What is The Difference Between Kigurumi And Cosplay

Kigurumi originated from Japanese “着ぐるみ” and it means that “dress up the doll” and it can be sorted as a branch of cosplay.
Nowadays you can see kigurumi shows on various comic events in Japan.
Although kigurumi players are cosplayers,they are different in fact.In brief,masks are necessary to kigurumi and the players should not show any skin (usually a flesh zentai suit is a must-have).
When talk about the flesh zentai suits,most of them are made from lycra/spandex fabrics or modal fabrics and people must be very strict with the fitness of this suit.for example:

You can see it is a nurse kigurumi and the flesh zentai suit is just like the wearer’s second-skin.

People say that kigurumi are very “sexy” and that is why there are more and more cosplayers to dress up to be sexy too.