Ikari Gendo

What got you into cosplay?
I´ve been long enough in the anime/manga fandom to watch the first cosplay ever made in my country on 1997, ever since I wanted to cosplay, but I never had the will, the money or the knowledge to take the step and do so.
What was your first costume and why?
My First costume was Walter Kum Dorne from Hellsing anime, A friend of mine was putting together a Hellsing team and convinced me to go with them as Walter since I looked just like him (her words) I saw the opportunity to do what I always wanted and took it
What is your favorite costume and why?
All my costumes have been my favorites in their moment, but if I had to pick I´d say both my Mitsurugi from Soul Calibur Costumes, Testament from Guilty Gear and Zagato from Magic Knight Rayearth
Do you have a dream costume you'd like to make?
King Ashura-oh from Rg Veda any transformers G1 character, A mospeada Cyclone, The Ryukooh Mecha from Super Robot Taisen series
Do you participate in masquerades?
yes, I try to do it often, I love making masquerades for my cosplay teams and for others too.
What was your best masquerade experience?
Winning the first place with the Turks Team, because I made most of the coreography, it was really fullfilling, I was very happy
Have you won any awards for your costumes?
Yes. A first place in Code Bushido and a second place in Anime Festival 2005, both individual and both with my Mitsurugi player 2 Costume Also two first places in masquerade, one in Otaku Kakumei 2006 as Dan Hibiki with the Street Fighter vs KOF team, and the other in Fuyu Yasumi 2006 as Tseng with the Team Turks Recently in 2007 I´ve won First place Male individual in Fuyu Yasumi 2007 with my Ashram From Lodoss War costume and First Place Individual in Anime Festival DLX with my Laguna from Final Fantasy 8 costume.
My favorite movies(s)
Any Jackie Chan Jet Li, or Jean Reno movie, Requiem for a Dream, the LOTR trilogy, Brave Heart, lots of HK Cinema, John Woo movies, Faceoff, etc
My favorite actors/actresses
Jackie Chan and Jean Reno, both badasses, Jet Li, Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Pfeiffer(the only catwoman)