Riki LeCotey

{{Short description|Canadian cosplayer, model and costume designer}}

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| name = Riki LeCotey

| image = Geek Fashion Show 2013 - Castle Corsetry - Riddle (8845440176).jpg

| caption = LeCotey as Harley Quinn at the Geek Fashion Show 2013

| birth_date = October 27

| birth_place = Canada

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| other_names = Riddle, Riki

| nationality = Canadian

| citizenship = Canadian

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| occupation = Cosplayer, model, costume designer

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| height = 5 ft 1 in

| hair_color = Brown

| eye_color = Brown

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Riki LeCotey, also known as Riddle, is a Canadian cosplayer, model and costume designer based in the United States.{{cite web |url=http://www.fantasycon.com/riddle.html |title=Riddle |publisher=Fantasycon.com |date=2014-01-03 |accessdate=2015-05-04 |archive-date=2016-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514023813/http://www.fantasycon.com/riddle.html |url-status=dead }} She is regarded by some as one of the top cosplayers in North America{{cite web|url=http://floridasupercon.com/?attachment_id=753 |title=Riddle |publisher=Floridasupercon.com |date= |accessdate=2015-05-04}} or even in the world.{{cite web|author= |url=http://kotaku.com/5945526/heres-some-of-the-worlds-best-cosplayers-live-and-in-person/ |title=Here's Some of the World's Best Cosplayers (Live and In Person!) |publisher=Kotaku.com |date= 22 September 2012|accessdate=2015-04-30}}

Career

LeCotey has been cosplaying for over a decade, and was a cosplay judge and special guest at many fan conventions in the US and around the world, including in Dubai, Ireland, Chile, and the UK.{{cite web|url=https://fancons.com/guests/bio/3314/riki-riddle-lecotey |title=Riki "Riddle" LeCotey - FanCons.com |publisher=FanCons.com |date= |accessdate=2018-06-24}} She was a main cast member on both seasons of Syfy channel reality show Heroes of Cosplay in 2013–2014.{{cite web |last=Cardenas |first=Richard |url=http://www.popcults.com/meet-the-cast-syfys-heroes-of-cosplay-riki-lecotey/ |title=Meet the Cast: SyFy's Heroes of Cosplay – Riki LeCotey |publisher=Popcults.com |date=2013-08-06 |accessdate=2015-04-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415080959/http://www.popcults.com/meet-the-cast-syfys-heroes-of-cosplay-riki-lecotey/ |archivedate=2015-04-15 }} She has worked as a specialty costumer on movies such as X-Men: First Class and Captain America: Civil War ,{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4143805|title=Riki LeCotey|publisher=IMDb.com|accessdate=2015-04-30}} and was featured in PBA's 2012 documentary Cosplay: Crafting a Secret Identity.{{cite web|url=http://www.legendariummedia.com/2013/07/11/cosplay-crafting-a-secret-identity-on-pba-july-28-30/ |title="Cosplay! Crafting a Secret Identity" on PBA July 28 & 30 |publisher=LegendariumMedia.com |date=2013-07-11|accessdate=2015-03-04}}{{cite web|url=http://geeksandgoddesses.com/post/58148602223/watch-cosplay-crafting-a-secret-identity |title=Watch Cosplay! Crafting a Secret Identity by Jack Walsh |publisher=GeeksandGoddesses.com |date= |accessdate=2015-03-04}} She is also the creator of a charity group, Cosplay for a Cause, whose first project raised over $30,000 for the Japanese Red Cross after the 2011 tsunami.{{cite web|author=Kathie Huddleston |url=http://www.blastr.com/2013-8-12/black-cat-huntress-41-pics-cosplayer-riki-lecotey |title=From Black Cat to Huntress: 41 pics of cosplayer Riki LeCotey |publisher=Blastr.com |date=2013-08-12 |accessdate=2015-04-30}}