Cosplay Holic

Akiyama Mio has excellent grades in school and is mature and strict especially towards her childhood friend, Tainaka Ritsu. However, Mio has a weakness against the macabre and horrific, and she is often incapacitated with fear when stories involving ghosts, blood, injuries, haunted houses, barnacles, or any other disturbing topics that come up. She also has a fear of being in the spotlight and gets embarrassed easily, and is the recurrent subject to teasing from Ritsu as well as their their club adviser, Yamanaka Sawako.

This cosplayer looks familiar, but I’m not certain who she is. I’m guessing she’s Kipi, but with her face partially covered by her hand, I can’t be sure. Thanks to Francesca for sending this in!

EDIT: My bad, the cosplayer is actually Arisa Mizuhara!

Yui is apparently allergic to air conditioning, but she can’t stand being too hot or too cold in general. She is, however, immune to heat strokes for some reason or other.

Now correct me if I’m wrong, but Comiket 81 occurred during winter, didn’t it? Yui, aren’t you too cold in that swimsuit? Better cover up quickly before you catch a cold! Thanks to Paul for sending this in!

On the 4th of December 2011, Nico Nico, in cooperation with Japan’s largest cosplay community website “Cure”, came together to introduce the world to Japanese Cosplay Culture.

Niconico’s special stage replicated each cosplayer’s world in detail using 360 degree LED screens accompanied by powerful sound systems! Top cosplayers from popular anime series including Tiger and Bunny, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica, Final Fantasy, Touhou Project, and even Vocaloid made their appearances on stage!

If you missed the event like I did, you can download the show through torrent. If you’re a cosplay fan, this is a rare chance for you to see your favorite cosplayers moving and without photoshop! Even Kipi made a special appearance dressed as Hatsune Miku!

Thanks to Marcello for letting me know about this! For now, I will leave you with a video of Danceroid members Ikura, Aikawa Kozue, Yuzuki, and Maam performing Maji Love 1000% from Uta no Prince-sama!

After the original four girls graduated from Sakura High, Azusa succeeded Tainaka Ritsu as President of the Light Music Club. In the manga, Suzuki Jun and Hirasawa Ui both joined the club immediately after the seniors graduated. In the anime however, it was revealed that, to Hirasawa Yui’s delight, Jun and Ui were practicing with Azusa in preparation for the year’s school opening session. This implies that Jun and Ui joined even before the seniors graduated in the anime. Azusa gets her own storyline with Jun and Ui in the latest issue of the manga.

Another amazing cosplay by Chamaro! Twintails really do suit her, don’t they? Thanks again to Mikan for sending this!

Yui has a habit of naming and talking to inanimate objects as if they were people; a trend that gradually included her bandmates and their instruments. She has named her guitar as “Gita”, Mio’s Bass as “Elizabeth” without Mio’s permission which annoyed her at first. Later, Nakano Azusa caught on and considered naming her own guitar “Muttan”.

Cute Yui by Singaporean cosplayer, Yivon! Yukino, the contributor, estimates Yivon to be around 13 years-old. Should I add this to the Chibi Section, I wonder? Thanks again to Yukino for sending this!

A hard-worker when it comes to her guitar playing, Hirasawa Yui can have incredible focus when she has a clear goal in sight. Unfortunately, this is limited to only one subject as a time. In one incident, Yui had to make up for her test scores in math and while she was able to bring her skills up to par, her guitar skills deteriorated quickly. Nevertheless, Yui plays her guitar with amazing energy and joy, much to the delight of her audience.

This is pretty awesome! And if she’s willing to share, I’d like a donut too please!

First found on Tumblr.