibited; Nintendo does not maintain a public exhibitor booth, as is typical. Tokyo Game Show 2027 runs September 16-20, 2027 at Makuhari Messe.
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Tokyo Game Show 2026 held?+
TGS 2026 was scheduled for September 17-21 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba as the first five-day edition in the show's history, but the fifth day, Monday September 21, was canceled because of Typhoon No. 25. It ran September 17-20: business days on the 17th and 18th (10:00-17:00) and public days on the 19th and 20th (9:30-17:00). Tickets for the canceled day were refunded through the agencies that sold them.
Who exhibited at Tokyo Game Show 2026?+
Sony Interactive Entertainment, Capcom, Bandai Namco Entertainment, Square Enix, Sega, Konami, Koei Tecmo, Game Freak, Nexon, LEVEL-5 and Pocketpair were among the 1,138 exhibitors; Nintendo does not maintain a public exhibitor booth, as is typical for the company. Participation from China fell sharply, with mainland Chinese exhibitors down from 112 in 2025 to 72 and Hong Kong exhibitors down from 18 to 2.
How many exhibitors and booths did TGS 2026 have?+
A record 1,138 companies and organizations exhibited, 540 domestic and 598 overseas, from a record 53 countries and regions. It was the first TGS at which overseas exhibitors outnumbered domestic ones. They took 3,999 booths, down from 4,157 in 2025, so the average stand was smaller even though the company count rose.
How many people attended Tokyo Game Show 2026?+
257,642 people attended across the four days that ran: 53,630 on Thursday, 52,545 on Friday, 78,678 on Saturday and 72,789 on Sunday. That is 5,459 fewer than the 263,101 who attended the four days of TGS 2025, and a third consecutive annual decline from 274,739 in 2024. CESA had projected roughly 300,000 for the planned five-day run.
When is Tokyo Game Show 2027?+
Tokyo Game Show 2027 runs September 16-20, 2027 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, again planned as a five-day show. CESA confirmed the dates in its closing release on September 20, 2026 and has not yet published the business day and public day split.