Cosplay - A unique Japanese culture arrived at FPT University on the evening of October 5. This is a playground created for students to "rock out" in their favorite style.

Cosplay is an English word created by the Japanese. This is a combination of "costume" and "role play". This refers to fans of characters in manga, anime, tokusatsu, comic books, graphic novels, video games, fantasy films, political characters, singers, ... who dresses or acts like their favorite character. These people are called cosplayers (sometimes referred to as reya). They can form groups / clubs to practice and act together. In addition, they also participate in events, festivals related to artwork with favorite fictional characters, or even organize their own event to perform.

At the Cosplay Competition 2018, FPT University contestants were dressed up as their favorite characters and performed fantastic acts on stage. The characters are not limited to anime characters such as Misaki, No-Face, .. but also from famous games like Onmyoji, League of Legends like Huynh Thao, Kagura, Ahri and Lux, ...

 

Co-third place are Trung Kien contestant as Shuten Douji with the couple Ngoc Hao & Dang Khoa showing male characters Kagura and Huynh Thao male version.

Contestant Nguyen Hoang Dang Khoa shared: “Khoa feels very happy to join the program, if there is any event next year, Khoa will definitely join again. Khoa did not expect that he would win the third prize, probably because of the deep acting ability of the 'Coc Saigon's Hao' '- Dang Khoa was also the contestant who won the most popular Cosplayer award of the last year contest.

The audience could not forget the contestant Dinh Ngoc Bich Chau - No-Face dynamic cosplay from the Casting to the Final. Bich Chau had a very impressive and excellent dance and won the Impressive prize for herself.

The quartet of judges who hold the power is Mr. Le Vo binh Minh - Head of Personal Development Department - FPT University, Mr. Lu Cam Toan - representative of Vietnam Marutou Compack - mentor of Japan Style Club, Ms. Phan Mai Chi - Master of Fine Arts - University of Fine Arts and currently a lecturer in Graphic Design and Ms. Oanh Duong - famous cosplayer with many great awards such as: Cosplay Contest 2018 Manga Festival, FAVORITE Cosplayer Otaku Festival 2015....

Before announcing the official results of this year's competition, Ms. Oanh Duong shared with the program: “Although you are not professional enough as in the festivals I have attended, the spirit and atmosphere here is not inferior at all, sometimes even more exciting than the Festival".

 

Check out the contestants of Cosplay Competition, many were very impressed with the female characters that male contestant cosplayed as. "It must be said that FPT boys don't pretend to be girls, But once do, the sister association can only admire."