In the heat and humidity of mid-summer, cosplayers from around the country we were gathered at Wonder Festival 2023 [Summer] to kick off Japan’s summer cosplay season. And there was a real smorgasbord of cosplayers at this year’s second Wonder Festival. Here’s a small sampling of the most incredible and hottest cosplay we saw while we were there.

From left to right: Sakura Kasugano, Ryu, Ken Masters, and Chun-Li from Street Fighter. Cosplayer (from left to right): iCCHIi, Jin Sakuraba, Daigo, and Adumi Sughiyama

Cammy from Street Fighter. Cosplayer: So Shi

From left to right: Kamina, Simon, and Yoko Littner from . Cosplayer (from left to right): Hiho-kun, Imoko, and Mochi

Gilgamesh the King of Heroes from . Cosplayer: Tim

Kazuma Kuwabara from . Cosplayer: Bunyan

From top to bottom: Rikku and Yuna from Final Fantasy X-2. Cosplayer (from top to bottom): ai, Rintaro Kinjou

Noa Izumi from . Cosplayer: HIGU

From left to right: Kazumi Amano, Koichiro “Coach” Ohta, and Noriko Takaya from . Cosplayer (from left to right): Romi, Nekonii, and Marimari

Pegasus Seiya from . Cosplayer: Mikeneko Kyoju

Link from The Legend of Zelda. Cosplayer: Kinshina

Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda. Cosplayer: Minatsu

Nanoha Takamachi from . Cosplayer: SK

Eternal Sailor Moon from . Cosplayer: Yoh

Son Goku from . Cosplayer: Anko Sakura

Son Goku from . Cosplayer: Kazuma Kiryu

From left to right: Cure Butterfly and Cure Prism from . Cosplayer (from left to right): Benio and Sayu

Cure Melody with Hummy from . Cosplayer: Airu

Motoko Kusanagi from . Cosplayer: Hikaru

Mitsuri Kanroji from . Cosplayer: Nezukossu

Zhuge Kongming in modern clothes from Cosplayer: Kokai

Kotetsu T. Kaburagi from . Cosplayer: Cazulos

From left to right: Rey Ayanami and Eva Unit-01 (Rebuild) from . Cosplayer (from left to right): Kasumi and Goldy