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Japan’s number-one cosplayer Enako shows us her cosplay costume room【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 12, 2022
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A room so huge it’s more like a warehouse.

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• (anime • beautiful women • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • Enako • gravure • gravure idol • magazines • modelling • models • photos • videos)

Say hello to Japan’s new generation of adults, fresh from Kitakyushu’s seijinshiki ceremony

• Oona McGee
  Jan 10, 2022

Kimonos and gangsta flair to celebrate freedom and individuality before conforming to Japanese society. 

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• Japan
• (bosozoku • COK • coming of age • Coming of Age Ceremony • Coming of Age Day • cosplay • culture • fashion • hakama • kimono • Kitakyushu • seijinshiki • SNJO • society • Yankee • youth)

The best Japanese cosplayers from Day 2 of Winter Comiket 2021【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2022

Anime characters, virtual stars, and… the Governor of Tokyo? 

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• (anime • COK • Comiket • Comiket 2021 • Comiket 99 • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • doujinshi • manga • SNJO • Winter Comiket • Winter Comiket 2021 • Yuriko Koike)

2021’s top stories in cosplay and makeover news【SoraNews24 Year in Review】

• SoraNews24
  Dec 31, 2021

Tokyo’s other Halloween hot spot, divisively skimpy maid cosplay, ladies who loo stunning in their 60s, and Seiji’s transformation into Leonardo DiCaprio.

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• (anime • beautiful women • cosplay • Enako • hairstyles • hairstyling • halloween • Handsome men • Ikebuuro Halloween • Leonardo DiCaprio • makeover • makeup • manga • McDonald's • movies • Titanic • year in review • Year in Review 2021)

The best cosplayers of Day 1 of Winter Comiket 2021【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 31, 2021

Welcome back, Comiket cosplayers!

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful women • COK • Comiket • Comiket 99 • cosplay • cosplayers • SNJO • video games • Winter Comiket 2021)

Japan’s number-one cosplayer Enako makes jaws drop with ‘nude’ bath photo

• SoraNews24
  Dec 24, 2021

Is it still cosplay if you can’t even see the costume anymore?

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful women • COK • cosplay • cosplayers • Enako • gravure • gravure idol • magazines • modelling • models • photos • twitter)

Miss Universe 2021 Japan entry slammed for wearing “dead person’s kimono”

• SoraNews24
  Dec 15, 2021

“Cool Japan” take on national costume criticised as an “insult” to Japanese culture. 

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• Japan, USA
• (clothes • controversy • cosplay • culture • design • fashion • Harajuku • Japanese kimono • Juri Watanabe • kimono • Miss Universe • models • news)

Instagram ideals vs reality: “Boyfriend buys me Pocari Sweat” photo isn’t what it seems

• Oona McGee
  Dec 10, 2021

Fashion model reveals the reality behind this image isn’t as romantic as it looks.

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• Japan
• (beautiful women • boyfriend • cosplay • funny • girlfriend • ideal vs. reality • Instagram • photos • pocari sweat • social media)

Japan’s Department of Magic witch’s cape combines cozy cosplay and warm roomwear【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 18, 2021

An enchantingly comfy way to stay toasty this winter.

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• (cool • cosplay • cute • Department of Magic • fashion • Felissimo • roomwear • warm • witch)

Cosplay-friendly interior design — Japanese cosplayer shows off crazy apartment entryway

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 6, 2021

Most Japanese apartment entryways are filled with shoes, but this one is filled with something else.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • cosplay • cosplayers • crazy • funny • Katana • swords • Touken Ranbu)

The best cosplayers from Day Two of the Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival

• Oona McGee
  Nov 3, 2021

Meet the characters who braved the weather to represent some of Japan’s most popular anime and manga. 

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful women • COK • cosplay • cosplayers • halloween • Ikebukuro • Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival • SNJO • video games)

Anime pregnancy cosplay turns baby bump into Baki bump【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 2, 2021

Mother and baby get a pre-birth head-start on cosplaying together.

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• (anime • awesome • babies • Baki • Baki the Grappler • cool • cosplay • cosplayers • crazy • halloween • manga • parents • pregnancy • weird)

Cosplay makeup hack: How to bring anime sparkle to your eyes

• Oona McGee
  Nov 2, 2021

Sailor Moon is here to give us a tutorial in transformation magic!

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• (accessories • anime • beauty • COK • cosplay • cute • fashion • Magical girl • makeup • makeup tutorial • manga • Sailor Moon • SNJO)

The best cosplayers from Day One of the Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival

• Oona McGee
  Nov 1, 2021

These cosplaying queens waited two years to step out as their favourite manga and anime characters, and the wait was definitely worth it. 

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful women • COK • cosplay • cosplayers • halloween • Ikebukuro • Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival kebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival • SNJO • video games)

Costumes from everyday life on parade once more in “Jimi Halloween 2021”

• Master Blaster
  Oct 31, 2021

Come take walk on the plain side.

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• Internet, Japan
• (cosplay • costumes • halloween • holidays • Jimi Halloween • ordinary life • social media • twitter)

“Magical girl’s tears” inspires new fashion and accessories collection

• Oona McGee
  Oct 28, 2021

Channel your inner heroine with Japan’s Department of Magic.

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• Japan
• (accessories • anime • COK • cosplay • cute • fashion • Felissimo • jewellery • jewelry • Magical girl • magical girls)

Mecha cosplay team makes rideable full-scale Ghost in the Shell robot【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 27, 2021

Pair of robot-loving craftsmen also create Metal Gear, Armored Core cosplay outfits.

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• Japan
• (anime • Armored Core • awesome • cool • cosplay • cosplayers • crazy • Ghost in the Shell • Metal Gear • Metal Gear Solid • robots • tachikoma • video)

The anime cosplay DJ in Tokyo’s crazy Nakagin Capsule Tower apartment【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 26, 2021

Koe finds the perfect space in which to find her creative voice.

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• Japan
• (anime • apartments • architecture • COK • cool • cosplay • crazy • music • Nakagin Capsule Tower • SNJO • tokusatsu • weird)

Cosplayers make Japan Weekend feel like Spanish Comiket【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Oct 5, 2021

This might be the year for Tokyo Revengers, but there are plenty of other well-known characters in this cosplay photo collection.

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• Europe, Japan
• (anime • COK • Comiket • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • Evangelion • manga • Naruto • otaku • SNJO • Tokyo Revengers)

We joined the 10,000 otaku who recently congregated in Madrid for Japan Weekend

• Krista Rogers
  Oct 4, 2021

Our visiting Japanese reporter shares her thoughts on the Spanish capital’s tribute to Japanese culture in its various forms.

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• Europe, Japan
• (anime • COK • convention • cosplay • Japan Weekend • Japanese culture • Madrid • manga • otaku • SNJO • Spain)

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