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myleah.bsky.social
Leah 🩷✨
@myleah.bsky.social
Myleah aka Leah @flyhinata, Founder of @lumikhacosplay.com!🌻

she/her, black & 🇵🇭, #Cosplay, #YouTube, #GameDev @ @GDoCExpo.com 💖

https://www.youtube.com/@FlyHinata
never thought my gf and I would go to the movie theaters and get mistaken for sisters but it happened 😆

#fitcheck
November 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I usually carry around one of these!!
November 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
old pics but i was determined to dress very authentically me at GDC and I'd say it was pretty well received 🥰 #fitcheck
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I forgot to add, this was the first time they held the event since 2018! I'm really proud of their revival of the event, especially because I lamented a lot about them "killing my baby" after i graduated haha

definitely proud of their signage upgrades 😂
(my handiwork on the left from 2017)
November 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Passing down knowledge, staying connected with my local fan communities, and hosting events has been a huge part of what has made #fandom and fan culture so much fun for me the last few years!! I'm so proud of the Terrapin Anime Society and can't wait to see how the event grows in the years to come💖
November 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I ran the @lumikhacosplay.com booth there, selling a good handful of secondhand #cosplay and talking to lots of prospective future cosplayers♥ I was also thanked by so many members of the anime club for "creating something so amazing" which I felt a little bashful at, but the praise was welcome haha
November 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This past weekend I attended #KAMECON, an anime/gaming convention I created 7 years ago with @virtualpandy.bsky.social through our college anime club! I had the opportunity to meet the founder of the club (est 1991!) and reconnect with old executive board members and meet new ones too!

#fandom
November 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
earring appreciation, my mom made them ♥
November 16, 2025 at 5:14 AM
🩸 i like this color combo

#fitcheck
November 16, 2025 at 5:14 AM
I'm looking for community/marketing work! 🧡

I'm a storytelling creative combining my love of
pop culture, storytelling, & empathetic community building
to work on projects I love.

You can find my portfolio and resume here, where you can check out some of my best work:

linktr.ee/myleah

#gamedev
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
3 boxes of this lil dude...
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
CUUUUTE omg Luca fan to budew fan pipeline...?? @takumitown.bsky.social literally has a level 100 budew they solo'd most of the game with LMAOO
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
pink pikmin appreciation post 🩷

#cosplay #pikmin
November 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
pikmin when you lift up a rock on #halloween!!!!!!

(aka look at me and my cute friends cosplaying pikmin and eating unlimited pasta)

#pikmin #cosplay #video
November 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
#fandom is so important to who I am, this is just me talking about it a little bit ❤️ why should we be embarrassed about what makes us, us?

#video
October 31, 2025 at 8:09 PM
our unhinged reactions to the first ep of the #TwistedWonderland anime 🤭

#video #twst
October 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Also for some reason people keep saying I look like Claudia from interview with a vampire... Which I don't think I do but ok 😭😭😭
October 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
When they say "niche down"... They really mean it 😭 not just being an "anime fan" but me centering myself as "anime fan but specifically of niche joseimuke series usually with mobile games and colorful hot guys" LMAO

it's been really fun to create too, which is my #1 priority
October 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
242 comments, 107 shares, nearly 900 bookmarks 😭 I think this video got more than my entire YouTube channel ever got combined LMFAO

being timely, riding the hype but standing out as unique, and genuine fan excitement = magic

but repetition and authenticity is king above all
October 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The most devastating realization is finding out what I knew all along

In order to be discovered, you have to post 😭😭😭😭😭😭

My most popular work has been talking videos & sharing genuine fan excitement. Especially within the last 2 wks surrounding twisted wonderland! (I was shocked at how popular)
October 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Been working really hard & created one piece of content every day for the last 50ish days on TikTok & YouTube and I learned a LOT

being ok w/ mediocrity & not every #video needing to be my magnum opus has given me so much freedom

this is a huge achievement of consistency in my creator journey :')
October 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Here are some of the beautiful photos Mary Rose has taken of me! They are an extremely talented photographer and one of the few cosphotogs I trust to get it right 😭🩷

More of their work is here:
Their cosplay: www.instagram.com/ubehime
Photography: www.instagram.com/ubevisuals

Check them out!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
One of my dearest friends, Mary Rose, was diagnosed stage 4 angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma.

Mary Rose is an absolute light in the communities that they help nurture and care for. They touch the lives of students in their career, and create beautiful artwork as a photographer and cosplayer!!!
October 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
my flail was made by my friend Wayne!
www.instagram.com/propsbywayne/
October 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Also here's a little girl asking for my photo at #MAGFest, I was kind of alarmed at first when her mom said she wanted a pic cause I was internally like "UHHH SHE SHOULDNT KNOW WHO I AM"

well...she thought I was Minnie Mouse 😆 so in that moment I was Minnie Mouse and that's ok.
October 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM