#YKCosplay Corner: Pikario/Rio Kuroki (KiraKira PreCure A La Mode)

Welcome to another newest segment of Yona's Blog called #YKCosplay Corner! And for its debut, I'm going to discuss about the birthday boi himself, Pikario/Rio Kuroki from KiraKira PreCure A La Mode. But before that, let me do a brief profile about Rio and why I choose him as my most recent crossdressed cosplay.

He's the younger twin brother of Kirarin/Ciel Kirahoshi aka Cure Parfait, who has an aspiration in using sweets-making to bring happiness to everyone. However, our poor waffle boi got actually brainwashed by Noir before the season started due to having a personal hatred towards his twin sister, thus he was under the name of Julio. But Rio's redemption started when he took the hit for Ciel, which led the latter to become Cure Parfait, then a few episodes since he got a deep coma, he rose again thanks to the temporal powers gave by the late Cure Lumiere and aid the KiraKira Cures during the doomsday in Ichigozaka. Finally, the twins had made a full reconciliation and restarted their relationship on the episode afterwards.

Anyways, the reason why I chose Rio as the third character from the Pretty Cure series to be cosplayed is because not only I somewhat related to him in terms of experiencing sibling envying, but also I like how he slowly but steadily corrected his past mistakes and wanted to reconcile with Ciel by restarting their twinning relationship completely thanks to their new friends. Also, IchiRio are one of my favorite ships in the fandom, so it's a bonus reason to do so tee-hee!

Well, happy birthday to both Ciel and Rio! I hope they have a fantastic day and keep making sweets always.

What do you think about my Rio Kuroki cosplay? Any adjustments to improve it for future cons and shoots? What is your wish for the mascot twins? Comment down below, on FB page or on my Twitter @goddessyk13.

Photos © Mickey Julian, Daryl Fabonan and Jei Evangelista.

CON REVIEW: Pinoy Otaku Festival 2019 [05-17 to 19-2019]

Finally it's the final part of my POF highlights and this time I'm going to tackle the last year's edition with the theme of "Asobi," or play in Japanese!

The con had moved to its new venue, Robinson's Novaliches, and for the first time that it'd be a three-day con than a two-day one. The activities were still the same with the exception of the battle of the bands and the two-sub karacons from the 2018 edition, but adding a new sub karacon which was the Ultimate Karaoke Royale.

In terms of my cos lineups, it was east meets west this time as I cosplayed Rio Kuroki and the 13th Doctor, who were also both debuted from the past year, for the weekend session only. 

The 2019 edition marked the 3rd time that I joined the YCSF, this time singing the KiraKira PreCure A La Mode opening theme, and my 1st KRB appearance with AKB48's "Heavy Rotation" in a brilliant friendly contest with my mates in Team OKE.

Not only myself, my elder brother was one of the panelists about the local idol scene and speaking of idols, Ivy! Musume, CH4U, JAPH Dolls and Aidoru Sozai made their own oozing numbers the now 3-day POF. Though a bit lost about the exact venue but overall it was a very nice change of view as well considering the more spacious way and a twincool experience!

As of this moment, I'm still cleaning my backlogs from last year, so it'll be taking time before finally posting my POF 2019 vlog so please bear with the WIPs.

And that concludes my Pinoy Otaku Festival experience highlights! Hope that you've been taking back into the past and how the con itself expands over the years. Till then, see you all in POF 2021! 😊

Photos © Jeff Cao, Team OKE Gakuen, Francisco Mendoza, Goki