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• Q & A
Name: Hayari Rikka
Location: Hong Kong / USA Occupation: Flight Attendant Website: Credits: Yuki, Suloea, Foriko, Jason, Muze, PSP, Athrun, 絕
When and how did you get started in Cosplay? Since 2007. I love Japanese anime and manga since I was a kid, but never really thought of doing cosplay before I met a cosplayer friend at school. She persuaded me to give a try…and I did!
What was your first Cosplay? Sakagami Kōya from LOVELESS.
What was the most difficult character? Fertility Deity, Holy Ceres from the mobile game Puzzle & Dragons. That was the first time to join a stage performance competition and the costumes and props took me quite a lot of time to finish. Glad that I did not give up XD
What characters are you planning for the future and type of character are you drawn to? To those who follow my facebook page may know I am really into Kantai Collection and Toukenranbu right now. I am planning to do Yuudachi and Kaga from KanColle. also Horikawa Kunihiro from Tourabu.
What is your process when starting from the begining with a new cosplay? To study well about the character’s facial expression, poses and makeup.
Are there any helpful hints in sewing, costume design or any other aspects of your cosplay that you discovered in doing your creations? Though I did not make all of my costumes and I can’t say I am good at sewing, but still, before having friends helping me to sew the costumes I will try to search all the possible information I could get about his or her costumes (like the detailed character settings illustrations), so I could have a clear image about it – like what should the texture look like and all the detailed parts.
Do you have a preferred brand of make up in your cosplay? And if so why? I liked DollyWink’s fake lashes and Coastal Scents eyeshadow palette.
What are you listening to? Songs from “Your lie in April.”
Favorite Movies? I know it sounds a bit strange but I love “An Inconvenient Truth” and “The Imitation Game”.
Favorite Animes? Got tons of them! But Terror in Resonance, Ace of Diamond and Yowamushi Pedal.
Favorite TV Shows? “Galileo,” the Japanese TV series.
Is there a scene from a anime, cartoon, movie or tv show that left a big impression on you and what was it? When Kaori told Kousei in her letter that “I told a lie that I am in love with Wayari Ryota,” in the manga “Your lie in April.” That made me broke into tears.
Books? “Kino no Tabi” series.
Games? “Steins;Gate”, “Tales of the Abyss” and “Tales of Xillia 2”
Beverage? Coke for sure LOL. All of my friends know!
Fast Food/ Junk Food of choice? McDonalds and Chipotle are my fav.
Candy bar? Snickers!
Favorite Breakfast cereal? I love everything with chocolate or honey.
Is there something not going on in the cosplay world that you would want to see or is there something you would want to change? I hope people don’t judge cosplayers only by their face but also by their effort.
What was your favorite toy growing up? Computer lol.
Who is your biggest character crush and why? Shigure from KanColle. It’s hard to tell why you are fall in love with someone isn’t it? XD But probably because of her sad history and her strong will.
You enter a warehouse. There is little light, but you are able to find your way around. The sound of music draws you to a corner of the warehouse. There are FIVE GHOUL CLOWNS, playing a dancing video game. They have razor sharp teeth and scary weapons. Magic can not affect them; they sense your presence and turn facing you. They run to you to attack. Time to fight! What character would you want to be to defeat them and how would you handle the situation? Yuudachi from KanColle! Party time, I will show you the nightmare of Solomon!
If you had to be chained with a character for one year, what would be the character and what would you do? Shigure! Hmm…let’s see!
You can have dinner with your favorite character. And at this dinner you may ask one question. Who would be the character and what would be your one question? “Would you like to come to the actual world for me?”
What's number 1 on your bucket list? (Something you want to do before you leave the planet). Can’t think of any now XD
What advice would you give to people getting started in Cosplay? It’s always good to know as much as possible for the character you would like to cosplay, that helps a lot in your posing and facial expressions! Also, do not hesitate to ask your senpais for suggestions Have fun cosplay!
