It’s Cosplay time as the Nipponbashi Street Festival hits Osaka (and Twitter) again this year!
The Nipponbashi Street Festival is held on Spring Equinox Day in Japan each year, (this year, it was March 20) and this time around it was the 12th anniversary of the occasion, affectionately known in Japan as “SutoFes”!
Cosplayers from all over Japan flooded into the area to show off their skills and indulge in endless photo-ops, and we’ve pulled some of the coolest cosplayers’ pictures from Twitter for your viewing pleasure!
If you can identify each character being cosplayed just from the pictures, we salute you!
https://twitter.com/kikikiringring/status/711402056137838593
ストフェス
— まさしし (@tikotamu) March 20, 2016
肉球あやとせんせい(ë) pic.twitter.com/HsvEKbTEf3
中指負傷して時間かかっちゃった！アニメイトむかいます！
— 倉坂くるる🐥🌸7/11撮影会 (@Kururu_45) March 20, 2016
アイカツ！ののっちです！ #ストフェス pic.twitter.com/fXKiOvIXQT
△ “I’m Nonocchi from Aikatsu!”
けいおんの秋山澪のコスプレでストフェスにいます（せつめい） pic.twitter.com/ioMnmmr2Ib
— 雪瀬はる (@uniharu0626) March 20, 2016
△”I’m at SutoFes dressed as Rei Akiyama from K-on!”
https://twitter.com/mdmddn_/status/711424898959192065
△ “I’m Seina from Haganai!”
アニメイト前！ pic.twitter.com/OnnHwQsl5V
— 御伽ねこむ@猫目カラコン (@otoginekomu) March 20, 2016
△ Shinku from Rozen Maiden
【速報】
— Nina (@forcosplayonly) March 20, 2016
ストフェスなうー！！
着替えおわったよ！！◝(⑅•ᴗ•⑅)◜..°♡ pic.twitter.com/jap6N5WeQQ
真紅ちゃんん！！！
— 宮本彩希🍁 (@saki_miyamoto) March 20, 2016
ストフェスってすごいねぇ…… pic.twitter.com/MKOdWgWQZI
アルカナソードのジータちゃんでサンマルクカフェ前にいます(＊´ㅂ`＊) pic.twitter.com/TtbSemz8gk
— うさぉ(Usagi)エアコミケ作品DLはじめました (@usagicos) March 20, 2016
遅くなりましたがストフェスの速報？(◍•ᴗ•◍) #ストフェス2016 #ストフェス
— ちっぴー🦋 (@chips2fkrfl) March 22, 2016
島村卯月
Photo
まどるさん @mpzero
三枚目 霧雨なのさん@nanonano8901 pic.twitter.com/Bo2zqueL2S
#ストフェス2016 #ストフェス #日本橋ストリートフェスタ #ジャックスパロウ#CaptainJackSparrow pic.twitter.com/2XEPLirew8
— CaptJaySparrow (@CaptJaySparrow1) March 21, 2016
△ Of course, everyone knows Captain Jack Sparrow!
れく氏(@momoreku )大和
— けーたろ (@ketaro_ovn) March 21, 2016
#ストフェス pic.twitter.com/XXiRDEsijT
なゆぺったん(@nayupettan )
— けーたろ (@ketaro_ovn) March 21, 2016
水銀燈#ストフェス pic.twitter.com/TEK5bI0dnN
https://twitter.com/supura0fuufu/status/711595941002752000
△ It’s the Terminator!
Minesweeper... #ストフェス pic.twitter.com/2deqTWFI5w
— Ahmed®︎ ・ｱｰﾒｯﾄﾞ®︎🧴 (@coollead) March 20, 2016
△ This costume looks, er, like a budget option…
最終兵器彼女で参加してますー！#エアストフェス#ストフェス pic.twitter.com/dTMJc1iMh3
— クルミ@新刊は通販 (@k_purarine) March 20, 2016
△ We recognise @k_purarine from Tokyo Game Show!
このレイヤーさん、何かを言いたそうな目をしている… #ストフェス pic.twitter.com/HrhSXXGgGW
— だい＠なんだかおもしろい (@nandakaomo) March 20, 2016
△ And of course, cosplay’s not just for people… Dogsplay is also a major sub-genre! (Or, if it’s not, it really should be!)
Have you ever cosplayed in public? Were you shy or did you love the attention as much as the folks above seemed to?
Source: Togech
Top image: Twitter @kikikiringring
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