The very well known ero-cosplayer Ushijima, made herself famous through various self portrait images made herself an attention grabber in the world of cosplayers. And thus due to that reason she was interviewed by Men’s Cyzo, giving us a more in dept look into the world of Ushijima.
Men’s Cyzo (MC): So, this might be abrupt, but what exactly are you?
Ushijima (Ushi): I’m just a normal cosplayer! I’m an amateur, so I’m not attached to any entertainment agency.
As is normal, I needed to come of age and enter society (a Japanese term for entering adulthood), and so I did a cosplay photograph collection as a form of work. A month or two after that, when I had some fans, I held a photograph session.
(Ushijima at the doujin art convention “Design Fest” in Tokyo Big Sight on May 17.)
MC: What in the world is that four-legged machine?
Ushi: The formal name is “Inukoma”. It’s a design by an artist who works as an aeronautical engineer called 徳江仁 / Jin Tokue (who apparently does not have a personal website, although photos from a previous appearance at the Design Fest are available here). I met him at a “modern fine arts” convention in March called “GEISAI” and asked if I could get a chance to ride it.
It originally used an electric wheelchair’s operating system, so it can turn 360 degrees, go backwards and obliquely. It’s controlled by joystick, so you move it around like it was something in a game.
MC: Why did you pick that costume (to go with the Inukoma)?
Ushi: Well, Tokue-san asked for something like in Strike Witches. Isn’t the otaku-ish combination of girls and mecha really cool? So, I put together a revealing bikini along with an armor-ish set of gloves and boots. The pilot helmet is for the same reason.
But actually, this outfit is something put together specifically for the “Motor Paraglider” Tokue-san is planning to show at the next Comiket. So, this run with the Inukoma was intended as more as of a rehearsal.
MC: What is the reason you upload sexy photos of yourself online?
Ushi: Mostly, I want to introduce a new cosplay. I sometimes do it front of my bookshelf, but I don’t really plan out the composition (laugh). I originally uploaded them to Mixi, but I eventually started putting them on あやしいわーるど / Ayashii World (a collection of underground BBS similar to 2ch). It started spreading from there on.
MC: You do cosplay photograph collections, but why include “Subculture”, “Ero” or “Exposure” (recurring words in the titles of her photo collections)?
Ushi: When I was setting up objectives that would use myself as the raw material, I figured that ero works would work out to be more attractive. A more normal collection of cosplay images might have been boring.
MC: Please let us know about your future prospects.
Ushi: I have no friends, so I really want to become friends with other cosplayers and with creators (presumably artists such as Tokue)! I always get happy when I get to talk to someone who understands what it is I’m talking about!
The youthful cosplayer decided to use her nickname うしじまいい肉 / Iiniku Ushijima, after deciding on a new easily remember able email address. Iiniku, which translates to “Good Meat”, stuck with her ever since, and perfectly matched with the numbers 1129 (ichi ichi ni kyu = Iiniku) in Japanese.
Taken a liking to her as we did? You can find her official site here; ushijima1129
