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Tekken 8 Cosplay: Dark Marin? Reina is My Dress Up Darling!

Added 2025-10-30 08:13:47 +0000 UTC

We've been having quite a lot of Tekken 8's resident Bad Girl Reina recently... so I thought, Let's Have Some MORE! I mean, there's really no such thing as too much Reina. Well, to be fair, most of recent stuff with the Mishima Heir has her as Tifa Lockhart. So... well... actually right now she's STILL cosplaying someone, so its technically kinda-sorta not Reina. Maybe. Let me elaborate.

So we've got our Devious Diva cosplaying as everyone's favorite anime waifu, Marin Kitagawa from the hit anime and manga, My Dress Up Darling, and I gotta say she looks smashing. As in, she looks like she can smash our faces in. Preferably with a stomp from her pretty, powerful feet. This new cosplay is thanks to a recent mod release by modder MellowTopher over at Tekkenmods, and you can grab the mod for free right now. Though initially only having Marin's School Uniform and Accessories (Choker, etc), the iconic Episode 2 Bikini has also been added so we can have Marin Mishima in her two popular looks.

So the mod actually doesn't contain all of the parts here- it has the School Uniform Shirt, which replaces the Referee Shirt, and the Accessories take up the Mini Hat item. The Bikini (Upper Slot only) replaces the Diva Bikini. I think Marin's Bikini is a nice replacement for that forgettable swimsuit.

What the mod doesn't have is the hair- I am using the Seductive Long Hair (which is fitting), colored Marin's signature blonde of course. The skirt is the Checkered Miniskirt A, although I also have the Ultrashort Miniskirt mod in place. No shoes of course, but I am sure footwear identical to the anime is in the game.

I am considering this an upgrade to my previous Marin cosplay (with Lili), and due to this having mods, its obviously better in terms of visuals. Yeah, Reina Kitagawa looks really nasty, but maybe this is what happens if Gojo breaks her heart or something...

Anyway, expect to see our Evil Marin here breaking hearts and stepping on faces (and getting KO'ed as well) from here on. For now, enjoy the rather large screenshot gallery.