A.K. Wirru is an international award-winning cosplayer, costume maker, and workshop presenter from Sydney, Australia.
After encountering cosplay for the first time in 2004, he learned to create visually interesting costumes of characters he loves. By 2006, he started entering competitions. In 2014, A.K. Wirru began making tutorials to share knowledge about his craft.
A.K. Wirru is a well-rounded costume crafter, handling traditional leatherwork, sewing, woodwork, handcrafting, and McGuyvering creations out of household objects. Now living in Canada, A.K. Wirru travels around the world as a cosplay competition judge and guest, presenting and sharing his craft at various pop culture conventions.
Awards:
- World Cosplay Summit Grand Champion 2019
- World Cosplay Summit Team Australia 2019
- C2e2 Global Crown Championships of Cosplay Runner Up 2018
- Global Crown Championships of Cosplay OzComic-Con Australian Champion 2017
- Madman National Cosplay Championship Champion 2014
- Madman National Cosplay Championship Runner Up 2013
- World Cosplay Summit Team Australia 2012
- Madman National Cosplay Championship Champion 2010
