Enako is Japan's most famous cosplayer at the moment -- and also most successful. By 2019, she was making $90,000 a month, a tenfold increase from 2016. She is a spokesperson for anima and game corporations, and also earns yen from streaming. She makes very regular appearances on the covers of weekly magazines, though doesn't charge a modeling fee for these, as we previously reported -- a savvy decision that encourages magazines to keep hiring her. Success and fame means money. It also means masses of costumes. In Enako's case, a whole warehouse full of costumes. She has hundreds of them ...

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Happy New Year. We welcome in the Year of the Tiger by checking out a small sampling of the great tora-themed sexy cosplay posted on social media by Japanese cosplayers, gravure models, porn stars, and more. We start with an obvious choice: Japan's top cosplayer, Enako, whose contribution looked both busty and cozy. Former AKB48 idol and lingerie model Haruna Kojima, who seems to be visiting Paris at the moment, made do with a croissant pose and some cat cosplay (albeit it in colors/pattern that was more like a cow than a tiger). Shibari model Cana achieved an intimacy and warmth with ...

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Cosplayer Enako is special in many ways, not only in terms of her looks and talent, but also her willingness to talk openly about the ins and outs of her profession. The 27-year-old elfin star recently appeared on a late-night TBS TV show, where she divulged information about her income, long a source of discussion. At the 2019 Comiket, she posed for more than 800 fans. She has self-published her own photo books and produced lots of merchandise. This all adds up to a lot of cash: she claims her income is an incredible ¥50 million (around $455,000), which is more than top politicians and ...

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Probably the most famous and successful cosplayer in Japan right now, Enako is no stranger to provocative photo shoots. Heck, did you see her as a semi-nude mermaid? But did she inadvertently reveal more than she and her managers intended in a recent photo shoot? That's what netizens are hoping and speculating about in their customary frenzy. Cue lots of zooming-in and squinting at screens. The suggestion is that in this photo, Enako's left nipple (or at least, the areola) is visible. The image was described as a behind-the-scenes shot from a shoot for the August issue of Young Champion ...

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The Japanese cosplayer Enako has answered her fans' prayers and posed semi-nude for a photo shoot in the March 11th issue of Weekly Playboy magazine. The shoot is a promotional preview of her first photo book "Mermaid Princess." Not surprisingly, there is a marine theme -- perfect for relieving us of our winter blues -- and Enako is dressed up as an alluring mermaid. Born in 1994, Enako is often spoken of as Japan's "top cosplayer" today. And it pays. Enako recently revealed that she earns over ¥1 million (over $9,000) a month, which is a heck of a ...

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Enako is one of the most popular (and diminutive) cosplayers in Japan. Her legions of male fans will do a lot and pay a lot to take her photographs, buy her merchandise, and admire her latest poses. And now they can get a little bit closer to their goddess. Or at least, they could. At the December edition of Comiket (Comic Market) in Tokyo, Enako's own (almost life-sized) dakimakura hug pillow was on sale at the Animate Group Booth. The dakimakura was priced at the reasonable ¥12,000 before tax, available on on a first-come, first-served basis. The pillow measures a 160cm ...

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