Miraitowa and Someity

Miraitowa () is the official mascot of the 2020 Summer Olympics, and Someity () is the official mascot of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. The events were held in Tokyo, Japan, in 2021. The Games kept the name "Tokyo 2020" for marketing and branding purposes despite being held in 2021.}} The checkered design on both mascots was inspired by the ''ichimatsu moyo'' pattern of the Tokyo 2020 official logo, while Someity's pink design was inspired by cherry blossoms. Both fictional characters have various superpowers, such as teleportation.

Created by Japanese artist Ryo Taniguchi, the mascots were selected from a competitive process that took place in late 2017 and early 2018. A total of 2,042 candidate designs were submitted to the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, which then selected three pairs of unnamed mascot designs from the batch to present to Japanese elementary school students for the final decision. The results of the selection were announced on 28 February 2018, and the mascots were named on 22 July 2018. Miraitowa is named after the Japanese words for and , and Someity is named after ''someiyoshino'' (ソメイヨシノ), a type of cherry blossom. Someity's name also echoes the English phrase "so mighty". The mascots helped finance the Tokyo Games through merchandising and licensing deals. Provided by Wikipedia