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The mayor of Nagoya and the governor of Aichi Prefecture both recently suited up as famous anime characters. This was not a first.
Mayor Takashi Kawamura and Governor Hideaki Omura cosplay at least once a year for the World Cosplay Summit, a major cosplaying event held in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.
Here is Kawamura:
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And Omura:
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Both have a good cosplay game.
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Maybe the best.
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DISCUSSION
This has nothing on Steve Bannon’s cosplay of a House of Cards version of Uncle Rick.