Dead or Alive: Ayane 04

Along with her burning hatred over Raidou, the man who ruined her life by creating it in the first place, Ayane envies her half-sister, Kasumi, for being treated like a princess while Ayane was treated like dirt. Ayane then honed her skills to unbelievable heights in her attempt to make others see she is more than the “demon child” they make of her. Her former master’s death makes her the strongest ninja of the Hajin Mon, the dark side of the Mugen Tenshin clan.

Beautiful cosplay, and at such a great location too! I love how perfect the butterfly is sewn unto her kimono! Thanks to Leila for sending this in!

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Dead or Alive: Ayane 03

Ayane was born as a result of Raidou raping Kasumi’s mother, Ayame. Although she was allowed to stay in Mugen Tenshin, she was always looked down on or generally ignored by many of the clan. Ayane admired her half-brother, Hayate as a way of increasing her self-esteem and lifting her sadness. She is known to have some connections with Ryu Hayabusa since he befriended Hayate and the Mugen Tenshin ninja clan.

Another awesome cosplay from Winter Comiket 2010! I really love cosplays of alternate costumes rather than the original designs. I just wonder which series this was first used in? Thanks to James for sending this!

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Dead or Alive: Lei Fang 02

Six years before the start of the first tournament, Lei Fang was saved by martial artist, Jann Lee, from a bunch of thugs. Although grateful, Lei Fang felt that she could have handled the situation by herself. She then mastered the art of Tai Chi Quan in order to prove her strength to Jann Lee.

A very daring cosplayer from Japan’s Comiket 2010! Looks like she has a lot of fans from the event already! Thanks to Bennihime for emailing this!

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Dead or Alive: Lei Fang 02

Six years before the start of the first tournament, Lei Fang was saved by martial artist, Jann Lee, from a bunch of thugs. Although grateful, Lei Fang felt that she could have handled the situation by herself. She then mastered the art of Tai Chi Quan in order to prove her strength to Jann Lee.

A very daring cosplayer from Japan’s Comiket 2010! Looks like she has a lot of fans from the event already! Thanks to Bennihime for emailing this!

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Dead or Alive: Lei Fang

I actually know this one.

Or should know this one.

She's fairly famous, both the cosplayer and the character, but I've been beating my head about her for a month now and I still don't remember which fighting game she's from.

I must be getting old.

Someone please tell me what character she's cosplaying?

Pretty please?

...wasn't it a "Mai" something?

EDIT: Thanks to Sweet and Horror for commenting to say this is Lei Fang from the Dead or Alive Series!

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Dead or Alive: Kasumi 02

Known as "the Kunoichi of Destiny”, Kasumi is a skilled ninja trained in the Mugen Tenshin Style of Ninjutsu and was to become the 18th Master of her clan. Instead, she ran away to enter the Dead or Alive tournament in order to defeat Raidou, the person responsible for crippling her brother, Hayate. This decision labeled her as a nukenin, a runaway shinobi, obligating her to run from her former comrades who must hunt her for her treacherous act.

Beautiful cosplay! I think there was a PVC figure with the same pose. I really love her long hair. Thank you for sharing this! And if anyone knows who the cosplayer or photographer is, do leave me a comment!

EDIT: Thanks to Miss Reita for the information! This is the Italian cosplayer Giorgia, and you may find all of her photos in her website.

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Dead or Alive: Ayane 02

The half sister of Kasumi and Hayate, Ayane has always lived in the shadow of her sister, causing her much pain and hatred towards Kasumi. She is an expert at Ninjutsu, with a fighting style known as “Female Tengu”. Her reason for fighting in the Dead or Alive World Combat championship is to pursue Kasumi, then labeled a traitor of the Mugen Tenshin Clan.

I can’t believe the details of this cosplay! It must have taken a lot of time and effort to look for those fabric patterns and put them all together. And she has a gorgeous wig too. Nice work!

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Dead or Alive: Ayane

A child born from rape, Ayane was labelled a “poison child” in her ninja clan. She was made to believe that she was an orphan, abandoned by her own mother because of the circumstances of her birth.

One village festival, Ayame, the wife of the leader of her clan, revealed to her that she was Ayane’s mother. This made her envious of the clan princess, Kasumi for being treated like a princess while she, her half sister, was being treated like dirt.

A sad fate for such a young girl. This is a cosplay by Shizuka aka Rainer Tachibana of Deviant Art! She commented in my blog one day which lead me to find her beautiful gallery of cosplays. Thanks for that! Thank you also to Ahbu for the great photography!

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Artist: Suzuna Kogure
Character: Kasumi
Anime: Dead or Alive

Dead or Alive: Kasumi

This year’s Tokyo Game Show took place on September 22-23 in Japan. A lot of people were there for the game demos and releases, while others were there because of the cosplay.

Take NUTS!!!! for example. Randy, the blog’s author, was trying to decide whether or not he should take pictures and videos of the games, or the cosplay. In the end, he decided that cosplay should be his priority in taking photos of since people could simply access the official websites for the games.

This Dead or Alive cosplay was probably the best from his collection of photographs. I would think Randy agrees with me on this since he did take a lot of photos of her. And really, you don’t get to see a lot of good Kasumi cosplays everyday. (I don’t like the ones that make Kasumi look “bad” if you know what I mean).

Thanks for sharing your cosplay pictures, Randy!

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