Hideaki Kobayashi (cosplayer)
.jpg) Kobayashi in 2016 |
|
| Birth date | Template:Birth year and age |
|---|---|
| known for | Cosplaying as school girls |
| Occupation | Cosplayer, computer engineer, Music producer, Photographer |
Template:Nihongo is a Japanese cosplayer, computer engineer, music producer, and photographer. He is known for cosplaying as a schoolgirl. He is nicknamed as Template:Nihongo.[1]
Biography
He was born in 1962 in Suginami Ward, Tokyo.Template:Sfn He said in an interview with ITmedia that his "hobby" of cosplaying dates back to when he was in first and second grade, when he lifted his female classmate's skirt, for which he was forced to wear a sailor suit in front of his classmate as punishment. He attended Toho Middle School and High School, an all-boys school.[2]Template:Sfn He majored in Mathematics at the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Waseda University, where he also finished his master's study.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn He said that this is the time when he enjoys cross-dressing in his room and secretly wearing panties.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn He works as an information processing software engineer at a printing company.Template:Sfn He said that he started cosplaying after being at a cosplaying convention in May 2010.[3][2]
In June 2011, he was invited by his friend to visit a ramen shop in Yokohama that giveaway free ramen if a customer over 30 dressed up like a school girl. He started cosplaying after he found that people did not have a negative reception for his cosplay. Following that, he started walking around the streets of Shibuya every weekend.Template:Sfn
Viral
He went viral on Twitter and the Japanese internet in 2013 after he was found dressed up in a Japanese school girls' uniform (sailor suit).[3][4][2][1]
A stamp of him was made by the messaging app, Line.[5] He was invited 10 times to various events in China and countries like Spain, Cuba, France and Thailand.Template:Sfn[6] A portrait of him was displayed in a subway station in Bangkok, Thailand.Template:Sfn
Other ventures
Kobayashi also works as a computer engineer with a patent, and photographer and music producer for Chaos de Japon.[4]
Reception
Many tourists visiting Akihabara in Tokyo have praised Kobayashi.[2] CNN praised Kobayashi calling him "courageous" for dressing up.[3]
Zenbei, a character from the game Nippon Marathon 2, was inspired by him.[7]
Personal life
Kobayashi is a straight man and is attracted to women.[8] He is fluent in English.Template:Sfn
References
Footnotes
Citations
(August 3, 2019)
, accessed 8 April 2025
(June 30, 2014)
, ITmedia
, accessed 8 April 2025
External links
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 【コミケ90】セーラー服おじさん、会社を休んでコミケ来場 (October 21, 2017) , Oricon , accessed 8 April 2025
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 実はアイドルグループの一員だった！ 話題沸騰中の「セーラー服おじさん」に会ってきた (April 23, 2013) , ITLab , accessed 8 April 2025
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 A 51-year-old male schoolgirl? Meet Tokyo's inspirational cross-dresser (20 July 2014) , CNN , accessed 8 April 2025
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 This Is Just a Middle-Aged Man Dressed as a Japanese Schoolgirl (24 April 2013) , Kotaku , accessed 8 April 2025
- ↑ 「セーラー服おじさん」のLINEスタンプが出たぞ！！ (October 24, 2014) , ITmedia , accessed 8 April 2025
- ↑ 「セーラー服おじさん」はタイにもいた！ 日本のセーラー服おじさんと対面し濃厚コラボを果たす (November 19, 2016) , ITmedia , accessed 8 April 2025
- ↑ セーラー服おじさん、「Nippon Marathon 2」に参戦！プレーヤーに"チャレンジ"を与えるキャラクターに (8 October 2020) , Impress , accessed 8 April 2025
- ↑ SAY CHEESE: Japan's Most Famous 'Schoolgirl' Is A Man (18 July 2014) , HuffPost , accessed 8 April 2025