{"id":102791,"date":"2026-02-06T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.made-in-asia.nl\/2026\/02\/04\/sakuraflor-is-terug-als-cosplay-host-bij-heroes-made-in-asia\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T11:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T10:11:07","slug":"sakuraflor-is-terug-als-cosplay-host-bij-heroes-made-in-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.made-in-asia.nl\/nl\/2026\/02\/06\/sakuraflor-is-terug-als-cosplay-host-bij-heroes-made-in-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sakuraflor is terug als Cosplay Host bij Heroes Made in Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"102791\" class=\"elementor elementor-102791 elementor-102771\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e0cb9ac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e0cb9ac\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2efcb99\" data-id=\"2efcb99\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af18649 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af18649\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>We zijn erg blij dat we een bekend gezicht te mogen verwelkomen op het podium: <span class=\"font-bold\">Sakuraflor<\/span>, ook wel bekend als\u00a0<span class=\"font-bold\">Saku<\/span>. Met haar jarenlange ervaring als cosplayer, maker en community-builder is zij de ideale persoon om de Cosplay Area en de Mochi main stage opnieuw tot leven te brengen.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19c8410 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19c8410\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sakuraflor, ook wel bekend als Saku, maakt al meer dan 10 jaar deel uit van de cosplay en creatieve community. In die tijd heeft ze meerdere awards gewonnen voor haar werk op het podium en achter de schermen, en heeft ze samengewerkt met grote namen uit de game- en entertainmentwereld via live-action projecten en evenementen.<br \/>Dankzij deze ervaring weet Saku als geen ander hoe ze cosplayers in de spotlight zet, het publiek betrekt en een programma neerzet dat zowel nieuwe bezoekers als doorgewinterde fans aanspreekt.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-088abef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"088abef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Daarnaast heeft ze recent haar creatieve werk uitgebreid met het schrijven van haar eerste eigen boek, <em><strong>Dreambound<\/strong><\/em>, dat momenteel in ontwikkeling is. Daarmee verkent ze nieuwe manieren van verhalen vertellen en laat ze zien dat haar liefde voor fantasy en creativiteit verder gaat dan alleen cosplay.<br \/>Ook brengt ze haar liefde voor motoren samen met geek culture en community in <strong>Sakurides<\/strong>, een project waarin haar passies samenkomen. Hiermee verbindt ze verschillende werelden, van popcultuur tot lifestyle, en laat ze zien hoe breed en divers de community kan zijn.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-235ff2a elementor-skin-carousel elementor-arrows-yes elementor-pagination-type-bullets elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-media-carousel\" data-id=\"235ff2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;skin&quot;:&quot;carousel&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;show_arrows&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pagination&quot;:&quot;bullets&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;space_between&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;space_between_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;space_between_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"media-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-main-swiper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Slides\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Sakuraflor\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/227\/2026\/02\/IMG_0387.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Sakuraflor\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/227\/2026\/02\/IMG_0385.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Sakuraflor\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/227\/2026\/02\/IMG_0388.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Sakuraflor\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/227\/2026\/02\/IMG_0389.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Sakuraflor\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/227\/2026\/02\/IMG_0390.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Previous\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ba4ca2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ba4ca2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"leading-7 [&amp;:not(:first-child)]:mt-4 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\" role=\"article\">Na een korte pauze is Saku enthousiast om weer terug te keren als host van\u00a0<span class=\"font-bold\">Heroes Made in Asia<\/span>, en opnieuw verbinding te maken met de community. Tijdens het event zal zij het cosplayprogramma hosten, deelnemers begeleiden en zorgen voor een energieke en inclusieve sfeer op het podium.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"leading-7 [&amp;:not(:first-child)]:mt-4 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\" role=\"article\">Voor veel bezoekers is zij een herkenbaar en geliefd gezicht; voor nieuwe bezoekers is ze de perfecte introductie om kennis te maken met Cosplay op het event.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71f63bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"71f63bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\"><p>\u201cNa een korte pauze als host van HMIA ben ik super enthousiast om terug te zijn en te reconnecten met deze community.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta elementor-has-image elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sakuraflorr\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1194\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/227\/2026\/02\/IMG_0387.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-102772\" alt=\"Sakuraflor\" srcset=\"https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/227\/2026\/02\/IMG_0387.jpg 1194w, https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/227\/2026\/02\/IMG_0387-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/227\/2026\/02\/IMG_0387-1024x823.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/227\/2026\/02\/IMG_0387-768x617.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1194px) 100vw, 1194px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sakuraflorr\/\">Sakuraflor<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sakuraflorr\/\">Designer<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6da5794 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6da5794\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3468f78\" data-id=\"3468f78\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ced2f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ced2f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Met haar ervaring, enthousiasme en oprechte liefde voor de community is Sakuraflor een perfecte match met de spirit van Heroes Made in Asia. We kunnen niet wachten om haar weer op het podium te zien en samen de cosplayervaring van dit jaar nog onvergetelijker te maken.<br \/>Houd onze kanalen in de gaten voor het volledige cosplayprogramma en ontdek waar je Saku tijdens het event allemaal kunt zien. Er zijn nog Regular tickets verkrijgbaar in de ticketshop.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc89d0d elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"bc89d0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/tickets.made-in-asia.nl\/f2b7a72679ba4fe2b421fe596f68beb8\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHrH7RleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHUh7NRhEU17weDrb-tahSxN23mxnamhJuOWLUzztMwpOf-HAJxq1-RYf9g_aem_tci2scEXOyqbmrPg0d3w3A&#038;_gl=1*zbkgis*_gcl_au*MTY3NzEzODY0OS4xNzMzNzUzNzQ3&#038;_ga=2.64191209.75512240.1738160671-22530819.1726059096\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-ticket-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">TICKETSHOP<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9a2e8ae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9a2e8ae\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2897c3d\" data-id=\"2897c3d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0e4b62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e0e4b62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/227\/2025\/04\/250128-HMIA25-Banners_Cat_648x250_009_09.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90191\" alt=\"HMIA 2026 banner Engels\" srcset=\"https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/227\/2025\/04\/250128-HMIA25-Banners_Cat_648x250_009_09.jpg 648w, https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/227\/2025\/04\/250128-HMIA25-Banners_Cat_648x250_009_09-300x116.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We zijn enthousiast om Sakuraflor weer te verwelkomen als onze Cosplay Host. Met meer dan 10 jaar ervaring in de cosplay- en creatieve community, bekroonde optredens, haar eigen boek Dreambound en het motorproject Sakurides, is ze klaar om opnieuw volop energie, passie en inspiratie naar het cosplaypodium te brengen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1490,"featured_media":102773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Sakuraflor is terug als Cosplay Host bij Heroes Made in Asia","_seopress_titles_desc":"Sakuraflor keert terug als Cosplay Host bij Heroes Made in Asia en brengt meer dan 10 jaar cosplay ervaring, creatieve projecten en community-passie naar het podium.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[384,488],"tags":[],"edition":[656],"class_list":["post-102791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cosplay","category-cosplay-guest-nl","edition-heroes-made-in-asia-voorjaar-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.made-in-asia.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.made-in-asia.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.made-in-asia.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.made-in-asia.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.made-in-asia.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102791"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.made-in-asia.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102792,"href":"https:\/\/www.made-in-asia.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102791\/revisions\/102792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.made-in-asia.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.made-in-asia.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.made-in-asia.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.made-in-asia.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102791"},{"taxonomy":"edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.made-in-asia.nl\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/edition?post=102791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}