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Today, Walt Disney Company Japan announced that they will stage the first ever "D23 Expo Japan", a special event created by D23: The Official Disney Fan Club. This event will feature various presentations, including (as revealed on Disney Japan's website) a Kingdom Hearts presentation known as "Kingdom Hearts Fun Event". The producer of the series, Shinji Hashimoto, will be attending, as well as many Japanese voice actors from the series. The event is said to contain a lot of content, and reveal behind-the-scenes exclusive information. Look forward to D23 Expo Japan, which occurs from October 12 to 14, 2013! Thanks go to aibo_ac7 for the find. Update 1: A blog post on Message from the KINGDOM has revealed that in addition to Shinji Hashimoto and various voice actors, director of the Kingdom Hearts series Tetsuya Nomura will also be attending D23 Expo. Update 2: Disney Japan have announced that special Kingdom Hearts figurines will be auctioned off at the event. The figurine was used as a character modelling reference during the development of the first Kingdom Hearts. A photo of this figurine can be seen below. Update 3: Miyu Irino (voice of Sora & Vanitas), Mamoru Miyano (voice of Riku) and Kouki Uchiyama (voice of Roxas & Ventus) will all be attending the event. Thanks to @aibo_ac7 for the tip.

Amazon.co.jp have added pre-order pages for a pair of Play Arts based on Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance]-- "Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] Play Arts Sora & Riku TRON:LEGACY ver.". These Play Arts, which feature Sora and Riku in their Tron: Legacy outfits, will be available on March 8, 2013 for a price of ￥6,073 each (approximately US$75.77). All images can be seen below. Update 1 (November 20, 2012): Square Enix have announced some release date changes for their merchandise. The new Tron: Legacy Play Arts for Kingdom Hearts 3D have been delayed until April 26, 2013. Update 2 (April 2, 2013): Both the Square Enix e-STORE and Amazon.co.jp have created pre-order pages for the Tron: Legacy Kingdom Hearts 3D Play Arts. These pre-order pages (Sora: e-STORE | Amazon.co.jp, Riku: e-STORE | Amazon.co.jp) reveal that the figurines have been delayed again, and will now be released on May 17, 2013. Thanks go to ArikaMiz for the find.

The March 28, 2013 issue of Famitsu Weekly has included an article on Kingdom Hearts χ[chi] (pronounced "Kingdom Hearts Key"), the currently Japan-only Kingdom Hearts game for web browsers. The article explains that while playing Kingdom Hearts χ[chi], the player will join one of 5 teams and compete against each other. The teams are based on animals, and are known as "Unikorunisu" (Unicorns), "Reoparudosu" (Leopards), "Anguisu" (???), "Urupeusu" (???) and "Urususu" (???). A full translation will be available soon. bKvEBVAvUq has uploaded a scan of the article, and thanks to him, this can be seen below. Update: Oishii has translated the information in this scan, which you can read below. In this work, when a player begins creating their own avatar, they can choose a “Union” to join. A Union is a group with which you kill enemies with the purpose of collecting “Lux”. Every week, the amount of Lux collected by each Union is calculated. If you enter the highest rank, you can take part in a mission where it is possible to obtain a special reward.