INTERNATIONAL AI CREATOR AWARD 2026
Bring a work to our booth in Hamamatsucho and you can enter the award on the spot. On the day, a code handed out at the booth waives the review fee.
#AICUawardThe Generative AI Expo is an exhibition for the people who build with generative AI — around 300 exhibitors, run by Hare LLC. Vol.6 expects about 3,000 visitors; Vol.5 drew about 2,500. We are taking a booth there.
| Date | 2026-09-23 |
| Place | Hamamatsucho, Tokyo |
| Opening hours | The organiser has not announced this yet. It goes here the day it is fixed. |
| Our booth | The organiser has not announced this yet. It goes here the day it is fixed. |
| Admission | The organiser has not announced this yet. It goes here the day it is fixed. |
| Expected visitors | about 3,000 (about 2,500 at Vol.5) |
| Official site | https://www.genai-expo.com/ |
We take entries at the booth. Bring the URL of the work — that is what the review looks at. With the code below, the review fee is waived on the day.
We sell the monthly magazine and the new book — 『【キャラクターを創り動かす】画像・動画生成AI スタートガイド』 (SB Creative, ¥3,300) — and sign them.
A hands-on demo of AI and VR work. You can see what the ten fields actually look like before deciding where yours belongs.
The review fee is USD 10 per work. On the day of the expo, a code handed out at our booth waives it. It is the same mechanism as a partner's recommendation code, so nothing about the entry itself changes — only the fee.
We hand the code out at the booth on the day, so it is not printed here.
You need the URL of the work, and an email address you can read at the venue. Everything else can be filled in later.
The first round closes the day after the expo. Entering at the booth is the last comfortable moment to make it — and the only one where the fee is waived and someone is standing next to you while you do it.
Entries continue after that as late entries — the first round is not the last chance, but it is the one the nominations are drawn from.
Dates are in Japan time unless marked AoE.
| 2026-09-11 | Entries open — work certificates start issuing; the ten fields are announced in turn |
| 2026-09-19 | The new book goes on sale (SB Creative) Book launch signing, Shibuya Hikarie |
| 2026-09-23 | Generative AI Expo Vol.6, Hamamatsucho (about 3,000 expected) — entries taken at the Award booth |
| 2026-09-24 | Recommendations and first-round entries close (entries continue as late entries) |
One work goes in one field. You may enter as many works as you like.
Ask us anything at award@aicu.ai.