{"id":74157,"date":"2026-08-04T15:53:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T07:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=74157"},"modified":"2026-08-04T15:53:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T07:53:01","slug":"hong-kong-team-wins-grand-prize-at-2026-world-cosplay-summit-in-nagoya-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=74157","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong team wins grand prize at 2026 World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A pair of Hong Kong cosplayers have clinched multiple awards, including the grand championship prize, at the 2026 World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, Japan, on August 2.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The winning duo, Ar Lu and Ronnie Kui, dazzled audiences with their handmade costumes inspired by the video game <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Monster Hunter<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Their performance depicted bipedal cat Felyne and playable game character Hunter battling against an ancient dragon with Hong Kong\u2019s Lion Rock as the backdrop.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cMum, I did it! Hong Kong\u2019s the greatest of all time!\u201d Ar Lu said during her acceptance speech on stage.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Kui said he dared not even consider the possibility of winning the top award, especially in a competition of this scale, with participants from 40 countries and regions. \u201cIt still felt like a dream when they announced the champions,\u201d he told the South China Morning Post.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-d3pq8q e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-bjn8wh e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hong Kong representatives Ar Lu (left) as bipedal cat Felyne and Ronnie Kui as Hunter at the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, Japan, on August 2, 2026. Photo: Ani-Com &amp; Games\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/08\/04\/d1c53020-1b0e-44da-bd5d-7148c497b935_903b1462.jpg\" title=\"Hong Kong representatives Ar Lu (left) as bipedal cat Felyne and Ronnie Kui as Hunter at the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, Japan, on August 2, 2026. Photo: Ani-Com &amp; Games\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1bj5zno e1gf69pb1\">Hong Kong representatives Ar Lu (left) as bipedal cat Felyne and Ronnie Kui as Hunter at the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, Japan, on August 2, 2026. Photo: Ani-Com &amp; Games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-d3pq8q e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-bjn8wh e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ar Lu and Ronnie Kui after winning the Tamakoshi Award at the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, Japan, on August 2, 2026. Photo: Ani-Com &amp; Games\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/08\/04\/0abab848-70f2-4cb9-ba65-75ee1a88c3ec_966e6f60.jpg\" title=\"Ar Lu and Ronnie Kui after winning the Tamakoshi Award at the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, Japan, on August 2, 2026. Photo: Ani-Com &amp; Games\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1bj5zno e1gf69pb1\">Ar Lu and Ronnie Kui after winning the Tamakoshi Award at the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, Japan, on August 2, 2026. Photo: Ani-Com &amp; Games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">The pair\u2019s victory marked an impressive return for Hong Kong, which skipped the previous three editions due to the city\u2019s local qualifying event going dormant in 2022. It wasn\u2019t until last year that a new cosplay qualifying event hosted by <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">the Ani-Com &amp; Games HK<\/span> provided local cosplayers a channel to enter the Nagoya competition.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/article\/3362878\/hong-kong-team-wins-grand-prize-2026-world-cosplay-championship-nagoya-japan?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pair of Hong Kong cosplayers have clinched multiple awards, including the grand championship prize, at the 2026 World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, Japan, on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[10934,636,3569,2251,5231,27667,2673,5976,773,1011,526],"class_list":["post-74157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-cosplay","tag-grand","tag-hong","tag-japan","tag-kong","tag-nagoya","tag-prize","tag-summit","tag-team","tag-wins","tag-world","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/74158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}