Carbon Costume Comics
Shino Aburame from Naruto
Shino Aburame (voiced by Shinji Kawada and Darek Stephen Prince) is a character from the anime and manga series Naruto. He is a member of Team 8, under Kurenai Yuhi, alongside Hinata Hyuga and Kiba Inuzuka. He can control bugs that live inside his body as part of his clan’s special technique. Members of the Aburame clan are known for wearing dark glasses that obscure their eyes, and Shino is no exception. In the original series, he also wears brown pants and a grey-green jacket with a high collar that covers his mouth. When creating your costume, try to find a jacket with a high-stand collar. In the later episodes of Shippuden, Shino wears a green hooded jacket with a black shirt beneath instead having the collar that covers the lower portion of his face. A cowl neck zip-up can serve this purpose well. During the Fourth Shinobi War, he also wears a Konoha standard-issue flak vest. No matter which version you choose, don’t forget your forehead protector, kunai pouch, sandals, and round sunglasses.
Baki Hanma from Baki the Grappler
Baki Hanma (voiced by Nobunaga Shimazaki and Troy Baker in the 2018 anime) is the protagonist of Baki the Grappler. Baki trains as a fighter so he can surpass and defeat his father Yuujiro Hanma as vengeance for the death of his mother Emi Akezawa. Baki has shaggy brown hair and a beauty mark over his lip that resembles Emi’s. For your costume, you’ll need a pair of red shorts to emulate Baki’s preferred fighting uniform. While finding an exact match might be difficult, plenty of options exist that are very similar, so choose your favorite. You’ll also need white hand wraps and athletic tape, and you can use a pair of open-toed grip socks to protect your feet. Baki is covered in scars from his hard years of training, and you can use scar wax to recreate these. Depending on how many you decide to wear, you may need extra wax. Choose a concealer in your skin tone (the one linked comes in many) to conceal the edges. Finally, use a black eyebrow pencil to add your beauty mark and you’re ready for a fight!
Jinwoo Sung from Solo Leveling
Jinwoo Sung is the protagonist of the web novel Solo Leveling. Jinwoo is a hunter who must battle deadly monsters to protect mankind, and eventually climbs the ranks to become the greatest hunter humanity has ever known. Jinwoo had black hair and favors dark colors. When designing your outfit, you can’t go wrong with black skinny jeans, a loose white tee, and a black hooded cardigan. A black sweater, grey cloak, and black shoes are also good options. A blue light-up sword can make for a fun prop addition to your look.
Ino Yamanaka from Naruto
Ino Yamanaka (voiced by Ryoka Yuzuki and Colleen Villard) is a character from the Naruto series. Ino is one-third of the iconic Ino-Shika-Cho formation and is a member of Team 10 under Asuma Sarutobi. She is a friend and romantic rival of Sakura Haruno. Ino has long blonde hair she wears in a ponytail and pale blue eyes. In the original series, she wears a purple uniform with white arm warmers and bandages wrapped around her upper legs. In Shippuden, her style updates to include chainmail arm and leg guards and a crop top. You can use a cosplay set for either version of Ino’s uniform, or build your own. Whatever you decide, you’ll also want to purchase shinobi sandals in either blue or black, a long blonde wig, and accessorize with a kunai pouch and kunai. If you DIY your costume, don’t be afraid to take a pair of scissors to whichever skirt you choose to make it look more like Ino’s from the series.
Doctor Fate
Doctor Fate refers to a number of heroes who have done the gold help and cape of a DC Comics staple. No matter which Doctor Fate is your fave, a few things remain the same; the hero has supernatural powers and the costume also includes a blue bodysuit with yellow gold accessories. To create your Doctor Fate, start with a blue full-body suit. Then, you’ll need a golden cape, gold gloves, and gold boots of your choosing. Finish the book with a gold utility belt. Replica Doctor Fate masks can be a bit pricey, but you can get creative with yours by using a gold hood beneath a polarized face shield or a plastic full-face mask instead.
Poison Ivy from The New Batman Adventures
Poison Ivy is an antagonist in The New Batman Adventures. Aside from being a botanist and biochemist, she is a supervillain who terrorizes Gotham with her supernatural control over plant life. Though in other media, Poison Ivy may be an anti heroine. In the animated series, she is often seen scheming with Harley Quinn to take down Batman. Check out our other Poison Ivy costume guides, such as Bombshell Posion Ivy & Poison Ivy from DC Universe’s Harley Quinn, for more variations on her look.
Wen from Raven Saga
Wen is the protagonist of Raven Saga, a fantasy series on Webtoon created by Chihiro Howe. Wen is a girl who loves to read and lives with her grandmother in a land of fairytales, shielded from the rest of the world. But when a mysterious boy abducts her grandmother, Wen must venture off to save her. Danger lurks around every corner, so she must rely on the help of her friends to solve the mystery of the boy with the ravens – and there may also be a different mystery surrounding her past.
Tsukasa Kazuki from Romantic Killer
Tsukasa Kazuki (voiced by Yūichirō Umehara and Jason Griffith) is a supporting character from Romantic Killer. He is the first potential love interest of Anzu Hoshino after a wizard forces her to pursue romance. Tsukasa, though, while popular with girls at his school, tends to avoid dating. Tsukasa has orange hair and is typically shown in his school uniform, including a polo shirt and blue plaid trousers. He also wears a black watch on his left wrist and a pair of white and blue sneakers.
Momiji Sohma from Fruits Basket
Momiji (voiced in Japanese by Megumi Han and in English by Mikaela Krantz) is one of the secondary main characters in the anime/manga Fruits Basket.
He is the rabbit out of the Sohma family zodiacs, and is often mistaken for being much younger than he is, despite being only a year younger than Tohru. Momiji is usually seen as a very cheerful person, but he, like a lot of the other Sohmas, has a rough family history.
He has short, fluffy blonde hair, golden brown eyes, and wears small stud earrings as an accessory. Momiji is also usually seen in the school uniform, but he chooses to wear the girl’s shirt portion, and a pair of black shorts, instead of the boy’s. He also wears a pair of white knee high socks, and light brown loafers.
Beam from Chainsaw Man
Beam is a character in the best selling manga and hit anime, Chainsaw Man. Illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto, the series was serialized in Shonen Jump for two years with new chapters bi-weekly. Chainsaw Man takes place in a world where devils are born from fears. Like Power, Beam is a fiend, specifically the Shark Fiend. Energetic yet naive, Beam is unwaveringly loyal to Denji/Chainsaw Man. He goes along with Denji’s plans and will do anything to protect him. Talk about an amazing friend! He usually is depicted without a shirt, but this guide includes a fitting shark pattern button down.
