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Fujikichi, a bird dressed up as a different bird, is the mascot for Japan’s Fuji WiFi.
An old multi-instrumentalist bird named Jazzkichi-kun is the mascot for Japan’s Jazz Promotion Associaton.
Renko-chan the lotus fairy is the sewer mascot of Kashiwa city, Japan. She rides the sewage on a leaf, and likes drinking treated wastewater.
Michael, a sumo wrestling grain of rice, is a mascot from Nakadomari, a town in Aomori, Japan.
Neera, a frog from outer space with magical powers to make your dreams come true, is the mascot of Nirasaki City, Japan.
The Tokyo Olympic mascot, Miraitowa, and Paralympic mascot, Someity, appear to have merged into one character, Miraity.
Hashibou, a kappa (water imp) who wears a persimmon as a Beatles-style haircut, is the mascot of Hashimoto City, Japan.
Topasu, an octopus with a snorkel, is a mascot from Hakodate, Japan.
Tokimekirin, a jolly pink giraffe who loves K-pop, is the mascot for Japan’s Korean entertainment channel, KNTV.
Kinopy, a mascot from the forests of Wakayama, Japan, was born when the mountain god breathed a soul into a tree seedling.