Mascot School In Japan

Go behind scenes to meet some happy humans excitedly training to become mascots at mascot School in Japan!

In Japan, you don’t need to have a professional sports franchise, or a restaurant chain in order to need a mascot.  In Tokyo for instance, mascots are far more common and they are seen to have the ability to “communicate messages in a way people can not”. Mascots are big businesses that are sweeping the private sector.

Insider sat down to interview Choko Ohira the woman who runs The Mascot Actor’s School in Tokyo Japan.  Choko is operating one of the only mascot academies in the entire world!

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Swim over to learn about the art of sumo wrestling with The Island Of Sumo.

Or take a look at how mascots have evolved over the years with Mascots: Then & Now.