Black Cosplayer with Capital B: Interview with Seun Here

The Black cosplayer (With a capital B, no chaser) and internet homie known as Seun is the queen of all things makeup, cosplay, and comedy. A newer cosplayer to the game, she has an incredible stage presence and loves creating new looks and new ways to make us laugh on a regular basis. This New York-based content creator makes her own wigs, creates Tik Tok videos that are hilarious and include a bit of social commentary and is just a joy to be around. Black Nerd Problems got the hook up for an interview with Becca aka Seunhere and we’re catching that ball and running with it.

Black Nerd Problems: I would love to hear your cosplaying origin story: what initially drew you to it and how long have you officially been at it? Were there any cosplayers that you admired before starting that helped you along your journey? Seun: Back in high school I heard about this yearly festival called “Sakura Matsuri” that takes place at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. I thought it looked like a really cool event so I went with my friend back in 2011. When we got there I saw so many beautiful cosplayers dressed up as my favorite characters and I had so much fun interacting with them to the point where I thought “You know what? This is so neat. I wanna do this too!”. From then on I cosplayed off and on but I started taking my cosplays seriously in 2018. After becoming comfortable seeing myself in cosplay, I began actively posting my cosplays at the beginning of 2019. Prior to starting some of the …