WForrest James Ackerman was an American magazine editor, science fiction writer and literary agent, a founder of science fiction fandom, a leading expert on science fiction, horror, and fantasy films, and acknowledged as the world's most avid collector of genre books and movie memorabilia. He was based in Los Angeles, California.
WCherprang Areekul is a member of the Thai idol girl group BNK48, an international sister group of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She is one of the first-generation members of the group, and is also the first and current captain of the group.
WLeva Bates is an American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling as The Librarian. She also had a successful tenure on the independent circuit, most notably for Shimmer Women Athletes. She has also appeared in WWE on their developmental territory NXT under the ring name Blue Pants.
WMarie-Claude Bourbonnais is a Canadian glamour and cosplay model.
WFrancesca Dani, sometimes referred to as Francesca Aurora Dani, is an Italian travel photographer, and a former cosplayer, net idol model and jewelry designer.
WMary-Belle Kirschner, better known online as Belle Delphine, is a South African-born British Internet celebrity, adult content creator, model, and YouTuber. She is most notable for her erotic and cosplay modelling on Instagram, sometimes blending the two together. Her posts on the platform featured a risqué and self-proclaimed "weird" aesthetic, and were often influenced by popular Internet memes and trends. As a result of her online activity, she became an Internet meme in her own right. Media outlets have described Delphine as an e-girl, as well as a cross between an Internet troll and a performance artist. Delphine has also been cited as an influence on the e-girl aesthetic commonly adopted by TikTok users.
WChloe Frances Dykstra is an American cosplayer, model and actress. She produced and co-hosted the web series Just Cos for the Nerdist Industries' YouTube channel and is a cast member of the SYFY show Heroes of Cosplay. She is also a freelance game journalist for several websites. In June 2018, Dykstra received media attention following an article she wrote on Medium detailing her alleged abuse from a former partner, subsequently identified as Chris Hardwick.
WEnako is a Japanese professional cosplayer, voice actress and singer. She is from Nagoya.
WFolkenstal is a cosplay artist from Switzerland who specializes in weaponry, armor, and other props featured in popular MMORPG video games including The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, The Elder Scrolls Online and The Legend of Zelda franchises.
WConstance Ella Glynn is an Internet celebrity, author, and cosplayer.
WAlodía Almira Arraiza Gosiengfiao is a Filipina cosplayer, model, TV presenter, singer, pianist, vlogger and actress. She is also known as Senpai Alodia of the Philippines. As a celebrity endorser, she is one of the ambassadors and VJ for Animax Asia known as the "Ani-mates", and co-host of ABS-CBN's prank show Laugh Out Loud. She has been featured in various magazines, newspapers and TV shows locally and abroad. She appeared on the Filipino FHM 100 Sexiest Women poll, ranking No. 01 in 2009, No. 02 in 2010 and No. 03 in 2012; she posed as the cover girl for that magazine on its July 2013 issue. She was named by DOS Magazine as one of the Most Influential Women in the Philippines.
WYaya Han is a Chinese–American cosplayer, model and costume designer based in the United States. She is a regular judge at cosplay competitions. Han was featured on the Syfy channel's Heroes of Cosplay, and has appeared as a guest judge on the TBS reality show King of the Nerds multiple times.
WMoeka Haruhi is a Japanese professional wrestler, gravure idol, voice actress and television and radio personality. Starting her career in the Gatokunyan promotion in 2005, Haruhi remained with the promotion for two years, before transferring over to Pro Wrestling Wave in 2008. While in the promotion, she has become a one-time holder of the Asia Pacific Women's, Garter Match and TLW World Young Women's Tag Team Championships and a three-time holder of the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship, a title owned by the DDT Pro-Wrestling promotion. None of the three other titles are major titles, often remaining inactive for months or even years. She also works for Wave's sister promotion Osaka Joshi Pro Wrestling as Shitennouji Moeko . "Moeka Haruhi" is not her real name, but rather a stage name highlighting her cutesy, cosplaying persona.
WAngela Patrice Hill is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the strawweight division. She was formerly signed with the Invicta Fighting Championships, of which she was the strawweight champion. She is also a former World Kickboxing Association champion. Hill currently fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of October 26, 2020, she is #11 in the UFC women's strawweight rankings.
WApril Hunter is an American professional wrestler, professional wrestling valet, boxer, actress, writer and fitness and glamour model. She has appeared in publications including MuscleMag International and Playboy and has her own comic book series titled Code Red.
WMarie-Laure Norindr, also known as Kayane, is a French e-sports player and journalist. She specializes in fighting games, in particular in the Dead or Alive, Soulcalibur and Street Fighter series, and has been playing competitively since 2001. Since then, according to Guinness World Records in 2011, she has been the most successful female participant in fighting game tournaments, especially regarding the Soulcalibur games. She is currently sponsored by Red Bull.
WMari Kotani is a Japanese science fiction critic, best known as the author of Evangelion as the Immaculate Virgin, Tokyo: Magazine House, 1997 and of Joseijou muishiki: techno-gynesis josei SF-ron josetsu, Tokyo: Keiso shobo, 1994, which won the 15th Nihon SF Taisho Award.
WLai Pin-yu is a Taiwanese politician of the Democratic Progressive Party who was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2020. She is also a cosplayer.
WLinda Le is an American cosplayer, costumer, model, artist and Internet personality of Vietnamese descent. She is also known as Vampy Bit Me, or just Vampy or Vamp; "Vampy" is also a name she has given to her own fictional character persona.
WRiki LeCotey, also known as Riddle, is a Canadian cosplayer, model and costume designer based in the United States. She is regarded by some as one of the top cosplayers in North America or even in the world.
WMonika Lee is an American cosplayer. In 2013, she joined the cast of reality television show Heroes of Cosplay.
WLiana Kerzner, known professionally by her stage name Liana K, is a Canadian YouTuber. She is also a former television writer, producer, and host. She co-hosted the final season of the variety show Ed's Night Party with her husband Steven Joel Kerzner. She is also a video game journalist and hobbyist cosplayer.
WAlexandria Maria Putri Nony Lovyta, also known as Yukitora Keiji is an Indonesian cosplayer, model, and fashion designer based in Jakarta. She is a regular judge at cosplay competitions and has been featured in various magazines, newspaper and TV shows locally and abroad. Yukitora was featured on the Net.Tv channel's Go Show, and become Tokyo Game Show 2014 Indonesia Cosplay Representative
WJay Maynard is an American computer programmer, system administrator and the volunteer project maintainer for Hercules, a free emulator of IBM mainframe hardware. He is known for his self-made electroluminescent costume based on the film Tron, which resulted in his nickname Tron Guy.
WLisa Olivia Munn is an American actress and former television host. Born in Oklahoma City, she spent her formative years in Utah and later Tokyo, where her stepfather was stationed in the United States Air Force. She returned to Oklahoma as a teenager, and subsequently earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism at the University of Oklahoma, intending to become a broadcast journalist. After interning at a news station in Tulsa, Munn relocated to Los Angeles, where she began her professional career as a television host for the gaming network G4, primarily on the series Attack of the Show! from 2006 until 2010. She was also a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 2010 to 2011.
WShoko Nakagawa is a Japanese tarento, actress, voice actress, illustrator, and singer. Also known by her nickname Shokotan (しょこたん), she is best known as the presenter of Pokémon Sunday, and as the performer of the opening theme from the anime Gurren Lagann.
WJessica Nigri is an American cosplay enthusiast, promotional and glamour model, YouTuber, voice actress and fan convention interview correspondent. She has been cosplaying since 2009 and modeling since 2012, having served as an official spokesmodel for several video games and comic book series, including Lollipop Chainsaw and Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. She voices Cinder Fall in RWBY.
WTyson Smith, better known by the ring name Kenny Omega, is a Canadian-born professional wrestler. Omega is an executive vice president of All Elite Wrestling (AEW), in which he also performs; he is the current AEW World Champion in his first reign as well as a former AEW World Tag Team Champion. He also performs in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, where he is the current AAA Mega Champion in his first reign, as well as Impact Wrestling.
WStacey Roy is a Canadian actor and producer of the TV show “The Nerdy Bartender.” She is also the live host of the Twitch streaming show “Cooking with Stacey.” Based out of Kelowna, British Columbia. She produces content with Mike Parkerson via their production company Whabam Media.
WAaron Sagers is an American television presenter/personality, entertainment journalist, and expert of geek culture and paranormal media. He is also a syndicated columnist, author, zombie pundit, and founder of ParanormalPopCulture.com, a website which covers paranormal topics in popular culture
WSeo Yu-ri is a South Korean daewon broadcasting voice actress, actress, cosplayer and VJ. She is well known for a cast member on the TV show Saturday Night Live Korea, My Little Television, Code: Secret Room and Sweet Revenge 2.
WKaho Shibuya is a Japanese cosplay model, radio host, actress, author, and former AV idol from Tokyo.
WHikaru Shida is a Japanese professional wrestler, martial artist, actress, and model, currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she is the current and longest-reigning AEW Women's World Champion in her first reign. She also works for the Makai company, and makes appearances for the Oz Academy and Pro Wrestling Wave promotions.
WBrinke Stevens is an American actress, model, and writer. A native of San Diego, Stevens initially pursued a career as a marine biologist prior to becoming an actress, earning an undergraduate degree in biology from San Diego State University before studying marine biology at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Unable to find employment in the field of biology, Stevens began modeling in Los Angeles in 1980, and worked as a film extra.
WTanya Tate is an English glamour model, writer, international cosplayer, and pornographic actress.
WTeam Unicorn is a multimedia production team formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2010. Its current members are American actresses Clare Grant, Rileah Vanderbilt, Milynn Sarley, and Alison Haislip. The group is known for producing parody song videos such as "G33k & G4m3r Girls", a spoof of Katy Perry's "California Gurls", and "All About that Base", a Star Wars parody of Meghan Trainor's song "All About That Bass". The group had a pilot on Adult Swim called The Team Unicorn Saturday Action Fun Hour!, and have attended numerous science fiction and comic conventions.
WMegan LeeAnn Turney is an American internet personality, cosplayer, glamour model, and vlogger. She became an internet personality through her hosting work, formerly with SourceFed and Rooster Teeth's The Know. She also maintains a personal YouTube channel where she posts vlogs and Let's Play videos and live streams. In addition to her work with online media, Turney also cosplays at various conventions, such as Comic-Con. Turney also has a large following on the fan site OnlyFans with her most recent cosplays and her recent release of a limited time, personalized book of photoshoots.
WThea Megan Trinidad Budgen is an American professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Zelina Vega.
WVENaS Japan is a global Japanese cross-dressing Cosplayer duo, event planner, composed of Naoya Kirihara (霧原尚也) and Martha Asahi (旭まあさ). They're doing a lot of works which got permission from copyright.
WJulia Voth is a Canadian actress and model. She is best known for her roles in the 2009 film Bitch Slap and the TV series Package Deal, as well as for being the character model for Jill Valentine from a number of the Resident Evil video games.
WWeather Girls is a group of Japanese idols from Taiwan. Originally, the group is formed in 2010 and acted as weather forecasters on television and the internet for Taiwan and the United States. After attracting attention in Japan, seven of its members, one for each day of the week, are selected to debut as an idol group in Japan in 2012. They are the first Taiwanese girl group to come to Japan.
WEleonora Aureliana Guglielmi, best known as Yuriko Tiger, is an Italian cosplay celebrity, promotional model, YouTuber, voice actress, actress and Idol.