Otakon announced that Naomi Tamura will attend the event as a Guest of Honor. She will perform in a concert on Sunday, July 19.

Tamura debuted in 1987 with the rock band Pearl. In 1994, she released the smash solo hit Eien no Ichibyo, which was later used in a Kameria Diamonds television commercial. She later performed the opening themes to Magic Knight Rayearth, Yuzurenai Negai and Hikari to Kage wo Dakishimeta mama. Both songs were hits - Yuzurenai Negai remained in the Oricon top 10 for seven weeks, and moved 1.2 million copies, and Hikari wo Dakishimeta mama sold over 700,000 copies.