I love the character of Hinata to DEATH. I really respect her determination, hard-working attitude, and sweet demeanor. So it was no question I had to cosplay her!

The idea came up during a visit to Fanime this year, when me and my friend Kristin [Ban] decided we wanted to embark on a duel cosplay. Her favorite character is Neji and mine so happened to be Hinata. It only seemed natural to cosplay them! We also both decided on an all black color scheme for the costumes, to coordinate and simplify the look, which ended up looking real well.

This was a fun costume to run around in, while EXTREMELY hot due to it being made of fleece, it is very comfortable and VERY warm during the nights. My all around favorite part was just running around with Kristin and getting to do poses together!