Dr.Stone just dropped today at 9:00 AM EST! (If you wanna check it out, it’s available on Crunchyroll and Funimation! The manga, written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Boichi, has been a core part of the Weekly Shōnen Jump since March 2017. Finally, fans of the show will get to see their fave brainy boy, Senku Ishigami, re-imagined on the small screen.
While a few cosplays from the series have popped up in homage of the manga, the anime is bound to cause a resurgence! So to celebrate I decided to do my best to put together some character kits for some of the official site’s featured characters — starting with Taiju’s love interest, Yuzuriha Ogawa.
Let’s get the easy stuff out of the way! Brown wigs are a dime and dozen you can get them from your local beauty supply, Amazon, Ebay, or wherever you prefer. I opted to link Arda options since its a reputable brand. Their Ferrari Classic in Spanish Brown is pretty much a perfect as a Yuzuriha wig, especially if you fluff the curls a bit. My second recommendation is their Amber Classic in the same color. With both you’ll need to trim the bangs.
Same as the hair, brown eyes will be a no-brainer for my fellow brown-eyed cosplayers! For you blue, green, and grey-eyed beauty’s pick whichever brand you are most comfy with. Pictured here is Max Elegance Tri-Tone Brown.
To create the dress for your Yuzuriha cosplay you’ll need to do a bit of tweaking. First, get your hands on a short light beige dress or tunic. If it has sleeves like the one linked below use a seam ripper to remove them. You’ll also want to remove the side seams. Most likely you’ll need to cut some extra fabric out of the sides so that when you lace them up some skin is still exposed.
Note: If you have a very tight fitting top you won’t need to cut the seams. In this case, buy an extra top or get a small piece of fabric with the same color/drape to use for your shoe covers. 🙂
Next up, take a red scarf (or some red fabric) and cut it so its small enough to tie around your neck to match the reference image. Some of the excess fabric is then cut into strips to lace up the sides of the tunic.
For the shoes, you’ll use the excess fabric from the tunic to form loose fitting boot covers. The boots I linked are tall enough that just draping and securing the fabric over the ankle opening and near the front should give you a pretty accurate look. To finish the look tie small strips of the red scarf fabric around the ankle and BAM done!
Tip: If your cover isn’t sitting right right try using tacking! Tacking is when you sew teeny tiny X’s through your layers of fabric to help them stick to each other. You’ll most likely need a heavy duty needle to get through the boot. By strategically tacking with matching thread the fabric will sit closer to the shoes original frame!
The headpiece will take a bit more handiwork than the rest of the costume. Using a plain white headband cut to size will make things easier. Once you have a secure fit to your head you just need to cut the foam ball down the center and attach to either side. To get the added height, add some craft foam (rubber cement in between the layers). Finish the sides with a dremel or gentle sanding if you have jagged edges. Go over the entire thing in Plastidip or something similar to create a uniform top look. Lastly, draw on the black spirals and call your Yuzuriha Ogawa cosplay complete!
Yuzuriha Ogawa Cosplay Breakdown
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