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.)
Blair, a snowman with an apple for a nose, is the mascot for basketball team the Shinshu Brave Warriors and describes himself as "depressed, embarrassed, and shameful."
Sumikko, a lump of burning charcoal, is the mascot of Sumita, a town in Japan. Sumikko is smoldering with hot passion and red-faced with burning shame.