Born in Naples, Flavia is currently one of the most acclaimed cosplayers hailing from Italy. She started cosplaying in 2012 and one of her first cosplays was as “Garnet” from Final Fantasy IX, of which she’s a big fan. Although she didn’t know how to sew and build weapons she was determined to succeed. Slowly but gradually she started learning and now she’s proficient in both. Each costume she works on provides different challenges but her grit and determination helps her work hard to reach each ambitious goal she sets. She loves all the costumes she makes because they all mean something to her and each costume represents a different achievement. She loves her first “Elyos” costume from Tower of Eternity because of the 6 meters wings she worn, and she’s proud of the second “Elyos” costume because it was the first time she completed a full body armour. Elsa from Frozen is one of her favourite costumes because she loves Disney but more importantly because it reminds her of her beloved sister. Although Flavia has only been cosplaying for three and a half years she has already won numerous awards in various conventions and competitions, which amongst many others include a special prize for the most original and innovative costume with “Siam” from Silent Hill Homecoming in Romics 2012, best female costume with her first Elyos during Fantaexpo Salerno 2013 and best video game’s character with “Atoli” from Hack at Napoli Comicon 2014. She’s also particularly proud of her “Hana” from Gate 7 costume since with it she won 2nd place for the Eurocosplay selection at Napoli Comicon 2015 and 1st place for the Eurocosplay at Romics 2015 which means she’ll be the Italian contestant at the Eurocosplay finals in London 2016.
Flavia’s stage name is Haikucosplay. She derived her stage name from Haiku which is a form of short but powerful Japanese poetry, which she jokingly explains “is kind of like me – short but talented cosplayer”.
Flavia will also be on the Judging Panel of the Malta Comic Con 2015 Cosplay Competitions.
