Japan is 2009 World Cosplay Champions

by | posted: August 12, 2009 8 comments

The 2009 World Cosplay Summit was staged from August 1st to 3rd 2009. Thousands of cosplayers and fans of cosplaying decended on Nagoya in Japan for the event with it’s primary attraction being the World Cosplay Championship is which 15 countries would compete for the honour of being cosplay champions of the world.

YuRi and RiE dressed as characters from Sengoku Basara

The 15 countries with contenders this year were Australia, Brazil, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Thailand and the United States. Surprisingly for the first time since the competition started in 2003 Japan won! The World Cosplay Summit is sanctioned and partly organized by the the Japanese government through Japan’s Foreign Affairs and Tourism Ministries which is awesome and would be surprising for any other country except Japan.

Sengoku Basara is an anime that made my Interesting Spring 2009 Anime list…unfortunately I hated it after the first couple episodes, maybe now I can go back and watch the series in its entirety. Anybody reading this watching or have watched the Sengoku Basara anime?

Sengoku Basara anime poster

More about the World Cosplay Summit

World Cosplay Summit Official Site
World Cosplay Championship Photo Gallery
Japanese win ‘cosplay’ world title

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Kirk lives in Kingston, Jamaica and is an avid Japan enthusiast. Since starting Jamaipanese.com in February 2006 and visiting Japan in September 2011 his knowledge and understanding of Japan has grown and he enjoys sharing his interests with his readers.

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  • http://shonari.net shonari

    You should have more pics! this is interesting. i love cosplay. well i love seeing it…not doing it

    • http://www.jamaipanese.com Jamaipanese

      I liked to a gallery with a crap load of images, you should check ‘em out

  • http://talesovercoffee.blogspot.com T.OC

    Kinda funny how people from the country that produces anime and made anime and cosplay popular couldn’t win the competition for so long. Well, good for them!

  • Toe

    Sengoku Basara is an ok anime. You should watch it though. I enjoyed the last few episodes.

  • http://naqiubex.blogspot.com naqiubex

    Ha… interesting.. Quite funny that happens to Japan..
    I am goin to a Games anime comic circle in MAlaysia this weekend…
    maybe I’ll blog about it after i go there..

    http://whatisgacc.com/ [smile]

  • http://througheyesfromafar.blogspot.com/ The Envoy

    Well, modern cosplay did start in Japan.

  • http://yamilockheart@hotmail.com yami

    were can i buy a morrigan outfit how to make one [anime]

  • http://yamilockheart@hotmail.com yami

    video or some thing to base my idea for the cosplay of morrigan or were to shop at and if some one can give me a link i would be grateful and think u [love] [gamer] [japan]