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A photo report collects nine cosplayers dressed as characters from Chinese games, including Blue Archive, Wuthering Waves, Goddess of Victory: Nikke, and Genshin Impact.","whyItMatters":"The nine selected cosplayers all draw from Chinese-developed games, which the article states hold a major presence in the games industry, making an unofficial cosplay gallery a small record of where that presence showed at the venue.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eTokyo Game Show 2026 ran September 17 to 21 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, with the 17th and 18th as business days and the 19th and 20th as public days. The 21st was canceled out of consideration for safety because of an approaching typhoon, so the four days that ran drew more than 250,000 visitors.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven with that scaling back, the show set its largest exhibitor field: 1,138 companies and organizations from 53 countries and regions, past last year\u0026#39;s count. Cosplay was allowed at the venue, with a designated photo area, and the photos below collect nine cosplayers from the floor dressed as characters from Chinese games.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKisaki Ryuuka (Blue Archive) / Aodai Fuki\u003c/strong\u003e: X: @aoao_hukin_cos\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHinata Wakaba (Blue Archive) / Akhee\u003c/strong\u003e: X: @akhee_aa\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHibiki Nekozuka (Blue Archive) / Karin Inuno\u003c/strong\u003e: X: @inu_cats0123\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChangli (Wuthering Waves) / Rui\u003c/strong\u003e: X: @ruicos1118\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCiaccona (Wuthering Waves) / Zelus\u003c/strong\u003e: X: @gelus_noise\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCantarella Fisalia (Wuthering Waves) / yaoyao Jelly\u003c/strong\u003e: X: @yaoyaoguodong\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCinderella (Goddess of Victory: Nikke) / Aono Yuyu\u003c/strong\u003e: X: @yuYu_Cha_non\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMint (Goddess of Victory: Nikke) / Sasaki\u003c/strong\u003e: X: @sasaki_052\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrika (Goddess of Victory: Nikke) / Kafuyu\u003c/strong\u003e: X: @kafu_cosp\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNefer (Genshin Impact) / Toa\u003c/strong\u003e: X: @toa_12_19\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"Blue Archive, Wuthering Waves, Nikke and Genshin Impact all drew cosplay at Tokyo Game Show 2026, where Chinese-developed games now supply the character designs that cosplayers build lineups around.","twitterPost":"Chinese games like Blue Archive and Wuthering Waves now supply Tokyo Game Show 2026 its cosplay lineup, not Japanese titles.","threadsPost":"Tokyo Game Show 2026 ran four days instead of five after the typhoon canceled the 21st, yet cosplay coverage still centers on Blue Archive, Wuthering Waves, Nikke and Genshin Impact. The character pipelines feeding the floor are increasingly Chinese games.","newsletterBlurb":"Tokyo Game Show 2026 ran September 17 to 21 at Makuhari Messe, with the 21st canceled because of an approaching typhoon and more than 250,000 visitors over the four days that ran. The 1,138 exhibitors from 53 countries and regions were the most ever. 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