Sakura Sunset

29/09/2025

Realized I never shared my Toga photos from Chizu Con last year from Mahou Maddie Cosplay
Wig is a Chibi in Fairy Blonde from Arda Wigs

15/09/2025

Surprise! I'm a Competition judge at Anime Aki Con. Hope to see you there!

🍁Please join us in welcoming our final Cosplay Performance Competition Judge, Sakura Sunset Cosplay! 🍁

Sakura Sunset Cosplay is a Midwest, award-winning cosplayer who has been honing her techniques since summer of 2013. With a variety of skills including wig styling, sewing, prop making, EVA foam and thermoplastic armor making, mold making and resin casting, and some special FX makeup, her goal with every cosplay is to learn something new. Need a wig or prop? Make sure to talk to her at her cosplay table for more details on commissions or visit linktr.ee/sakurasunsetcosplay.

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Please join Sakura Sunset Cosplay and the rest of our amazing panel of judges for the Anime Aki Con 2025 Cosplay Craftsmanship & Performance Competition on Saturday, October 25th. General admission seating for the Cosplay Craftsmanship & Performance Competition is included with your Saturday-Only or Weekend Pass Admission to Anime Aki Con. Badges on sale now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/anime-aki-con-2025-tickets-1242478820599

Competition pre-registration for crafters and performers is NOW LIVE through Saturday, October 4th at https://forms.gle/LiUKbeY7WfWUFHoU8

For more information on the Cosplay Competition or other related events, please visit https://anime-akicon.com/cosplay-events/ or e-mail us at [email protected]

12/09/2025

See you all at ! I'll be at my artist alley table or catch me MCing the cosplay contest and hosting the half time show with . Just painted my racket in less than 24 hours lol.

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13/08/2025

Excited to be back at Chizu Con soon 😁

Sakura Sunset is a local Wisconsin, award-winning cosplayer who has been honing her techniques since summer of 2013. With a variety of skills including wig styling, sewing, prop making, EVA foam and thermoplastic armor making, mold making and resin casting, and some special FX makeup, her goal with every cosplay is to learn something new. You can find her at her artist alley booth Princess Phoenix Studio, LLC during the con.

22/04/2025

Happy Earth Day! These three are my most sustainable/eco-friendly/zero-waste coplays! What's your favorite way to keep your cosplays from harming the planet?

Mulan - All this entire cosplay was made from my stash of materials! All the fabrics, the foam for the sword (not pictured), lining, thread, and interfacing were things I did not purchase new. Only new thing was the fan. Plus the shoes are form my normal wardrobe.
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Pekoe - All the fabrics were things from my stash! Plus the elastic on the hairbuns was elastic I salvaged from my every day life. Reused the fan from my Mulan 😉
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Buttercup - Green fabric was leftovers from my Gardevoir cosplay as I decided to buy my fabric before I made my mockup, lessened learned 😋. Shoes are from my normal wardrobe and I used the tights from my Gardevoir cosplay
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27/03/2025

It's been 5 years since the last episode of of Steven Universe (Future) aired and my love for this series has not wavered!
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Taken at .event
Wig is a Jaguar in Colbalt from
Arm socks and tights made with tights in Medium blue from
Body paint is ProPaint from

20/03/2025

Happy 5th anniversary to Animal Crossing New Horizons! As you can guess, Pekoe is my favorite villager, who's yours? Also fun fact, this cosplay is completely made of fabrics from my stash. Eco-friendly cosplay is the way to go!
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10/03/2025

It's Mario day! I have to know what's your favorite Mario game? Mine is Super Mario RPG but a bummer Rosalina isn't in it!
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08/03/2025

I'm at AMKE 2025! I'm helping out at table. I will also be running around attending some panels and shopping. I decided to take it easy since I don't have a hotel and will be there all day long. What are you looking forward to at AMKE?
Duplica photo by BonBon Photography
Sakura photo by Fluffy Fox Photography
Bloomerumi made by

27/02/2025

Happy Pokemon Day! This is by far my favorite franchise. It is the series I've cosplayed from the most and I don't plan on stopping any time soon! So tell me, who's your favorite character and pokemon?
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Nurse Joy .cos
Gardevoir
Dragonair .pintography
Duplica
Jigglypuff .photo
Litten
Ash (n/a)
Team Aqua

10/01/2025

Better late than never? I went to ColossalCon North and Twin Cities Con back in November and had a blast! CCN was mostly a working con for me. Friday I doned my 2nd hand Rosalina from Mario Tennis and did a photoshoot. Friday it turns out I forgot my wig for my Waluigi to sell at the Otaku Craft Fair. Which luckily my natural hair totally works fine. Sunday, was Beta Luz in which I use the same wig as a Waluigi so it was a no wig cosplay as well lol.

Twin Cities Con was my vacation Con earlier in the month. I didn't do any photoshoots so I cosplayed just for fun! I went to see all of the Hellaluvaboss and Hazbin Hotel panels and ate my nerd heart out.

As you may have noticed my motivation for posting is very little these days lol. I have a bunch of amazing shoots to share but just haven't gotten around to it. I've been concentrating super hard on my art business () as well as my wig and prop commissions (price increase coming soon!!!). My goal for my cosplay this year is to post once a month, complete and compete in one cosplay for myself, style at least 6 wig commissions, and 3 prop commissions.

Last but not least, I want to thank everyone who has stuck with me on my cosplah journey! Especially when content is sparse at best. I still want to thank everyone for the 1000 follows on Instagram and Facebook! So let me know what are good prize giveaways these days? Please be realistic, I am a small business trying to save money lol. So please answer my poll or let me know in the comments.

15/09/2024

At MadEX today