The mayor of Nagoya and the governor of Aichi Prefecture both recently suited up as famous anime characters. This was not a first.
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Mayor Takashi Kawamura and Governor Hideaki Omura cosplay at least once a year for the World Cosplay Summit, a major cosplaying event held in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.
Here is Kawamura:
名古屋のドン 河村たかし
コスプレシリーズ#コスプレサミット pic.twitter.com/2sXXyap73j— K (@Astro_Hisho) August 3, 2017
リプにあった画像だけどうちの名古屋の河村たかし見習って pic.twitter.com/3GdJhJJSJN
— 太郎 (@5kibidan) August 3, 2017
河村市長なにやってんの… pic.twitter.com/d9rbBINhL1
— いの (@inoopy1) July 29, 2014
And Omura:
名古屋市の河村たかし市長に続き、愛知県の大村秀章知事は、銀魂の土方十四郎のコスプレを披露！こちらもよくお似合いですね～【伊藤】#銀魂 #土方十四郎 #コスサミ #コスプレ #コスプレサミット pic.twitter.com/MkfzNAmtXF
— 【公式】東海ウォーカー編集部 (@TokaiWalkers) August 2, 2017
次の東京都知事はどなたになるでしょうね…では、ここで愛知県が誇る大村秀章知事をごらんください… #都知事選2016 #都知事選 pic.twitter.com/xk8FtspGwx
— キネコ (@kinekoV) July 12, 2016
Both have a good cosplay game.
名古屋においでよ。
もはや恒例となった、市長(68歳)と知事(57歳)のコスプレ 2017年バージョンだよ。
ここ数年で最高の出来だね。 pic.twitter.com/8kExuKYIfh— おいでよ名古屋 (@oinagoya) August 2, 2017
東海圏でしか見られない名古屋市長と愛知県知事のコスプレをみてみよう
そして今年は知事が銀魂の土方さんで市長が碇司令官 pic.twitter.com/rjJU3vsKbT— 湯冷め (@yu_za08) August 2, 2017
河村市長がタキシード仮面のコスプレしててお昼のニュースに思わず二度見しましたw pic.twitter.com/D9nSKZKTfm
— あかねる (@akaneru777) July 29, 2015
毎年、河村たかし市長、大村秀章知事がコスプレしたローカルニュースを見ると、今週末の名古屋はコスプレサミットなんだなと思う。 pic.twitter.com/1KsXU0afTA
— ケリson (@Kerrison_naruo) August 2, 2017
Maybe the best.
小池百合子都知事が『リボンの騎士』のコスプレ 観客から黄色い歓声【ハロウィン】 https://t.co/7MExwDGtZK
大村秀章愛知県知事「コスプレ知事といえば俺のことだぎゃあ！」 pic.twitter.com/8kWBZnFGNH
— じょにぃ (@johnnythewild) October 29, 2016
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4 responses to “Japanese Politicians Cosplaying As Anime Characters”
As someone who lives in Osu kannon and nearby Oasis 21, I hate it when the cosplay forum rolls around. It’s full of weaboos saying everything is すごいand かわいい。And just interrupting the fuck out of Nagoya. I see locals and staff just roll eyes. I hate weaboos.
Indeed. I was chatting to a photographer friend of mine as we were going to the second final of the World Cosplay Summit, and we were walking through Oasis 21 to get to the Aichi Arts Centre. Oasis 21 was packed tight with cosplayers, and I mentioned to my friend that apart from food places, the shopkeepers must be hacked with the vast sea of cosplayers. For one, cosplayers aren’t there to shop, they’re there to have the picture taken or to take pictures. Secondly, the mass of cosplayers there crowd out the usual weekend shoppers. Either way, it’s a poor weekend taking-wise for store owners there.
ahhaah, this is fantastic!
Then again if i saw Gendo in my local mayors office id be a bit concerned about the future of the city lol
And that this wasn’t the end of it. At the end of the meeting there’s a photo opportunity with the delegate of cosplayers from around the world and Mayor Kawamura. So the mayor poses with the cosplayers, and then starts crooning Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love With You”, much to the amusement of all gathered. In fact the girls on either side of him, an American and an Australian, study singing, and accompany the mayor.
And this is usual for him- in a previous year he sung a Beatles song.
An interesting fact- Sydney is a twin city with Nagoya, and a couple of years ago he and a coterie of officials came to Sydney to celebrate an anniversary of the twinning of the two cities. While addressing the audience, he burst into a rendition of the Nagoyan baseball club’s club song. So yeah, he has no shame.