[COSPLAY] Girl duo to represent Japan for World Cosplay Summit

Mainichi Daily News reported, “A female duo dressed as characters from Hayao Miyazaki’s animated film “Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind” qualified to represent Japan in the upcoming “World Cosplay Summit 2008″ after winning the Tokyo qualifying round on Sunday.”

“The duo Hasse, consisting of members Kikiwan and Naoki Shigure, whose real names weren’t given, performed a famous scene from Nausicaa’s resurrection of the film at the qualifying round in Tokyo Dome City, in which five teams competed.”

“We’re happy with this result because previously we didn’t win anything when we did cosplays from another Miyazaki animation,” Kikiwan said.

The duo, who took second place at last year’s World Cosplay Summit with costumes inspired by the blockbuster manga series “Death Note,” are determined to do better in the world championship this year. “We weren’t satisfied with our performance at the last summit, so we’ll try and do better this year.”

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