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shoko-tan, nintendo, oddities, cosplay, hudson

From Akiba To Crappy TV Ads

Uh huh. You're looking at Akiba's biggest idol Shoko Nakagawa. How big is she? She's parlayed dressing up as game characters into being the "face" of loan company Promise, a book based on her popular blog and a CD single. What's all the fuss? Besides her top page being wall-to-wall Mario, she's even posted a photo with Hudson's human mascot Takahashi Meijin's name written on it! Yup, she's a dork. Brian Ashcraft

Love Them Overalls [Shoko-tan Blog]

12:22 PM on Thu Oct 19 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
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