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The term "cosplay" is a Japanese blend word of the English terms costume and play. [1] The term was coined by Nobuyuki Takahashi [] of Studio Hard [3] after he attended the 1984 World Science Fiction Convention in Los Angeles [4] and saw costumed fans, which he later wrote about in an article for the Japanese magazine My Anime []. [3]
On March 4, 2015, Enako announced the resumption of her cosplay activities on her newly opened Twitter account. [ 8 ] In 2016, Enako revealed on a television show that she made over 1 million yen a month, and made 10 million yen in two days at that year's Comiket event. [ 3 ]
Animegao kigurumi is a type of masked cosplay that has its origins in the official stage shows of various Japanese anime but has also been adapted by hobbyists. In Japan , most performers refer to this kind of cosplay as 'kigurumi' ( 着ぐるみ ) instead of 'animegao' (アニメ顔, meaning "anime face"), which has been used overseas in order ...
The World Cosplay Summit (世界コスプレサミット, Sekai Kosupure Samitto WCS) is an annual international cosplay event, which promotes global interaction through Japanese pop culture. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It developed from a cosplay exhibition held at the Aichi Expo in 2005.
In 1994, Japanese idol Reiko Chiba performed a vocal track called "Dear Mai Boi" in character as Mai for her music single Non Stop! One Way Love, later cosplaying as the character to promote it. [7] Akoya Sogi meanwhile performed as Mai as part of the King of Fighter '97 Radio Drama Clash Edition broadcast in Japan in 1997. [111]
Keekihime became interested in Japanese culture after playing the video game Tales of Symphonia, which she received as a Christmas gift. [3] [4] At the time, she was also a fan of Japanese anime and manga, with her first manga series being Minami-ke, as well as Japanese idol singers, particularly Hello!
Cosplay Complex (こすぷれCOMPLEX) is a Japanese original video animation (OVA) [1] series directed by Shinichiro Kimura and animated by TNK.It is centered on the after school cosplay club at East Oizumi Academy and follows the girls in the club as they practice so that one day they may be able to compete in cosplay competitions.
Eleonora Aureliana Guglielmi (born 5 July 1993), best known as Yuriko Tiger (Japanese: ユリコタイガー Romaji: yuriko taigā), is an Italian cosplay celebrity, promotional model, YouTuber, voice actress, Twitch streamer, actress, and idol.