By Kamui Shirou
With Jey as Aya and Van as Youji at AX99
Worn at: Anime Expo '99 (debut)
General: This costume was thrown together about two weeks before Anime Expo. It's actually a group costume, but not with members of the iPLAY site, so I stuck it under the Singles page. Jey and Van planned to cosplay as Aya Fujimiya and Youji Kudou for AX, so I decided to tag along as Ken because the costume was easy, and Ken's my favorite character. When I wore this costume, I had to tie back my hair and tuck it into the jacket collar. But now that my hair's much shorter, I'm looking forward to wearing it again. Outfit: This costume was pretty much entirely bought; no sewing required. The hardest thing to find was most likely the useless orange shirt Ken wears around his waist. Matching the blindingly bright orange was interesting. ^^; I wore ski goggles for his goggles, though I'd like to find some motorcycle goggles.
Gloves: I wore some funky ski gloves for AX99 which didn't really match. When I wear this costume again, I'll be wearing these nice brown gloves that I had bought originally for Serge. I'd really like to make his three types of bugnuks (his TV series, OAV, AND manga all differ) as well as getting some black work gloves. Black seems to go better with the whole assassin thing.
Weapon: Aside from the invisible bugnuks that I kept threatening Jey with, (^^;;) in one of the pictures below, you'll see Ken sporting a nice shiny gun. The gun was bought originally for my Birman outfit, but since I have no bugnuks and I've seen Ken using a gun, I posed with it. I didn't have the gun for AX99, though.
The Group: Jey and Van had awesome costumes. After wearing this costume and walking around with them, I've come to realize how truly mismatched Ken's outfit is. *L* But it was fun all the same, we weren't recognized too much, but I did meet this fangirl who obsessed over Ken Hidaka, and in turn, glomped me and took pictures. ^^ Too bad we never got an Omi... but I'd actually like to make a Flower Shop Ken costume just for fun.
| Coming soon. |