World’s most popular cosplayer is Pinoy

Alodia Gosiengfiao

Alodia Gosiengfiao (full name: Alodia Almira Arraiza Gosiengfiao) is enjoying fame as the world’s most popular cosplayer. She is, in fact, quite popular in Japan where the performance art is quite the craze among young people.

Further testament to the cosplay goddess’ popularity is her Facebook account, with 2.8 million likes.

Although already quite busy traveling foreign lands to attend various cosplay conventions and related events, Alodia was in town recently to perform in “Marble Wonderland” a Japanese cultural entertainment show held on Jan. 17, at the Movie Stars Cafe in SM Mall of Asia.

Alodia top-billed the show together with two Japanese dancers, Niina, who also goes by the intriguing handle 217, and Miume.

217 and Miume are figures of note from the so-called Akihabara culture who are now gaining popularity in video sites such as NiconicoDouga and YouTube among others.

“Marble Wonderland,” directed by popular New York-based Japanese director Junya Yamada — who has worked as dancer and theater actor in the Big Apple as well as Melbourne and Berlin — featured a cosplay fashion show, anime and other aspects of Japanese pop culture.

The show was a fundraising vehicle benefiting the the victims of killer Typhoon “Yolanda,” staged in cooperation with Girl Meets Girl project.

The items exhibited during the fashion show are now available in the Philippines through http://ift.tt/1fjqAKh, said to be the Philippines’ biggest online shopping mall, under the online shop name of Asia Kawii Way.

Alodia has been into cosplay and anime since she was little (It is said that she has been gaming since age 3). Starting in 2003, she has been invited to cosplay events around the world either as guest performer or as judge in competitions.

The former Animax Asia and GMA host was included in FHM’s list of 100 Sexiest Women twice. Last year, she was made cover girl of the popular magazine.

Since she gained popularity as a cosplayer, Alodia, who is also singer, recording artist and actress (she appeared in “Kimmy Dora and the Temple of Kiyeme”), has become a much sought after celebrity endorser.

World’s most popular cosplayer is Pinoy

Source: Mb.com.ph (February 01, 2014 at 03:22PM)

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