This is Tornado Yoshida. He recently appeared in costume at this year’s World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, twirling pistols and all.
Look at this guy go at it.
コスサミにオセロットのガンプレイのモーションキャプチャーを務めたトルネード吉田さんが😭🙏✨
本物のガンプレイを見せていただきました！！！
今回名古屋での出会いの中で最the高の感激😭✨✨✨#メタルギア #MGS #オセロット #コスサミ pic.twitter.com/8CC0wLOIqN— NRK the Hedgehog (@nrk_h) August 7, 2017
Yoshida isn’t just some Metal Gear super fan—he did the Ocelot motion capture for Metal Gear Solid. He is Revolver Ocelot’s pistol-spinning in the flesh.
Revolver Ocelot motion capture artist
— Donna Burke ドナ・バーク (@TheDonnaBurke) August 8, 2017
And here he is (below) at the 2015 Tokyo Game Show, once again in costume.
オセロットのガンプレイのモーションキャプチャーを担当したトルネード吉田さん。TGSは銃不可のため、本日の浜松町ビクトリーショーにてMGS3のガンプレイ実演！ pic.twitter.com/pGucOEZjsR
— ザン・ウー (@Zan_Woo) September 21, 2015
Yoshida has made a name for himself on the Japanese gunplay circuit for his skills:
Those belt buckles. Those hats. Those shirts, and those guns. I’m from Texas, and I don’t have any of that.
Tornado Yoshida, you’re making me feel like a bad Texan.
This was originally published on September 22, 2015. It has since been updated.
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