Funassyi

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

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.

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.

↑ ^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)
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↑ "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.
↑ "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.