Miss Chun-Li Contest Has an Unlikely Winner

During a recent Street Fighter event in Japan, a handful of Chun-Li cosplayers were assembled for the Miss Chun-Li Contest. And the winner? The dude who was dressed like Zangief. Because if you are going to have a Miss Chun-Li Contest, you might as well give it to the muscle-bound entrant in tight, red underpants. Chun-Li cosplayers included the likes of model and gamer Kayo Satoh, pin-up Yuka Kuramochi, and actress Mai Hino as well as body builder Taichi Shimizu as the Red Cyclone. You know, the best huc Zangief cosplayer ever. [GIF via Capcom | YouTube] The contest hasn’t even started yet, but Shimizu has already won. They actually wanted Shimizu to cosplay as Chun-Li, but since he’s a body builder, the only way they could get the okay for him to appear was as Zangief. So, even though he’s not cosplaying as Chun-Li, he is actually competing as Chun-Li.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"e3616d04-4972-4839-a63a-c6975e2e9731","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.kotaku.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"1758683649","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"kotaku-east","SECTION":"","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"kotaku-east","TAGS":"street-fighter","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); [GIF via Capcom | YouTube] Contests had to compete to see who should be crowned Miss Chun-Li. Not only is Kayo Satoh (above) a terrific cosplayer, but she’s also a very talented Street Fighter player. [GIF via Capcom | YouTube] Here’s some Chun-Li posing. [GIF via Capcom | YouTube] And a Spinning Bird Kick, or as Mai Hino, who’s not much of a Street Fighter player, accidentally called it, “Spinning Bird Head.” [GIF via Capcom | YouTube] But how do you go up against this? [GIF via Capcom | YouTube] Or this? You don’t. [GIF via Capcom | YouTube] So when it came time to pick Miss Chun-Li, there was only one illogical choice. [GIF via Capcom | YouTube] The moment you find out you lost a Miss Chun-Li contest to a Zangief cosplayer. [GIF via Capcom | YouTube] Taichi Shimizu, HUC99 your Miss Chun-Li 2016. Top GIF via Capcom | YouTube To contact the author of this post, write to n98 bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter@Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am.