About NaynayCatt

The video that changed everything was thirteen seconds. Nico Yazawa — the tiny, fiercely competitive idol from Love Live! — lip-syncing to ‘Mia Khalifa’ by iLOVEFRIDAY. Posted in October 2018. Shared by PewDiePie in a meme review. Documented on Know Your Meme. Seen by millions of people who had never heard of Love Live! or cosplay, and millions more who had.

What the meme didn’t tell you: Katherine had been cosplaying since 2013. She joined Twitter in October 2014. She uploaded her first TikTok in March 2018 — seven months before the video that made her famous. By the time that clip hit PewDiePie’s audience, she had already been building for five years.

Born January 1, 1999, in the United States, she codes herself as ‘Kat’ online and has spent the years since 2018 doing exactly what serious cosplayers do: keep going. Himiko Toga from My Hero Academia, Kanna Kamui from Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid, Rin Kagamine from Vocaloid, Raphtalia from The Rising of the Shield Hero at Katsucon 2024 — each one shows a cosplayer who cares about the source material, not just the cultural moment.

She started streaming on Twitch in May 2020, built to 27,000+ followers, and added variety gaming to her profile: Minecraft, Genshin Impact, Animal Crossing, VRChat, League of Legends. TikTok grew to 1.5 million followers with 22 million+ likes. Instagram hit 400,000+. In early 2024 she shifted focus toward rave culture and electronic music events — not a retirement, a pivot.

The ‘Hit or Miss’ girl is a designation the internet assigned. The cosplayer who’s been at it since 2013 is the real story.

What NaynayCatt Is Known For

• ⭐ The ‘Hit or Miss’ TikTok (October 2018) — featured by PewDiePie, documented on Know Your Meme
• 🎯 One of TikTok’s earliest viral cosplay trendsetters — before the platform went mainstream in the West
• 💡 1.5M TikTok followers, 22M+ likes (@nyannyancosplay)
• 🏆 Cosplaying since 2013 — 5 years before the viral moment
• 📸 Twitch Partner with 27K+ followers, streaming since May 2020

Signature Costumes: Nico Yazawa idol outfit (Love Live!) — the viral ‘Hit or Miss’ cosplay, Himiko Toga school uniform + blonde bun (My Hero Academia), Raphtalia tanuki ears + warrior outfit (Shield Hero)

Characters Cosplayed

NaynayCatt is known for bringing the following characters to life through cosplay:

• Nico Yazawa (Love Live! School Idol Project)
• Himiko Toga (My Hero Academia)
• Kanna Kamui (Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid)
• Rin Kagamine (Vocaloid)
• Raphtalia (The Rising of the Shield Hero)
• Kim Possible

Fandoms

NaynayCatt creates content from these popular franchises:

Achievements & Awards

• ⭐ 1,500,000+ TikTok followers (@nyannyancosplay)
• 🎯 400,000+ Instagram followers (@nyannyancosplay)
• 💡 27,000+ Twitch followers (Twitch Partner)
• 🏆 PewDiePie meme review feature (2018)
• 📸 Documented on Know Your Meme as notable internet personality
• 🎮 Cosplay career since 2013 — over 10 years active