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Hikonyan (ひこにゃん) is a mascot created by the city government of Hikone, Japan. He was created in 2007 to mark the 400th anniversary of the founding of Hikone Castle. The character design is derived from a legend concerning Ii Naotaka, the 3rd Lord of Hikone. The daimyō was beckoned by a white cat to seek shelter from a storm in a temple, and thus saved from a lightning strike. In Japanese, "nyan" is an onomatopoeia for a cat's meow. Hikonyan's samurai helmet is based on a Ii family helmet currently in the Hikone Castle museum. Hikonyan's popularity increased tourist visitation of Hikone by over 200,000 annually. The estimate of Hikonyan's effect on the tourist industry is 17.4 billion yen (approximately US$218 million) and the overall economic effects total 33.8 billion yen (US$425 million)

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  • Hikonyan (en)
  • ひこにゃん (ja)
  • 彥根喵 (zh)
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  • ひこにゃんは、平成時代の日本のマスコットキャラクターの一つ。滋賀県彦根市のキャラクター。愛称は1,167点の一般公募から選定された。 江戸時代に同地にあった彦根藩の2代目藩主・井伊直孝に縁（ゆかり）ある1匹の白猫をモデルとしている。造形的には戦国武士の兜をかぶり、おおよそ3等身で直立二足歩行をする、猫をデフォルメしたキャラクターである。なお、兜は井伊の赤備えとして有名な井伊家の伝来品をモデルとしている。その兜の様式（天衝）は城主のものと同じである。 2007年（平成19年）に築城400年を迎えた彦根城の記念イベント「国宝・彦根城築城400年祭」のイメージキャラクターとして登場し、全国規模で人気を博した。彦根城のマスコットとしての存続を願う多くの声を受け、イベント終了後も引き続き役割を担うこととなった。 (ja)
  • 彥根喵（日语：ひこにゃん，英語：Hikoniyan），又稱彥喵，是日本滋賀縣彥根城為紀念築城四百年而創造出來的地區吉祥物 。 (zh)
  • Hikonyan (ひこにゃん) is a mascot created by the city government of Hikone, Japan. He was created in 2007 to mark the 400th anniversary of the founding of Hikone Castle. The character design is derived from a legend concerning Ii Naotaka, the 3rd Lord of Hikone. The daimyō was beckoned by a white cat to seek shelter from a storm in a temple, and thus saved from a lightning strike. In Japanese, "nyan" is an onomatopoeia for a cat's meow. Hikonyan's samurai helmet is based on a Ii family helmet currently in the Hikone Castle museum. Hikonyan's popularity increased tourist visitation of Hikone by over 200,000 annually. The estimate of Hikonyan's effect on the tourist industry is 17.4 billion yen (approximately US$218 million) and the overall economic effects total 33.8 billion yen (US$425 million) (en)
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  • Hikonyan (ひこにゃん) is a mascot created by the city government of Hikone, Japan. He was created in 2007 to mark the 400th anniversary of the founding of Hikone Castle. The character design is derived from a legend concerning Ii Naotaka, the 3rd Lord of Hikone. The daimyō was beckoned by a white cat to seek shelter from a storm in a temple, and thus saved from a lightning strike. In Japanese, "nyan" is an onomatopoeia for a cat's meow. Hikonyan's samurai helmet is based on a Ii family helmet currently in the Hikone Castle museum. Hikonyan's popularity increased tourist visitation of Hikone by over 200,000 annually. The estimate of Hikonyan's effect on the tourist industry is 17.4 billion yen (approximately US$218 million) and the overall economic effects total 33.8 billion yen (US$425 million). Total merchandise sales reached about 1.7 billion yen (US$21 million) as of 2008. In 2010, Hikonyan won first place in the open vote competition of other mascots, collectively known as Yuru-chara (ゆるキャラ). (en)
  • ひこにゃんは、平成時代の日本のマスコットキャラクターの一つ。滋賀県彦根市のキャラクター。愛称は1,167点の一般公募から選定された。 江戸時代に同地にあった彦根藩の2代目藩主・井伊直孝に縁（ゆかり）ある1匹の白猫をモデルとしている。造形的には戦国武士の兜をかぶり、おおよそ3等身で直立二足歩行をする、猫をデフォルメしたキャラクターである。なお、兜は井伊の赤備えとして有名な井伊家の伝来品をモデルとしている。その兜の様式（天衝）は城主のものと同じである。 2007年（平成19年）に築城400年を迎えた彦根城の記念イベント「国宝・彦根城築城400年祭」のイメージキャラクターとして登場し、全国規模で人気を博した。彦根城のマスコットとしての存続を願う多くの声を受け、イベント終了後も引き続き役割を担うこととなった。 (ja)
  • 彥根喵（日语：ひこにゃん，英語：Hikoniyan），又稱彥喵，是日本滋賀縣彥根城為紀念築城四百年而創造出來的地區吉祥物 。 (zh)
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