Artists Online Can't Get Enough of Black Leon Kennedy and Ada Wong

About

Black Leon Kennedy and Ada Wong Cosplays refers to fanart and discourse inspired by TikToker @mythix.v7's raceswapped cosplay of Leon Kennedy and TikToker @filthydinosaur's cosplay of Ada Wong, both characters from he video game franchise Resident Evil. In early November 2025, X user @maybemoodz reposted a clip from @mythix.v7's Leon Kennedy cosplay, calling him "Leon N. Kennedy" in a racially charged tweet. The tweet prompted a wave of posts in support of @mythix.v7 as well as fan art that used him as inspiration for artwork that depicts Leon Kennedy as darker-skinned.
The events also led to internet users finding Black TikToker @filthydinosaur's cosplay content as a dark-skinned Ada Wong from the same video game franchise. Artists then began posting fan art depicting both @Mythixv7 and @filthydinosaurs as Black Leon Kennedy and Black Ada Wong.

Origin

On October 13th, TikToker @mythix.v7 posted a video cosplaying as Leon Kennedy from the video game franchise Resident Evil, gathering over 300,000 views and 40,000 likes in a month.

On November 6th, 2025, X user @maybemoodz reposted a screenshot from TikToker @mythix.v7's Resident Evil cosplay, writing, "Leon N. Kennedy," and gathering an unknown number of likes before deleting the post. X user @whimsycal_ quoted the post on November 7th, writing, "the cosplay is so tea i almost liked a hate tweet," gathering over 200,000 likes in two days.

On November 7th, TikToker @mythix.v7 posted the Leon Kennedy cosplay on his new X account @Mythixv7, gathering over 2 million views and 160,000 likes in two days.

I see there’s people talking of my cosplay, here it is. pic.twitter.com/ezpEswrmoF

— Marc (@Mythixv7) November 7, 2025

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Several internet users posted fan art inspired by @mythix.v7's Leon Kennedy cosplay. On November 8th, 2025, X user @bubblypinkfreak posted fan art inspired by TikToker @mythix.v7's cosplay, depicting a race-swapped Black Leon Kennedy from the Resident Evil video game franchise. The post gathered over 60,000 likes in a day.

On November 8th, X user @zombiyh posted fan art inspired by @mythix.v7's Leon Kennedy cosplay as well, gathering over 80,000 likes on a post that read, "keep cosplaying bro ur perfect."

Also on November 8th, X user @Zeelieeee tweeted, "cosplayers are so cool man," alongside fan art featuring @mythix.v7's race-swapped Leon Kennedy cosplay. The post gathered over 13,000 likes in a day,

Black Ada Wong Cosplays

On November 8th, 2025, X user @dantmnation posted a video of TikToker @filthydinosaur's cosplay of another Resident Evil character, Ada Wong. The post gathered over 26,000 likes in a day.

thank god for listening to ur son….. https://t.co/AlIWfBi3FU pic.twitter.com/P3FM2gOTh7

— raph 🪶 (@dantmnation) November 8, 2025

On November 8th, X user @zombiyh posted fan art inspired by the aforementioned cosplay video, writing, "couldnt pass up on your ada cosplay too , you're so pretty," and gathering over 26,000 likes in a day.

On November 8th, X user @jill___ae posted cosplay artists @mythix.v7 and @JaharaJayde's Leon Kennedy and Ada Wong costumes, gathering over 19,000 likes in a day.

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