Carbon Costume Anime
Nikolai Gogol from Bungo Stray Dogs
Gogol (voiced in Japanese by Takehito Koyasu and in English by Jeff Schine) is a major antagonist in the latter half of the Bungo Stray Dogs series.
He is a former member of the Decay of the Angel group, headed by Fyodor Dostoevsky, and is skilled in using his ability, The Overcoat, as part of sadistic torture methods. He is also rather masterful when it comes to disguising himself, and uses this to his advantage when committing various crimes.
Gogol has a very monochromatic outfit, with everything primarily in black and white. His hair is drawn in a very similar style to Dazai’s, with the fluffy layers, but his instead extends down his back in a long braid. His one visible eye has a line (presumably either makeup or a scar, it’s a little unclear) across the top and bottom lids, and the eye itself has an almost star-like center. His main outfit consists of a ruffled collar white shirt, with a black and white vest worn over top, black and white striped pants, and black pointed-toe shoes with pinkish-brown fur trim around the ankles. The look is finished off with a long black and white cloak with a matching pom pom to his shoes, a small white top hat with a triangle black and white alternating band, pinkish brown gloves, and a black and white patterned eyepatch.
Yusuke Kitagawa (Summer Uniform) from Persona 5/Royal
Yusuke (voiced in Japanese by Tomokazu Sugita and in English by Matthew Mercer) is a major character in the Persona 5 series, and part of the main cast.
This article will be focusing on the outfit he wears as his summer uniform, but if you would like to see his usual school uniform, you can find it over at this link here.
His hair and eyes do not change between seasons (still short and dark blue, and dark grey), but his uniform for summer consists of a black undershirt, a deep indigo-violet button down t-shirt, black slacks that he wears a ring of his keys on one of the belt loops of, and black slip-on loafers.
Seishu Inui from Tokyo Revengers
Inupi (voiced in Japanese by Junya Enoki and in English by Cory Yee) is a major character in the Tokyo Revengers series (primarily after the Christmas arc).
He has been part of both Toman and Black Dragon, and is a very strong and vicious fighter. While under Taiju’s leadership in BD, he is teamed up with Koko, who he’s known since they were both younger. They have a shared trauma of losing Inupi’s sister, which has lead to complicated feelings between the two of them.
Inupi has short, light golden hair, grey-green eyes, and a large burn scar over his left eye. While in Black Dragon, he wears a very long white coat, with matching wide leg pants, sometimes black gloves, and black buckled boots.
PallaPalla from Sailor Moon
Momo Ayase from Dandadan
Momo Ayase is a protagonist in the anime, Dandadan. Bold yet compassionate, she is a gyaru high school girl who believes in ghosts and the supernatural, partially due to her grandmother, who is a medium. After getting abducted by aliens, Momo realizes she has psychic powers which allow her to visualize and control auras. She grows close with Ken Takakara, aka Okarun, upon defeating Turbo Granny. Over the course of the series, she reciprocates his romantic feelings.
Izana Kurokawa from Tokyo Revengers
Izana (voiced in Japanese by Nobunaga Shimazaki and in English by Alejandro Ruiz) is a major character in the latter half of the anime/manga series, Tokyo Revengers.
He is the adopted brother of Mikey, Emma, and Shinichiro, though generally gravitated towards the latter, as they were close. He ended up following in Shinichiro’s footsteps, and became the newest leader of Black Dragon, in it’s Eighth generation, before becoming the boss of Tenjiku, with Kakucho at his side.
Izana has extremely light grey-blonde hair, orchid colored eyes, and pale eyelashes that match his hair. He is usually seen wearing the Tenjiku uniform jacket, and pants, both in a muted red, a black scoop neck shirt, white laced up boots, and dangling earrings.
Akiko Yosano from Bungo Stray Dogs
Yosano (voiced in Japanese by Yū Shimamura and in English by Erica Lindbeck) is a prominent character in the Bungo Stray Dogs series.
She is a part of the Armed Detective Agency, and essentially their healer type character, as her ability ‘Thou Shalt Not Die’ works as a rather violent way to bring the others back to peak physical form (even up to regrowing limbs). She has significant trauma relating to her past as a student surgeon in the military, as they used her ability to keep pushing soldiers to constantly heal past where they could mentally withstand.
Yosano has chin-length blackish brown hair, and wears a golden butterfly hairclip at the corner of her bangs. Her eyes are a pinkish purple. The main outfit we see her in is a white button up shirt, with elbow length sleeves, a black just-past-knee-length formal skirt, black surgical gloves, black semi-opaque tights, red pumps, and a black tie. Her weapon of choice is an oversized cleaver-type blade.
Ken Takakura from Dandadan
Ken Takakura is a protagonist in the anime Dandadan. Others give him nickname is Okarun due to his interest in the occult. While shy and reserved, he befriends Momo over their shared interests in the supernatural. He values and cares a lot about his friendship with Momo, which develops into a crush. After getting possessed by Turbo Granny, Okarun gains new superpowers, which alters his appearance and personality.
JunJun from Sailor Moon
In Sailor Moon, JunJun is a member of the Amazoness Quartet, serving Zirconia and Queen Nehelenia alongside VesVes, CereCere, and PallaPalla. JunJun’s look includes green hair, green eyes, green bikini top, and white baggy trousers.
Hajime Kokonoi from Tokyo Revengers
Koko (voiced in Japanese by Natsuki Hanae and in English by Howard Wang) is a major character in the latter half of the Tokyo Revengers series (primarily the Christmas arc and beyond).
In the Christmas arc, he is teamed up with Inupi, while both of them served under Taiju for that generation’s version of Black Dragon. The two of them were close when they were younger, and the loss of Inupi’s sister, Akane, pushed Koko into finding any avenues possible for making money, as he had been trying to save up enough to cover her medical costs to save her life and just didn’t stop after she died. The loss weighed heavily on both him and Inupi, and turned their dynamic completely on its head.
Koko has black hair that is parted and styled to the right side of his head, with the left worn in a shaved design. His eyes are extremely thin black dots, giving him an unnatural appearance. While in Black Dragon, he wears the long white uniform jacket with the logo branded on the back, and matching wide leg pants. This is finished off with black, side buckle boots, occasionally black gloves, and one single chain earring hanging from his left ear.
