Clarissa Widjaya, also known as Punipun7, Punipun, or Clarissa Punipun (born October 7, 1992), 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 (SOZO) 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 claims to see a person's character, past, future, and old age just by looking at their face.
Biography
Brand Ambassador Year Event Role2017-presentASUS ROG IndonesiaBrand Amabssador2019-2021GeekFam ESport TeamBrand Ambassador2021-2021Lugiami SouthEast AsiaBrand Ambassador2021-presentDunia Games IndonesiaBrand Ambassador
IT Year Event Role2012Microsoft CHAMPS DreamsparkTraineeMicrosoft CHAMPS DreamsparkTrainer Hackathon 2012
Cosplay Year Event Role2012-presentAnime Festival AsiaTalent/Head Maid on AFA Cafe and Guest Star Cosplayer2013-presentOver 100 National and International EventsGuest Cosplayer/Judge Cosplayer2013Lawson Indonesia at Ennichisai Blok MOfficial Mascot Akikoloid-chan2015-presentre:ON ComicsOfficial Cosplayer as Oren2017Kurate Gakuen Fukuoka, JapanMOE Ambassador2019NHK Kawa.i International Japan Top 10 FinalistNHK Kawai.i International Japan #1 Runner up Viewers Choice2019Indonesia Game Awards#1 Most Favorite Cosplayer of the Year
Business Year Event Role2020-presentKopi Chuseyo Kota Wisata & HAKO StudioOwner
Discography
Single +TitleRole(s)YearLabel(s)"Secret Base (From Ano Hana)" (feat. KenForce Music) Vocalist2018Self-released single"Grand Escape (From Weathering with You 天気の子)" (feat. megu)Vocalist2020Self-released single"Uchiage Hanabi/Fireworks (From Fireworks)" (feat. Christian Bong & Franzeska Edelyn)Cellist2020Self-released single"Harvest Moon:Back to Nature Soundtrack (From Harvest Moon:Back to Nature)" (feat. Gema Show Indo, Balum, Tara Arts Game Indonesia)Cellist & Pianist2020Self-released single"Shirushi (From Sword Art Online II" (feat. Ferry Lie, Michael Nico, Albert Abraham)Vocalist2020
References
External links
Clarissa Punipun on X (formerly Twitter) Clarissa Punipun on TikTok Clarissa Punipun on YouTube