About Me

Hi! I am a hobbist male cosplayer baesd in the Chicago area who loves photography📸, travel✈, and fashion👗! I also love shopping🛍 and obsessed with all things maid🎀! This website showcases my past works and adventures as well as my self-published photobooks centered around my favorite Japanese lolita brand milky ange!

I am a software engineer by day, and all of my cosplay works are self-funded, self-published, and self-motivated. I don't make money doing this. I do this because I really enjoy wearing cute outfits with pretty makeup to look my best!

You can find me hanging around in Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. You can also reach me via the contact form below. I am fluent in English and Japanese as well as Java, JavaScript, C, C#, Python, and Perl 😊

Portfolio

Examples of my proudest works, both cosplay and portrait photos!

Cosplay

Galleries of my past cosplay photoshoots.

Portrait

Galleries of my non-cosplay portrait shoots.

Le Livre

Le Livre is an unofficial fanbook featuring my favorite Japanese lolita and maid dress brand, milky ange®.

Le Livre Mockup

Outfits from milky ange has always fascinated me because of their cute design, high quality construction, and extreme attention to details. Cosplaying with such outfits boosted my confidence and made participating in shoots a tremendous fun for me. When I was editing the photos from my shoots, it just came to me that I can put together a catalog to showcase the brand I love and spread the enjoyment!

Thus Le Livre was born! The books showcase milky ange maid outfits in various authentic settings to emphasize the outfits' quality and how they look authentic just like the settings they are photographed in.

The name of this catalog, "le livre" or "the book", comes from a series of catalogs with the same name issued by a luxury department store known for its top-quality merchandise. I chose this name hoping to present the catalog and its contents as "top quality" material.

You can download an electronic copy free of charge or order a print edition sold at cost from on-demand printing services below.

Non-Profit Publication

Le Livre is a hobbyist and non-profit creation. Digital editions can be viewed free of charge. Physical editions are sold at cost so that the author does not profit from their sales. Although milky ange has granted the author permission to use its name and photos of its outfits within these books out of good will, these books are independent creations by the author and is published without any direction or compensation from milky ange. The author is not affiliated with milky ange in any way other than the fact that he is a big fan of the brand’s outfits. All outfits are purchased and owned by the author. The author (and NOT milky ange) is responsible for any content within the books. For any inquiries regarding these books, please contact the author using the contact form below. All photographs are copyright to their respective photographers. All illustrations are copyright to their respective illustrators. milky ange® is a registered trademark of Kijishiro Corp. Any unauthorized distribution, reproduction, exhibition, alteration, use or otherwise, in whole, or any part thereof, is strictly prohibited. You may, however, reproduce portions of the work for the purpose of fair use as permitted by copyright laws, such as retweeting the author's tweets showcasing the work.

Illustrations

These are moe-fied versions of myself wearing milky ange® outfits! Illustrations by Shiho Sakura ( @_shihoncake_).

Illustrations used as ad-like cliparts in the books :)

Copyright Notice

All illustrations copyright to Sakura Shiho. Background images copyright to Skimersan. milky ange® and outfit design copyright to Kijishiro Corp. For personal use only. Any unauthorized distribution, reproduction, exhibition, alteration, use or otherwise, in whole, or any part thereof, is strictly prohibited. You may, however, reproduce portions of the work for the purpose of fair use as permitted by copyright laws, such as retweeting the author's tweets showcasing the work.

Contact

Do you have any questions? You can use the contact form below to reach out to me directly.