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Serious about cosplaying
Passive fun isn't for hard-core anime fans who toil to dress the part
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A posterboard outlines the general steps to making each costume for Jolene Sasaki's cosplay group, during a sewing session at her home in Kunia. Sasaki's group is cosplaying as characters from the upcoming game "Final Fantasy XIII: Agito."
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Byron Kamimura, 25, a member of Jolene Sasaki's cosplay circle, models the bag he made as part of his costume for this year's Kawaii Kon. The character he'll be cosplaying as is one of the few in the group that sports a bag, so he took the initiative and made one himself, also making it large enough to serve a practical purpose during the convention.
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Jolene Sasaki, 25, cosplayed as Soi Fong, the tough leader of the Secret Mobile Forces from the anime "Bleach."
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COURTESY BRANDON SAIGUSA
Jolene Sasaki, left, dressed as her version of a moogle from the "Final Fantasy" video game series while her boyfriend, Ron Kaneshige, 26, cosplayed as Ishida from the anime "Bleach" at last year's Kawaii Kon.
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Audra Furuichi checks her wig for her Riza Hawkeye costume in a mirror held by her boyfriend, Scott Yoshinaga.
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"Naruto" proved to be a popular series for cosplayers at last year's Kawaii Kon, with one group choosing to portray a wide range of characters from the series for their Cosplay Showcase presentation.
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COURTESY BRANDON SAIGUSA
Joanna Lee drew her share of double-takes and "Aww, how cutes" from passers-by for her cosplay as a penguin-suited Chiyo-chan from "Azumanga Daioh."
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