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Myakumyaku, the Osaka 2025 Expo's mysterious shape-shifting mascot, first appeared this year.
Morio-kun is a vampire bat who promotes paying taxes by direct debit in Chiba, Japan. (He uses direct debit because he's nocturnal and can't get to the bank in the daytime.)
Wallet-kun, a creature whose head is a mix of a coin purse and Mount Fuji, is the mascot for Shizuoka Bank.
A human/telephone named Teleco-chan was the mascot for the Japanese phone company NTT in the `70s.
Suwanyan is a cat who warns about secondhand smoke. His cousin, Black Suwanyan, teases him by saying he doesn't think secondhand smoke is a big deal.
Mayumaro, a 2,000-year-old silkworm cocoon, is the mascot of Kyoto.
Isewanko is a dog from Ise City, Japan, who wanders the land looking for sweet snacks.
In Japan, Pizza Hut has a mascot called Cheese-kun.
Nabemaru, whose cranium is a hot pot, is the mascot of Nanbu, a town in Aomori, Japan.
Kotochan, a dolphin who is often mistaken for a penguin, serves as both a mascot and a stationmaster for the Kotoden-Kotohira train line.
Tambaryuu No Chi-tan, a dinosaur whose stripes are layers of rock with fossils inside, is the mascot for Tamba City, Japan, where dinosaur bones were dug up.
Detective Koshotan, a goat who likes discovering secondhand books, is the mascot for the Osaka Old Book Association.
Bananan the traveling banana is the mascot for "Petit Banana" cake, a popular souvenir from Osaka. His hat is shaped like the cake.