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Wonder Festival 2023 [Summer] Cosplay Gallery
by Ken Iikura-Gross,
In the heat and humidity of mid-summer, cosplayers from around the country we were gathered at Wonder Festival 2023 [Summer] to kick off Japan's summer cosplay season. And there was a real smorgasbord of cosplayers at this year's second Wonder Festival. Here's a small sampling of the most incredible and hottest cosplay we saw while we were there.
Ken Iikura-Gross
From left to right: Sakura Kasugano, Ryu, Ken Masters, and Chun-Li from Street Fighter. Cosplayer (from left to right): iCCHIi, Jin Sakuraba, Daigo, and Adumi SughiyamaKen Iikura-Gross
Cammy from Street Fighter. Cosplayer: So ShiKen Iikura-Gross
From left to right: Kamina, Simon, and Yoko Littner from Gurren Lagann. Cosplayer
(from left to right): Hiho-kun, Imoko, and MochiKen Iikura-Gross
Gilgamesh the King of Heroes from Fate/stay night. Cosplayer: TimKen Iikura-Gross
Kazuma Kuwabara from Yu-Yu Hakusho. Cosplayer: BunyanKen Iikura-Gross
From top to bottom: Rikku and Yuna from Final Fantasy X-2. Cosplayer (from top to
bottom): ai, Rintaro KinjouKen Iikura-Gross
Noa Izumi from Patlabor. Cosplayer: HIGUKen Iikura-Gross
From left to right: Kazumi Amano, Koichiro “Coach” Ohta, and Noriko Takaya from
Gunbuster. Cosplayer (from left to right): Romi, Nekonii, and MarimariKen Iikura-Gross
Pegasus Seiya from Saint Seiya. Cosplayer: Mikeneko KyojuKen Iikura-Gross
Link from The Legend of Zelda. Cosplayer: KinshinaKen Iikura-Gross
Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda. Cosplayer: MinatsuKen Iikura-Gross
Nanoha Takamachi from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha. Cosplayer: SKKen Iikura-Gross
Eternal Sailor Moon from Sailor Moon. Cosplayer: YohKen Iikura-Gross
Son Goku from Dragon Ball. Cosplayer: Anko SakuraKen Iikura-Gross
Son Goku from Dragon Ball. Cosplayer: Kazuma KiryuKen Iikura-Gross
From left to right: Cure Butterfly and Cure Prism from Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure.
Cosplayer (from left to right): Benio and SayuKen Iikura-Gross
Cure Melody with Hummy from Suite Precure. Cosplayer: AiruKen Iikura-Gross
Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell. Cosplayer: HikaruKen Iikura-Gross
Mitsuri Kanroji from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. Cosplayer: NezukossuKen Iikura-Gross
Zhuge Kongming in modern clothes from Ya Boy Kongming! Cosplayer: KokaiKen Iikura-Gross
Kotetsu T. Kaburagi from Tiger & Bunny. Cosplayer: CazulosKen Iikura-Gross
From left to right: Rey Ayanami and Eva Unit-01 (Rebuild) from Rebuild of Evangelion. Cosplayer (from left to right): Kasumi and Goldy
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