• Yuru-chara (Japanese: ゆるキャラ, Hepburn: yuru kyara) is a Japanese term for a category of mascot characters; usually created to promote a place or region...
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    Mascot (section Yuru-chara)
    municipalities have mascots, which are known as Yuru-chara (Japanese: ゆるキャラ Hepburn: yuru kyara). Yuru-chara is also used to refer to mascots created by businesses...
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  • Gunma-chan (ぐんまちゃん, formerly known as Yūma-chan/ゆうまちゃん) is the fictional yuru-chara mascot of Gunma Prefecture. There are two official versions of the character...
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    prefecture from Hiroshima and Chiba prefectures. Voting for the 2012 Yuru-chara Grand Prix opened on 15 September 2012, with Choruru making his first...
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    was voted top in a nationwide survey of mascots, collectively known as yuru-chara, garnering over 280,000 votes. Following his success in the contest, Kumamoto...
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    Myakumyaku), officially stylized in all caps as MYAKU-MYAKU, is the mascot and yuru-chara representing Expo 2025, an upcoming world's fair scheduled to be held...
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    Sento-kun (せんとくん) is a yuru-chara mascot created by Nara City Office to commemorate the 1300th anniversary of Nara Heijō-kyō, the ancient capital of Japan...
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    Hikonyan won first place in the Yuru-chara Grand Prix competition against 168 other mascots, collectively known as yuru-chara (ゆるキャラ). Kumamon Funassyi Choruru...
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  • Marimokkori (まりもっこり) is the yuru-chara mascot of Hokkaidō, Japan. The name "Marimokkori" is a portmanteau of marimo, green algae clusters that grow in...
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  • Mayumaro (まゆまろ) is a yuru-chara mascot in Japan. He is the public relations officer for Kyoto. His work is to promote Kyoto. His motif is a silkworm cocoon...
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    cities, regions, and companies all have mascots, collectively known as yuru-chara. Two of the most popular are Kumamon (a bear who represents Kumamoto Prefecture)...
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    cities and cultural institutions, have cute mascot characters known as yuru-chara to promote tourism. Kumamon, the Kumamoto Prefecture mascot, and Hikonyan...
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    product that it hosts the "Kanpyō Highway with History and Romance". The yuru-chara for Oyama, Tochigi is Kapyomaru (かぴょ丸), an anthropomorphized calabash...
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    and seafood products). Sankebetsu brown bear incident "くまだ とまお (北海道)". Yuru-Chara Grand Prix. Media related to Tomamae, Hokkaidō at Wikimedia Commons Official...
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    resembles a healthy child and a sun. He has 200 times of energy. "キャベッチくん". Yuru-chara Grand Prix. Media related to Nanporo, Hokkaidō at Wikimedia Commons Official...
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    Shinjo-kun competed and won Japan's annual competition for local mascots, the Yuru-chara Grand Prix, beating out 1,400 other mascot entrants. In 2016, Susaki named...
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    Retrieved February 18, 2022. "まる太くん班 成果報告" (PDF). Tsubetsu. "まる太くん (北海道)". Yuru-Chara Grand Prix. Media related to Tsubetsu, Hokkaidō at Wikimedia Commons Official...
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    agriculture, cultivation of rice, kanpyō and sericulture are important. The yuru-chara for Oyama is Kapyomaru (かぴょ丸, an anthropomorphized calabash of the type...
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    2022. 気象庁 / 平年値(年・月ごとの値). JMA. Retrieved March 3, 2022. "つるぼー (北海道)". Yuru-Chara Grand Prix. "つるぼーのプロフィール(鶴居村)". Kawaii Hokkaido. Media related to Tsurui...
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    the years, ranging from "274 yen per hour" to "1000 pears per hour". Yuru-chara Kumamon Hikonyan Choruru Kigurumi "千葉県のご当地キャラクター ~チーバくんとお友達を紹介します!~ >:ちばの観光...
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    of our citizens." "江別市のえべチュン". Hokkaido Fan Magazine. "えべチュン (北海道)". Yuru-Chara Grand Prix. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ebetsu, Hokkaido. Official...
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  • 浩一, Sakamoto Kōichi, 5) Himself: Nobuo Tanaka (田中 信夫, Tanaka Nobuo, 6) Yuru-Chara Jigen (Voice), Herself: Haruko Momoi (6, 10) Hadezukin (Voice): Nao Nagasawa...
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    Museum Takinomiya Jinja Fukka-chan (ふっかちゃん) is the city’s local character (Yuru-chara), as well as a mascot. It was created on June 28, 2010. It is said to...
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    Retrieved 2020-03-02. "りんぞうくん(稚内市キャラクターデザイン)の使用について". Wakkanai. "出汁之介 (北海道)". Yuru-Chara Grand Prix. Wakkanai travel guide from Wikivoyage Media related to Wakkanai...
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    気象庁 / 平年値(年・月ごとの値). JMA. Retrieved February 21, 2022. "てしお仮面 (北海道)". Yuru-Chara Grand Prix. Media related to Teshio, Hokkaidō at Wikimedia Commons Official...
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    center. Agricultural produce includes rice and apples. Kuroishi has a yuru-chara known as Nyango Star. Kuroishi has four public elementary schools and...
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    Meteorological Agency. Retrieved 20 March 2010. "しむかっぴー". Utashinai. "しむかっぴー". Yuru-chara Grand Prix. Media related to Shimukappu, Hokkaidō at Wikimedia Commons...
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    Information Center". www.japan.travel. Retrieved 2022-07-01. "きよっぴ (北海道)". Yuru-Chara Grand Prix. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kiyosato, Hokkaido...
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  • robot girl fetish, Yuru-Chara Jigen overpowers the Akibarangers until Super Akiba Red puts on a blindfold before killing her. Yuru-Chara Jigen is voiced...
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  • Ultraman/Ultraseven, Toho Tokusatsu films), toys, characters (Hello Kitty, Yuru-chara yurui characters), historical photography (Hiroshima bombing), and Japanese...
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