Yaya Han is a Chinese–American
cosplay
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er, model and costume designer based in the United States. She is a regular judge at cosplay competitions. Han was featured on the
Syfy
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channel's ''
Heroes of Cosplay
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'', and has appeared as a guest judge on the
TBS reality show
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''
King of the Nerds
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'' multiple times.
[King of the Nerds Episode: "Imaginary Realms"]
. ''TV Guide
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The company sold its print magazine division, TV Guide Magazine LLC, in 2008.
Corporat ...
''. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
Gallery
File:Yaya Han as Ada Wong at Dragon Con 20090906.jpg, Ada Wong
is a character in ''Resident Evil'' (''Biohazard'' in Japan), a survival horror video game series created by Japanese company Capcom. She was first introduced as a supporting character in ''Resident Evil 2'' (1998), and became a playable charac ...
(''Resident Evil
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''), Dragon Con 2009
File:NYCC 2010 - Ame-Comi Wonder Woman (5076160319).jpg, Wonder Woman
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(DC Universe
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), New York Comic Con 2010
File:NYCC 2011 - Domino (6290571115).jpg, Domino
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(Marvel Universe
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), New York Comic Con 2011
Otakon 2012 220.JPG, Chun-Li
is a fictional character in Capcom's '' Street Fighter'' video game series. The first ever female playable character to appear in a fighting game to gain mainstream recognition, she first appeared in '' Street Fighter II: The World Warrior'' ...
(''Street Fighter
, commonly abbreviated as ''SF'' or スト (''Suto''), is a Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fighting video and arcade games developed and published by Capcom. The first game in the series was released in 1987, followed by six ...
''), Otakon 2012
File:Otakon 2012 376.JPG, Psylocke (Marvel Universe), Otakon 2012
File:CC (Code Geass) (8970756591).jpg, C.C. (''Code Geass
, often referred to simply as ''Code Geass'', is a Japanese anime television series produced by Sunrise. It was directed by Gorō Taniguchi and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi, with original character designs by Clamp. Set ...
''), Katsucon 2013
File:Yaya Han 08 (14213277172).jpg, Superhero Yaya (''Wonderous 2: The Yaya Han Saga''), C2E2 2014
File:Contest 145 (13922403929).jpg, Madame Hydra Madame Hydra is the name of several different fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is a name given to a top female operative of HYDRA.
Fictional character biography Ophelia Sarkissian
Thi ...
(Marvel Universe), C2E2 2014
File:Yaya Han as Batgirl at Wintercon 2014 (15779072379).jpg, Batgirl
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(DC Universe), Wintercon 2014
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Chinese female models
Chinese expatriates in the United States
Cosplayers
Living people
1980 births
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