Jumball the Third, king of the watermelons, is the mascot of Nyuzen Town, Japan.

Hakken-kun, a dog with an exclamation nose, is the mascot for the Japanese publisher, Kadokawa Bunko.

Mannertee is a manatee who teaches driving manners in East Japan.

Nagamo, a young antelope with a stationmaster's cap, is the mascot for JR Nagano Railway Station

Oshu Taro, a laid-back alien, is the new mascot of Oshu City (home of Shohei Ohtani). He has an "O" for "Oshu"on his head and holds a locally produced iron kettle.

The mascots for Lipton tea in Japan are a pair of sloths named Norari and Kurari.

Kou-chan, an anglerfish in a bathrobe, is a mascot for Kita-Ibaraki City, Japan.

Icchy, the mascot of Tokai TV, is neither a bear nor a dog, but is "a fairy that came from a flower garden."

Baranyan, a ninja cat who is grumpy about having a ninja star stuck in his head, is the mascot of Koka City.

Nanbo-kun (a mascot from Minamiboso City, Japan) wants to be a diver, but hasn't learned to swim yet.

Suwanzo, an elephant whose cigarette trunk irritates a swan sitting on top of his head, is the anti-smoking mascot for Kanagawa, Japan.

Yakult`s mascot, Yakult-Man, is here to save everyone's stomach from bad bacteria.

Nyankichi, a cat with a snake on his head, is the mascot for the village of Sekikawa, in Niigata, Japan. The village is known for making straw cat beds and for its record-breaking 83-meter-long straw snake.

Kamudofuhan, a trainee geisha duck whose body has turned into tofu after eating too much of it, is the mascot of Kyoto Youth Conference Center.

Vic, an egret fairy who is shaped like a volleyball and has an intense stare, is the mascot for the volleyball team, Victorina Himeji.

Nagoya City's Ebizabeth is a walking castle with a fried shrimp and a golden killer whale on top.

Nukunuku-san, a cat who enjoys bathing in hot springs, is the mascot of Manyo Club, a hot springs hotel in Yokohama City.

The new mascot for Sakai City (in Fukui, Japan) is a detective Pomeranian named Sakai Hoyamaru. He has a local cliff on his hat.

Zubokingu, a big-mouthed, egg-shaped orange king, is a mascot who promotes adult food education in Japan.

RIP to Dragonball creator Akira Toriyama. He also created Usama and Wuchu, characters for a rural conservation NPO.

Nekomatsu, a blue-eyed cat with a chestnut ear and a pine tree on its forehead, is the mascot of Nishogakusha University.

Tomachu the tomato fairy is a mascot from Chuo City, Japan.

Gyoranyan (the mascot of Gyoran-zaka Shopping Street, Tokyo) is a different type of catfish-a cat who tried to eat a fish but got eaten by the fish instead.

Drakiryu, a flashy vampire in a top hat, is the mascot of Kiryu Motorboat Field in Japan.