Mascots are big in Japan. So it should be no surprise that the J.League has some fantastic mascots of its own.
In 1992, when the J.League was born, there were ten teams and ten mascots. Today there are 55 mascots representing teams across three divisions.
And now there's even a mascot general election to decide which of the J.League's mascots is the best!
This video charts the rise of the J.League mascots, there place in the wonderful world of Japanese mascots, and how they came to take over the Japanese game.
To place your vote in the J.League Mascot General Election, there are three options.
The first is to download the official Club J.League app, sign up for a free account and then place your vote through the link.
The second is to retweet your favourite mascot through the official J.League Twitter account (in Japanese) - [ Ссылка ]
Or you can vote through the J.League's official Line account.
You can find more information here - [ Ссылка ]
Contents
0:00 - Intro
0:28 - Mascots in Japanese society
01:30 - The original ten mascots
04:58 - More teams, more mascots
08:04 - The J.League Mascot General Election
09:18 - Outro
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Photo credits
jpellgen, Flickr (Kumamon goods)
Martin Lewison, Flickr (Kumamon Greenland)
Dick Thomas Johnson, Flickr (Kumamon and Matt Damon)
othree, Flickr (Kumamon Square)
Kirk K via Flickr (Nagoya Castle photo)
sekido via Wikimedia Commons (kamatama udon photo)
open arms via Wikimedia Commons (Sanuki udon photo)
Images used under Creative Commons licence
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