World Japanese politician lambasted after cosplaying as Gundam character who famously tried to cause a global ice age by dropping an asteroid on Earth

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Japan’s 2025 Upper House elections ended this weekend, but not without a good deal of controversy leading up to voting day. One of the more bizarre cases was that of Reiwa Shinsengumi, a progressive left-wing populist party that got lambasted online due to a promotional video posted by its leader. The controversy even prompted an official statement from Bandai Namco and Sunrise Studios.

On July 18, Reiwa Shinsengumi leader and former actor Taro Yamamoto published a video calling on people to vote for his party while cosplaying as Quattro Bajeena (Char Aznable), an iconic character from the Mobile Suit Gundam series. Yamamoto shot the video in front of the life-size Unicorn Gundam statue in Tokyo. He donned a blond wig, sunglasses and flamboyant red outfit reminiscent of Quattro’s appearance in 1985’s Zeta Gundam.

In the video, Yamamoto introduces Maya Okamoto, a famous anime voice actress (with big roles in the Gundam series) and candidate on Reiwa Shinsengumi’s national party list. The two perform what’s assumed to be a humorous skit, in which Okamoto notices the party leader’s get-up and asks him what’s going on, only to receive a “Nothing at all. Business as usual” in response. The video showcases Yamamoto’s whole costume, but it is not addressed at all.

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Japanese politician lambasted after cosplaying as Gundam character who famously tried to cause a global ice age by dropping an asteroid on Earth - AUTOMATON WEST

Cosplaying as Gundam's Quattro Bajeena without permission was not the wisest move for getting people to vote, it turns out.
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