Kapibara-san, Capybara plush toys from Japan

Japan is increasingly obsessed with capybaras, the best rodent and very likely the best animal of all time. Accordingly, there's a plush toy craze to go with it: behold Kapibara-san.

No animal is complete without its own cute character in Japanand capybaras have Kapibara-san (link in Japanese). By one estimate, over 5,000 items (link in Japanese) now bear the face of the character, which was launched in 2005. According to Kapibara-sans owner, toy giant Bandai, capybaras are known for their happy, natural, and easygoing lifestyle and loved for their healing effect on humans.

The photo above was posted by Tryworks. Kapibara-San are available on Amazon, but eBay has better deals.

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— (@FROM_TRYWORKS) April 7, 2017

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— (@kazamarii) April 7, 2017

If you like flying capybaras, youll love capybaras taking a yuzu hot bath. (Very popular in Japan.) pic.twitter.com/lu0Mtn5TZL

— Hirondelle (@realHirondelle) February 24, 2020

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