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Japan’s Baseball Mascots Overflow with Unique Charm

  • A gathering of mascots at the 2017 Pro Baseball All Star game. The Hanshin Tigers’s To Lucky (left) and Seibu’s Leo (third from left) are giving Nazo no Sakana (lower left) a walloping. In the center is Nippon Ham’s Brisky the Bear, and rightmost is Hiroshima Carp’s Slyly. Taken on July 15, 2017, at ZozoMarine Stadium. (© Jiji)

    A gathering of mascots at the 2017 Pro Baseball All Star game. The Hanshin Tigers’s To Lucky (left) and Seibu’s Leo (third from left) are giving Nazo no Sakana (lower left) a walloping. In the center is Nippon Ham’s Brisky the Bear, and rightmost is Hiroshima Carp’s Slyly. Taken on July 15, 2017, at ZozoMarine Stadium. (© Jiji)

  • The Buffalo Bell official photo book Beru ga ippai (Bunches of Bell) is now only available in a digital edition. (Courtesy PHP Institute)

    The Buffalo Bell official photo book Beru ga ippai (Bunches of Bell) is now only available in a digital edition. (Courtesy PHP Institute)

  • The Phillie Phanatic shows Ōtani Shōhei (then with the Los Angeles Angels) a picture it drew, trying to communicate with him before a major league game. Taken on August 29, 2023. at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (© Kyle Ross for USA Today Sports, via Reuters Connect)

    The Phillie Phanatic shows Ōtani Shōhei (then with the Los Angeles Angels) a picture it drew, trying to communicate with him before a major league game. Taken on August 29, 2023. at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (© Kyle Ross for USA Today Sports, via Reuters Connect)

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