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Cosplayer is a person who wears clothing / costume / cosplay. Most of the costume is used from Japan. In Indonesia are rare cosplayer wearing clothes from outside asia comic, some using the euro, but because of the type taken from the manga / comic manwa not from outside Asia. Cosplay (コスプレ Kosupure?) Is a Japanese-made English term (wasei-eigo) derived from the combination of the words "costume" (costume) and "play" (play). Cosplay is a hobby wearing apparel and accessories and makeup like that imposed the characters in anime, manga, manhwa, fairy tales, video games, idol singers and musicians, and cartoons. Perpetrator is called cosplay cosplayer, Among fans, cosplayer also abbreviated as layers.In Japan, cosplay participant can be found in the events held bevy fellow fans (dōjin circle), such as Comic Market, or attend a concert of music group the visual kei genre. Fans of cosplay including cosplayer cosplayer and not have spread worldwide, namely the U.S., PRC, Europe, Philippines, and Indonesia.Since the second half of the 1960s, fans of science fiction stories and films in the United States often hold a science fiction convention. Convention participants wore costumes as worn figures of science fiction movies like Star Trek. Culture of the United States since the first known forms of masked ball (masquerade) as in celebration and Easter Haloween.The tradition of science fiction convention to Japan in the 1970s in the form of demonstration event costumes (costume show). In Japan, the show "cosplay" was first held in 1978 in Ashinoko, Kanagawa Prefecture in the form of a science fiction convention masquerade Nihon SF Taikai to-17. Mari Kotani critic of science fiction convention attended by wearing costumes like the characters in the picture cover story A Fighting Man of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Not only is Mari Kotani attended the Nihon SF Taikai while her cosplay. Director of animation company Gainax, Yasuhiro Takeda Star Wars characters in costume.At that time, the convention participants thought Mari Kotani manga characters wear costumes Triton of the Sea works of Osamu Tezuka. Kotani did not try hard deny it, so that the mass media often writes costumes Triton of the Sea as the first cosplay costume worn in Japan. Furthermore, cosplay contest event be fixed since the Nihon SF Taikai 19th 1980. Participants wore a Superman costume, Atom Boy, as well as leaders in the Toki o Kakeru Shojo and the movie Virus. In addition to the Comic Market, cosplay events become increasingly frequent exhibitions are held in dōjinshi and science fiction fan meeting in Japan.Anime magazine in Japan little by little began to carry news about cosplay event at the exhibition and sale of publications dōjinshi. Massive coverage was first performed Fanroad magazine inaugural edition in August 1980. The special edition includes news about the emergence of groups of young people called "Tominoko-zoku" were in the area of ​​Harajuku cosplay costume with Gundam mobile suit. Group "Tominoko-zoku" is rumored to appear as a match for Takenoko-zoku (strangely dressed group of young people who enliven the area of ​​Harajuku time). The term "Tominoko-zoku" is taken from the name of the Gundam animated film director, Yoshiyuki Tomino, and is a parody of the term Takenoko-zoku. Photos of cosplay participants who danced while wearing costumes also come loaded Gundam robot. Although the actual article on Tominoko-zoku only meant for sensation seeking, the article managed to make the "cosplay" as a common term among anime fans.Before the term cosplay is used by the electronic mass media, assistant announcer Minky Yasu had often do cosplay. Character costumes are often worn Minky Minky Momo Yasu in onshore gathering Radi-Karu mami no communication between the other broadcast by Radio Tokai since 1984. Furthermore, the same radio show began a cosplay contest. From 1989 to 1995, aired on TV Asahi's ranking cosplay costumes that are popular in the Land Data Hanakin event.Around 1985, cosplay hobby more widespread in Japan for cosplay has become an easy thing to do. At that time Captain Tsubasa accident figures are popular, and only a T-shirt Captain Tsubasa football player, people have been able to "air-cosplay". Cosplay activities reportedly began to group activities since 1986. Since it also began popping up amateur photographers (called camera-Kozo) who enjoy photographing cosplay activities.
At first cosplay is not so much known in Indonesia. In the early 2000s, several events such as the degree Japanese Cosplay Event held UI. But when it has not been any interest, when it was first cosplay EO Japanese title of the event.Event Moved from Japan, some young people (mostly women) in Bandung introduced the Harajuku style and presence that is not the first cosplayer EO at the time. Continued until now, almost every month there is always a cosplay event in Jakarta, and in big cities in Indonesia.