25 of the best genderswapped cosplayers we’ve seen

Link cosplayer dressed in Rito garb from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild at C2E2. Image taken by C. Wassenaar.

When it comes to cosplay, the choices may be limited but these cosplayers are changing the game with their best genderswapped looks!

Cosplayers are the backbone of many conventions. They come out ready to take on whatever cosplay challenge lies ahead of them. So what does that mean if their favorite character is a different gender than they identify as? It just means that these cosplayers get creative with their looks!

From quite a few female Winter Soldiers to men taking on their favorite anime characters, one thing is for sure: these cosplay experts aren’t here to mess around. They know their character, top to bottom, in and out. Changing the gender of Pokémon’s Ash and Misty, for example, offers more exciting opportunities to get creative with cosplay. Having men dress up as Eleven from Stranger Things  or women as Kylo Ren is fascinating, especially with how creative cosplayers get with little details.

So many of these looks have incredible attention to detail, and they end up giving us a really cool take on these characters that we know and love! Check out the best genderswapped looks we’ve seen right here.