Funassyi

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Funassyi (pronounced Funasshi) is an unofficial mascot of Funabashi City, Japan.[1] He is a rock-star in a pear costume.[1] Funassyi's main purpose is to promote Funabashi City. He is a singer, dancer, and a talking pear.[2] He was a mascot which a Funabashi resident started. Now Funassyi is a famous yuru-chara (a category of mascot characters) of Japan. However, Funabashi City has not yet approved him as an official mascot.

Features[change | change source]

He talks in high-pitched falsetto voice.[3] He shouts "Nasshi" at the end of his sentences.[4] He often says "Hyahha-" in a strange voice.

Funassyi's resume[change | change source]

  • 2011.11 Started sending messages on twitter.
  • 2012.6 First join a event.
  • 2012.11 Ranked very low in Yuru-chara grand prix 2012.
  • 2013.2 Appeared in commercial with other characters. Appeared on TV and became famous.
  • 2013.7 Debuted as a voice actor in animation of "Nyuru Nyuru!! KAKUSEN-kun". A documentary about Fyunassyi,"Funanomics" came out on DVD.
  • 2013.8 Won the national contest of regional character 2013.
  • 2013.11 "Funa Funa Funassyi" came out on CD.

Reference[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Will Ripley; Edmund S. Henry (10 June 2014). "How a hyperactive, dancing, talking pear became a Japanese obsession". CNN. Retrieved 31 December 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. MATT FROM FOX43 (11 June 2014). "Funassyi: How a hyperactive, dancing, talking pear became a Japanese obsession". WPMT, a Tribune Broadcasting Station. Retrieved 31 December 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. "Japanese mascot 'Funassyi' to appear at comic festival". The China Post. 31 January 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  4. "Yuru Chara of Funabashi, Funassyi releasing catalogue magazine "Funassyi Lalalala"". WAHU times. 29 April 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.