At a press conference in Tokyo on July 11, 2019, actor Tadanobu Asano (Hogun in Thor: Ragnarok, Lord Kira in 47 Ronin) was appointed as official ambassador to Tokyo Comic Con 2019, an international extension of San Diego Comic Con that will be held on November 23 – 24, 2019, at the Makuhari Messe venue in Chiba, Japan.
For more information about Tokyo Comic Con 2019, please check out the official English language home page here.
He also recounted how as a child he was impressed by the muscular physiques of DC Comics heroes such as Superman and Batman.