August 27th, 2010 by The Grey Ghost
For nearly a decade, Yaya Han has traveled to conventions all over the world, adorned in some of the most intricate costumes ever designed. Yaya was able to spare some time from her busy schedule to share with us some insight to the brains behind the beauty.
To give a bit of background, Yaya Han has lived in all corners of the world: China, Germany, and various parts of the US. Growing up, she’d always had an affection for anime and manga. It wasn’t until one fateful con that she was introduced to cosplay and has since built an extensive career of realizing her favorite characters. Every year, she attends several events around the world, posing for photo shoots in fantastic, sexy outfits.
Best of all, she’s truly one of us–a genuine geek.
Here’s what she had to say:
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April 24th, 2010 by The Grey Ghost
Yaya Han and Omi Gibson as the Cowboy Bebop Girls
Dream Match of the Century!
Recently, Yaya Han traveled to Japan for an event that opened the opportunity to team up with another cosplay superstar: Omi Gibson. Easily one of the hottest, most anticipated team-ups that a fanboy could dream.
To suit the occasion, Yaya and Omi chose characters from one of the greatest anime of all time, Cowboy Bebop; dressing as Faye Valentine and Julia (respectively). Sadly, due to Japanese standards of public decency, Yaya couldn’t unleash herself for the signature Faye Valentine cleavage. But she has promised to post photo shoots in the future more true to canon.
On a personal note, there’s a grain of surreality for me, since I’ve interviewed both these lovely ladies at some point last year. You can still read those interviews here and here, though I’ll soon transfer them to this site. Seeing them together while remembering that common tie between them (though I’m sure they’ve already long-forgotten) makes them feel more real.
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February 13th, 2010 by The Grey Ghost
Yaya Han in Yakuza Bodypaint
Holy hot sauce! Yaya Han may have outdone herself in one of her most recent photo shoots. She isn’t dressed as any specific character; she is simply a Yakuza tattoo girl.
Okay, it may be inappropriate to use the term “dressed” in this case. Aside from the robe, the only thing between Yaya’s skin and the open air is a layer of body paint. The design and application is by Nick Wolfe, who will now be referred as Lucky Ass McMoFo.
Did you notice: Her hair pins are butterflies.
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January 9th, 2010 by The Grey Ghost
Yaya Han as Black Cat
Back with some more Yaya Han! This time as Spider-Man’s guilty pleasure, Black Cat.
‘Nuff said!
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July 4th, 2009 by The Grey Ghost
Yaya Han as Sharon Apple (Idol Talk version)
from Macross Plus
Yaya Han is one of the very few people to cosplay as Sharon Apple. Macross Plus is the underappreciated cousin in the Macross family and Sharon Apple’s elaborate forms beg to be cosplayed (despite her being a hologram). Yaya Han not only dared, but mastered the incarnation of Sharon Apple, adopting the form she took during the “Idol Talk” performance in the second episode.
I did a fantastic interview with Yaya Han for GotGame and thoroughly enjoyed getting to know her. She’s as smart and talented as she is beautiful and very passionate about her craft.
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March 27th, 2009 by The Grey Ghost
GotGame published my interview with Yaya Han today. My experience with her was such a treat! She’s very sweet and quite sharp. I can only hope that the comments that proceed the interview’s publishing are respectful. Heh, but that’s asking a lot of the typical gamer…
I’ve been thinking about some other people I’d like to interview in the future. Especially now that I know that all I usually have to do is ask.
One thing I do know is that I want to change how I do the interviews. To be honest, I don’t imagine that the past two interviews I’ve done (Omi and Yaya) will be as successful as I’m probably not catering to my audience properly. I like to ask very informative questions because I’m genuinely curious about my subject and their crafts. Unfortunately, the target audience for most gaming sites like GotGame are young people who don’t want to learn about people…they want to be entertained. The questions that I’m sure that they’d prefer I’d ask are closer to, “Are her tits real?” or “Does she fuck in costume?”
While these are what the masses demand, I’m not that crude. And I don’t think the people I interview would be as willing to participate if that’s the approach I took with them. So I think that one of my goals is to find fun questions that both my subjects and audience will find engaging.
Also, I feel a little lazy with simply sending out a questionnaire–it doesn’t feel like a real interview. For the moment, it’s just what feels most convenient for both myself and the (often busy) person I want to interview. What I may do is work out a 2-3 round chat session or email conversation so I can dig a little deeper and do some follow-ups with the person. From there, I’d write about the person as a short biography, using quotes from our conversations.
With that plan, I may yet fool the world into thinking that I’m a professional writer. Mwahaha…
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