After an online selection process the 5 finalist teams for Japan have been selected.

Above is Yurie, they are from Osaka and have been invited to several cosplay events outside of Japan.

This is Hasse, they have been cosplaying for 10 years and are regular competitors in the WCS preliminaries and finals in Japan.

The 3rd selection is Toi Type, they have some great photo cosplay and strive the best interpretation of their characters as possible in performance.

This is Barbara, they are familiar faces at WCS preliminaries as well, in fact they came in second place in the 2006 WCS Championship so you know they will have an impressive performance prepared.

The last pair is Campanella. They are in fact twins who cosplay actively in the USA and will be back in Japan for the WCS event.

This is a brief introduction of the teams, you can see better pictures of them here!

The Japan preliminaries will take place at the same time as the Championship itself with the winner determined midway through the Championship and performing as the last team to compete on the main stage.