VENaS Japan

VENaS Japan
Background information
Origin	Tokyo, Japan
Occupation(s)	cosplayer model singer Manga artist
Years active	2014–present
Website	http://am934.com/venasjapan/
Members	Naoya Kirihara Martha Asahi

VENaS Japan (ヴィーナスジャパン bi-nasu japan) is a global Japanese cross-dressing Cosplayer duo, composed of Naoya Kirihara (霧原尚也) and Martha Asahi (旭まあさ). They're doing a lot of works which got permission from copyright.

Members

• Naoya Kirihara -Cosplayer, model, singer, dancer. 5.4 ft, born in 24 Dec, Tokyo
• Martha Asahi -Cosplayer, professional Manga artist, model, singer, video editor. 5.7 ft, born in 25 July, Osaka

Long-term contracts

• ANIMEGA stores and cafe(Bunkyodo), image cosplayer
• HARUKAZE cosplay wigs Japan, model(Martha)^[1]
• Cosplens, model(Naoya)
• Magicians DEAD, Byking (Naoya)
• 2015-2018 Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan), Exhibition "Tokyo story" in Mori art museum Roppongi, Sailor Moon(Martha)
• 2015 Show by Rock!!, Sanrio
• 2016 Divine Gate, Pierrot (company), GungHo Online Entertainment

Official promotional cosplayer

• 2013 Amnesia (visual novel), Illustration Exhibition in Ikebukuro, Toshima, NBCUniversal (Martha)
• 2013 Nyaruko: Crawling with Love, Tokyo International Anime Fair 2013, Akihabara commercial and industrial association, GA Bunko (Martha)
• 2013 Attack on Titan, Anime Contents Expo 2013, Kodansha, Dentsu (Martha)^[2][3]
• 2013 Brothers Conflict, Animate Girls' Festival 2013, Marine Entertainment.Inc
• 2014 Free! (anime), Akihabara Aki-Fes 2014, Tottori Prefecture Iwami-cho Tourism Association
• 2014 The World of Mystic Wiz, Ezaki Glico, COLOPL, Inc.(Martha)
• 2014 Amnesia (visual novel), Animate Girls' Festival 2014, CosPlex
• 2015 Dinner with ghosts(あやかしごはん), Animate Girls' Festival 2015, Asgard.inc
• 2016 Divine Gate, AnimeJapan 2016, Toei Animation
• 2016 Divine Gate, GungHo Fes' 2016, GungHo Online Entertainment^[4]

Event gusets

• 2011 South Korea, Wonder Cosplay Festival 2011(Martha)
• 2012 Australia, Animania 2012(Naoya)
• 2012 Singapore, Licence 2 play 2012(Martha)
• 2014 Hong Kong, Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong(香港動漫電玩節)) 2014
• 2014 Singapore, J-Obsession 2014(Naoya)^[5]
• 2015 United States, Yaoi-Con 2015(Martha)^[6]
• 2016 Singapore, J-Obsession, 2016(Martha)^[7]

Conferences

• 2015 "Basic Knowledge of Posing" panel at Yaoi-Con (Martha)^[8]
• 2016 ""The form of contribution to the OTAKU market by cross-dressing cosplay"" at Mechademia by University of Minnesota

Collaborated cafe

• 2015 Shōnen Hollywood
• 2015 Danganronpa
• 2015 Dinner with Ghosts
• 2015 I Chu(Ai-Chuu)
• 2016 Young Black Jack
• 2016 Divine Gate

Achievements

• 2011 The King of Fighters Official cosplay contest, Grand-prix (Martha- NIKAIDO Benimaru),^[9] invited to Japan Expo(France)

Others

• Coscos-Playplay. Fuji TV-one
• Tokyo Game Show Cure Cosplay Night 2011–present
• 2012 Karaoke-DAM, promotional image cosplayer
• 2013 Love Hina , Ken Akamatsu authorized cosplayer for a charity
• 2016 ROCKSIN Interview(Martha)^[10]

References

1. "レイヤーモデルMarthaの声". HARUKAZE cosplay wigs Japan. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
2. "『進撃の巨人』、企業タイアップが一気に増えた理由は？". 宣伝会議デジタルマガジン. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
3. "アニメコンテンツエキスポ2013（その２）". 竜兵. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
4. "ガンホーフェスティバル2016". GungHo Online Entertainment. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
5. "Message from Naoya Kirihara for J-Obsession 2014". anibee. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
6. "Industry Guest: Martha Asahi". Yaoi-Con. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
7. "[J-EVENT] THE CATHAY PRESENTS J-OBSESSION 2016". ani-culture.net. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
8. "YaoiCon2015 Martha Asahi Panel". Retrieved 2015-10-03.
9. "草薙京や不知火舞など選び抜かれた8人のキャラが至高のバトルを繰り広げた「KOFコスプレコンテスト FINAL STAGE」". GIGAZINE. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
10. "Interview with Martha Asahi & Anzu Manaka". ROCKSIN. Retrieved 2016-05-30.

External links

• (曰本語) VENaS Japan website
• (曰本語, English, 中國話, 中国话) VENaS Japan Twitter on Twitter
• (曰本語, English, 中國話, 中国话) VENaS Japan Facebook page on Facebook