Hello everyone! I’m Saori from Kawaii Republic!

This time! We’re featuring a character garnering attention in Japan! With its graduation set for 2026, fans who mourn its departure are checking out the merchandise released so far! It’s merchandise of that penguin you might have seen before!

When people come to Eastern Japan, mainly Tokyo, and purchase a transportation IC card, they are issued a card called Suica with this kind of penguin on it. The graduation of the penguin pictured here was recently announced, and merchandise released so far is being re-examined by fans!

By the way, this penguin doesn't have a name. The reason is that this penguin is the alter ego of the IC card everyone holds! Perhaps someone has named the penguin on their IC card “Pen-Pen,”} or perhaps they've given it a different name. The wonderful sentiment is that they want you to give it your own unique and lovely name and go on many outings together! Since such a lovely thought is included, it has many fans, and there are many people who regret this graduation!

The merchandise for this penguin, being the mascot of a transportation IC card, is actually characterized by having a huge number of region-limited and season-limited items! For those of you who have seen this penguin in Japan, please be sure to check out what kind of merchandise is available!