Editing Cosplay (section)

==Etymology==
The term "cosplay" is a Japanese [[blend word]] of the English terms [[costume]] and play.<ref name="What Would Godzilla Say?"/> The term was coined by {{ill|Nobuyuki Takahashi|ja|高橋信之 (出版プロデューサー)}} of Studio Hard<ref name="yeinjee"/> in an article for the Japanese magazine ''{{ill|My Anime|ja|マイアニメ}}'' in June 1983.<ref name="yeinjee"/> Takahashi decided to coin a new word rather than use the existing translation of the English term "masquerade" because it implied nobility and was old-fashioned.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ashcraft |first=Brian |title=Cosplay World |last2=Plunkett |first2=Luke |publisher=Prestel Publishing |year=2014 |isbn=9783791349251 |pages=19-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Plunkett |first=Luke |date=October 22, 2014 |title=Where The Word "Cosplay" Actually Comes From |url=https://kotaku.com/where-the-word-cosplay-actually-comes-from-1649177711 |url-status=live |access-date=March 13, 2025 |website=kotaku.com}}</ref> The coinage reflects a common [[Japanese abbreviated and contracted words|Japanese method of abbreviation]] in which the first two [[Mora (linguistics)|moras]] of a pair of words are used to form an independent compound: 'costume' becomes ''kosu'' (コス) and 'play' becomes ''pure'' (プレ).