A pretty busy day.
In the morning and early afternoon we are busy as extras in a Tv program, with the usual interviews, then a Tv that cooperates with Aichi decides to follow the Italian team through Nagoya streets in the making of a special on the WCS.
After returning to the main television office we have the official meeting with all the contestants cosplayers: we finally meet all the members of the different Japanese teams.
You must know that the Japanese representatives both individual and group are 4 with a total of 16 people. Three groups and three individuals are selected for as many regions of Honshu (the biggest archipelago: Kansai (corresponding with the west area, that of Osaka), Chubu (corresponding with the central mountainous massif which separates the other two areas, the region where Nagoya stands) and Kanto (the plain where Tokyo stands). From the net were chosen none other than Barbie and Kaie, two of the most famous cosplayers in the world, whose pictures as Sailor Moon (Eternal version and Princess Serenity) and Sailor Venus have traveled around the world.
This friendly meeting, the first with all the contestants, has the purpose of explaining how the final stage would take place, the rhythm, the down times, the preparation.

As such we find out the parade order and we learn more information on the place of the event (Aichi Dome, inside the Universal Expo which this year takes place in Nagoya), on the jury (preside by Reiji Matsumoto, Captain Harlock's dad), the songs us individuals have to sing together (the first verse of Evangelion, in each language) and the different entrances and leavings.

We are explained the prizes which will be handed out: one as best individual cosplayer, one as best group and lastly the most important that as best WCS team decided by the total of points earned by the individual and the team.
We really get into the competition spirit now.

After the rich buffet once back in the hotel we spend the night rehearsing our parts: I do it in the hall while the girls who need more room in the nearby parking lot.
We say good night to each other on edge but determined to do our best.