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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]
Model and costume designer, featured on SyFy channel's Heroes of Cosplay and the TBS reality show King of the Nerds. United States [36] [37] Moeka Haruhi: Professional wrestler, gravure idol, and actress known for cosplay. Japan [38] Angela Hill: Professional mixed martial artist who has appeared in cosplay before fights. United States [39] Sica Ho
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.
The hobby of fan costuming and modern cosplay largely developed from the World Science Fiction Conventions (Worldcons), starting with the first in New York in 1939 when two attendees, Forrest J Ackerman and Myrtle R. Douglas, wore "futuristicostumes". [9]
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Cosplay, a word of Japanese origin that in English is short for "costume display" or "costume play", is a performance art in which participants wear costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea that is usually always identified with a unique name (as opposed to a generic word). These costume wearers often interact to ...