Clarissa Punipun
Clarissa Widjaya, also known as Punipun7, Punipun, or Clarissa Punipun, is an Indonesian professional cosplayer, gamer, musician, entrepreneur, and physiognomist. Punipun has contributed various achievements in the field of cosplay. She won 2nd place in the Viewer's Choice Award category and was a finalist in the NHK Kawai.i International competition, as well as the winner of the 2019 Indonesia Game Awards in the Most Favorite Cosplayer of the Year category. She is also the Official Cosplayer for re:ON Comics and has served as both a Talent/Head Maid and Guest Cosplayer at the Anime Festival Asia event in Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia from 2012 to the present. Punipun is also actively involved as a Brand Ambassador for ASUS Republic of Gamers, Dunia Games, and the Kurate Gakuen Moe Ambassador in Fukuoka, Japan.
Personal Life
Clarissa Punipun lives in Jakarta, Indonesia. She started cosplaying in 2006. Her interest in cosplay began because she loves anime, manga, and games. Punipun enjoys playing music and photography. She can play various musical instruments such as the piano, drums, guitar, bass, and cello. Clarissa Punipun is of Indonesian, Chinese, Japanese, and Malay descent. She is the eldest of three siblings.As a child, Punipun was interested in becoming a scientist and doctor. As time went by, she was interested in IT. Punipun decided to continue her studies in IT by studying at the University of Nottingham majoring in Software Engineering and at BINUS University majoring in computer science. She graduated in four years, then worked in IT at a company for five years, before deciding to pursue a career as a professional cosplayer and entrepreneur. Throughout her career, Punipun has been a judge and guest cosplayer at more than 100 cosplay events both domestically and internationally. Her achievements have earned her the title of Brand Ambassador for GeekFam, ASUS Republic of Gamers, Lugiami, and Dunia Games.
Punipun is also famous for her expertise in reading a person's character through their face, a practice known as physiognomy. She can see a person's character, past, future, and old age just by looking at their face.