Popular Cosplay Characters to Try

When having an internet presence as a cosplayer, it can be appealing to find popular cosplay characters to try. These costumes have positive reactions from most of the community and are commonly done already. Thus the appeal to try them as well. They’re tried and true characters which is just what an influencer might desire. But what are the most popular cosplay characters out there?

Popular Cosplay Characters

• Joker and Harley – Whether you choose the old school comic book versions, or the newer Suicide Squad designs of Harley Quinn and Joker, they’re very popular characters.
• Wonder Woman – Gal Gadot breathed life into DC movies and thus brought forth the popularity of cosplaying Wonder Woman.
• Bulma – Bulma can be a for fun cosplay with her pink dress or a more sexy cosplay with her bunny girl design. Regardless, both are very well loved.
• Spiderman and Co – The whole spider squad is worth trying to cosplay. Everyone from Miles Morales and Spiderman, to Spidergwen and Venom.
• Raven – Teen titans was the cartoon from my childhood as well as many others. Thus comfort characters like Raven have been seen frequently cosplayed by others.
• Velma – Not only is Velma a common character to see cosplayed, she can make for an easy closet costume if you need something fast.
• Link and Zelda – There are so many ways to cosplay icons like Link and Zelda. You have options from the retro games or the newer ones like Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.
• Nezuko – Anime characters are very common amongst cosplayers. Including Nezuko from Demon Slayer.
• Himiko Toga – Continuing with popular anime cosplay characters, is Himiko from My Hero Academia.
• Princess Peach – Princess Peach’s popularity only grows thanks to the Mario movie and Mariolore influencers like LoveBunny and DinoGraveyard.
• Lara Croft – Tomb Raider is a classic videogame and brought to life the iconic character Lara Croft. Now countless people cosplay her and she even works for a simple closet cosplay.
• Sailor Moon – Sailor Moon technically has a ton of popular options to choose from since you can be any of the sailor scouts.
• Elsa – Frozen fever is yet to die out. Thus Elsa is still a very popular cosplay character to try. Now you even have dress options with there being two movies.

Popular Franchises

Besides just characters, there’s franchises that tend to be very popular to select characters from.

• DC or Marvel – No matter which side you’re on, both DC and Marvel are popular comic franchises to pick a cosplay from.
• Pokémon – Pokemon has characters to choose from as well as all the Pokemon to create custom cosplay displays that is still sure to wow the masses.
• Disney – Disney has countless movies and shows to choose from. Most being very popular so you’re sure to find a good character to cosplay.
• Star Wars – From the classic movies, the new movies and all the countless shows, there’s so many characters to choose from. I happen to have a list of Star Wars cosplay ideas to find one you love.
• Naruto – If you’re looking for a popular anime to cosplay from, Naruto is the best way to go.

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