Ultra Heroes EXPO 2023 New Year Festival

is the fifteenth New Year Festival exhibition event held at Tokyo Dome City. It was first announced during the end of performances at Ultra Heroes EXPO 2022 Summer Festival,https://twitter.com/m78expo/status/1555829780548726784 and was held from December 24, 2022 to January 4, 2023.https://m-78.jp/news/post-6481
==Stage Events==
===Ultraman Battle Stage===
An featuring Ultraman Decker was performed four times per day.
===Ultra Galaxy Fight Night===
 was an event held on December 27 promoting Ultra Galaxy Fight and Ultraman Regulos.https://www.ultra-expo.com/prism/2023/ugf_sp_night/ It featured the cast and director discussing the series, the special premiere of Ultraman Regulos: First Mission before its release in 2023, a stage show titled written by Junichiro Ashiki, and a live performance of "fist of hope".https://m-78.jp/news/post-6576 This event was not livestreamed, but a digest video of it was added to TSUBURAYA IMAGINATION on March 3, 2023.https://m-78.jp/news/post-6648 A full archive of the event was added to IMAGINATION on July 4 and will be released on the Ultraman Regulos Blu-ray on November 22.https://m-78.jp/news/post-6782https://m-78.jp/news/post-6808
:;Guests
*Shugo Nakamura (Ultraman Regulos)
*Wataru Komada (Ultraman Ribut)
*Takuya Negishi (Hikaru Raido/Ultraman Ginga)
*Koichi Sakamoto (Ultraman Series director)
:;Stage Show Cast
*Ultraman Regulos: Shugo Nakamura
*Ultraman Ribut: Wataru Komada
*Ultraman Ginga: Takuya Negishi
*Sora: Megumi Han
*: Tomokazu Seki
===Music Night===
ULTRAMAN MUSIC LIVE was held on December 29.https://www.ultra-expo.com/prism/2023/ultraman-music-live/ It featured the opening and ending artists from Ultraman Taiga to Ultraman Decker performing Ultraman Series songs. The event was livestreamed, but no archive was made available.https://m-78.jp/news/post-6572 It is the second MUSIC LIVE event, after the first was held at TSUBURAYA CONVENTION 2019.https://tsubu-con.com/2019/news/post-2
===INTO THE STORY===
A live stage version of INTO THE STORY: Ultraman Trigger -The Ultra-Ancient Treasure- was held on January 3.https://www.ultra-expo.com/prism/2023/into-the-story_night/ While the main event was livestreamed, a talk show held by the cast afterwards was not, though TSUBURAYA IMAGINATION premium users who purchased a livestream ticket later gained access to an archive of it.https://m-78.jp/news/post-6584
:;Guests
*Raiga Terasaka (Kengo Manaka)
*Kohshu Hirano (Haruki Natsukawa)
*Takaya Aoyagi (Jugglus Juggler)
===Talk Show===
 was held on January 4, after the very last performance of the Battle Stage, and was livestreamed.https://www.ultra-expo.com/prism/2023/event_001/ It featured the cast of Ultraman Decker speaking about the show.
:;Guests
*Hiroki Matsumoto (Kanata Asumi)
*Ichika Kirino (Yuka Murayama)
*Nobunaga Daichi (Soma Ryumon)
*Sae Miyazawa (Sawa Kaizaki)
*Masaya Kikawada (Taiji Murahoshi)
==Ultraman Department Store==
The is an expansive gift shop selling all kinds of Ultraman merchandise, including event-exclusive items.https://m-78.jp/news/post-6581 Some items were also made available at Tsuburaya Store ONLINE.https://m-78.jp/news/post-6589https://m-78.jp/news/post-6599
==Campaigns==
*: Before the event was held, there was a vote to decide certain elements of the festival, such as the Ultras that would appear at photo booths.https://imagination.m-78.jp/contents/d2ViL05ld3NfMDA0NzI%3D
*In anticipation of the event, all of the New Year Festival Battle Stages from 2016 to 2020 were added to TSUBURAYA IMAGINATION for a limited time.https://m-78.jp/news/post-6590
*An event-exclusive Ultraman Decker Flash Type Ultra Dimension Card was given to all visitors.https://www.ultra-expo.com/prism/2023/uncategorized/4261/
*: 50 premium TSUBURAYA IMAGINATION members and 30 standard members could win the chance to go to a special longer Ultra Shot booth. Ultraman Trigger (Glitter Trigger Eternity) wielding the Glitter Blade and Ultra Dual Sword appeared on December 30, while Ultraman Decker Dynamic Type holding the Dual Sword and Decker Shield Calibur appeared on December 31.https://imagination.m-78.jp/contents/d2ViL05ld3NfMDA0OTk%3D
==Gallery==
===Images===
New Year 2023 Logo.png|Logo
New Year 2023 Map.jpg|Map
New Year 2023 Ultraman Music Live Logo.jpeg|ULTRAMAN MUSIC LIVE logo
New Year 2023 Special Stage Visual.jpeg|Special Stage visual
New Year 2023 Special Stage Synopsis.jpg|Special Stage synopsishttps://twitter.com/m78expo/status/1601388760070967302
New Year 2023 Special Stage Photo.jpg|Special Stage photohttps://twitter.com/m78expo/status/1607724997837221894
===Videos===
『ウルトラマンデッカー』メインキャストが毎日出演!「ウルトラヒーローズEXPO 2023 ニューイヤーフェスティバルIN 東京ドームシティ」開催決定!
カナタと一緒にステージで活躍するウルトラヒーローを勉強!『EXPOニューイヤーナビ』-1 ウルトラマンデッカー編【ウルトラヒーローズEXPO2023 ニューイヤーフェスティバル】
カナタと一緒にステージで活躍するウルトラヒーローを勉強!『EXPOニューイヤーナビ』-2 ウルトラマントリガー編【ウルトラヒーローズEXPO2023 ニューイヤーフェスティバル】
カナタと一緒にステージで活躍するウルトラヒーローを勉強!『EXPOニューイヤーナビ』-3 ウルトラマンダイナ編【ウルトラヒーローズEXPO2023 ニューイヤーフェスティバル】
==External Links==
*Official website
==References==
Category:Real Life Events
Category:Exhibition Events