Ryeain: Kazeki, I've been 'stalking' her awesome cosplays way before I started cosplaying. I'm certainly impressed by her cosplays, always bringing it to a higher level. Her cosplay of Fatima from Five Star Story really did blew me away with the suit and even more epic headgear... and she did portray Fatima very well*lovelove
✩✩ INTERVIEW SECTION ✩✩
Ryea: What is COSPLAY to you? Being able to bring a 2D character to the real world.
Ryea: How many characters have you cosplayed so far ? -2005- Komachi Mikumari - Samurai 7 Athrun Zala ; Zaft uniform - Gundam SEED *borrowed from Roxanne* Soi Fong ; battle and taichou uniform - Bleach Seth Nightlord ; ROM III novel cover - Trinity Blood
-2006- Miranda Lott ; Exorcist uniform version - D.Gray-man Dizzy ; battle form - Guilty Gear XX Seth Nightlord (tea seller) - Trinity Blood Athrun Zala; Akatsuki no Kuruma - Gundam SEED special OVA ending Athrun Zala/Alex Dino - Gundam SEED Destiny *borrowed from Fenix* Maya - Magna Carta Crimson Stigmata
-2007- Soi Fong ;Captain version - BLEACH Agito - Air Gear *borrowed from Sizer* C.C. - Code Geass Firi - Lamento ~Beyond the Void~ Ion Fortuna (Court Version) - Trinity Blood *borrowed from Skye*
-2008- Dawn/Hikari from Pokemon : Diamond & Pearl Shirayuri Hime - Zone 00 Sailor Star Healer - SailorMoon : Sailor Stars Sharon Apple - Macross PLUS Mercedes - Odin Sphere
-2009- Sheryl Nome (Iteza gogo Kuji don't be late) Kimihiro Watanuki - xxxHolic *costume borrowed from ElderG* Kasumi - Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Chie Satonaka - Persona 4 C.C. (Mutuality artbook) - Code Geass Meg - Bakuretsu Tenshi Velvet - Odin Sphere Gumi Megpoid - Vocaloid Fatima Hugtrang - Five Star Stories
Ryea: Which is your favorite character that you've cosplayed? Mercedes, Anti Spiral Nia, Fatima Hugtrang.
Ryea: Which is your first character? Komachi from Samurai 7. Definitely too old for her now lol
Ryea: Which characters are in your future cosplay list? More Magna Carta, I can't get over Hyung Tae Kim.
Ryea: Do you make your own costume & props ? Costumes are usually tailored/modified but my props are made by Jarold and I. I have awesome friends like Rain, Stick and Jac'kee that always help me out as well.
Ryea: What is your favorite part when cosplay? Seeing a prop completed, wearing the full costume for the first time and I get very strange satisfaction when it comes to editing photos, I guess it's because I consider it the final touches of my cosplay.
Ryea: Any good/funny/memorable experience when you cosplay? Persona 4 - waking up at 3am to get ready for a long road to Sekinchan. C.C. Mutuality - Got to cosplay with the amazing Kanasaii and Lenneth pair. I felt like the luckiest C.C. ;_____; Deadmaster - Shiroin, my photographer, sunk his leg into a giant pit of mud during the shoot!!! Gumi/Miki - Vocaloids drowning in the swimming pool is quite a sight.
Ryea: How and what have you think you've improved from since you started cosplay? Definitely improved in every aspect from prop making to make up and of course *~editing photos~* BEFORE & AFTER
Ryea: Do you salute/idolize any cosplayer? Omi Gibson http://en.curecos.com/profile/?ch=168966 HRM http://en.curecos.com/profile/?ch=20651 -aira- http://ja.curecos.com/profile/?ch=72312 Kanasaii http://kanasaiii.deviantart.com/ LennethXVii http://lennethxvii.deviantart.com/ Cvy http://cvy.deviantart.com/
Ryea: Any tips to share ? Study, research, work smart, enjoy!
Ryea: Do you think as a 'qualified' cosplayer, it's a must to do everything without the help from professionals ; costume props and others? If that's the case, a lot of us wouldn't be "qualified" enough to cosplay. Some people just have strengths on certain aspects while others don't.
and 3 random questions :
1) Which convention do you like most in Malaysia? Comic Fiesta
2) How much money do you spend on Seth Nightroad.. the outfit is such AMAZING piece!! Thank you! I spent about RM1.5k, it pales in comparism to the Trinity Blood team that debuted at CF2010 though, that team was AMAZING.
3) What do you do in events? Meet old friends and new ones. I don't really have much stamina for events though. I do better in photoshoots.