The mascot for the UK Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka is PIX, a shape-shifting character designed to represent the building blocks of innovation and creativity. Inspired by digital pixels and physical toy blocks, PIX changes into various forms—such as teapots or rockets—to symbolize how ideas come together.
The official character of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan is MYAKU-MYAKU, a mysterious creature born from the fusion of cells and water. The name comes from the Japanese word myaku-myaku, which means something that is passed down from generation to generation—like human DNA, knowledge, technology, history, and culture.
The Wildcat mascot originated during the 1976-77 academic year at UK. Gary Tanner was the original Wildcat, dancing and entertaining thousands of UK fans at Commonwealth Stadium and Rupp Arena during athletics events.
Speaking at the International Participants Meeting of Expo 2025, Osaka, in Himeji today (16 January), the UK's Commissioner General for Expo 2025, Carolyn Davidson, unveiled PIX as the UK's mascot for Expo 2025.
Europa takes her name from a princess in Greek mythology who gave her name to the continent of Europe, her colours from the EU flag, and her style cues from Japan.
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What flag is 🇪🇺?
That is the flag of the European Union (EU), symbolized by 🇪🇺, featuring a circle of 12 gold stars on a blue background, representing unity, solidarity, and harmony among the peoples of Europe, not the number of member countries, according to Emojipedia and the European Union.
Youppi!, the Expos' mascot since 1979, was left without a family when the baseball club headed south of the border to Washington following the 2004 season. Having grown up in Quebec, Youppi! chose to stay home, a place where he'd made thousands of friends both young and old for over 30 years.
Wenlock and Mandeville were the mascots for the London 2012 Olympics, named after locations significant to the games' history: Wenlock from Much Wenlock, which inspired the modern Olympics, and Mandeville from Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics, with their designs based on steel droplets from the Olympic Stadium. They represent the Olympic (Wenlock) and Paralympic (Mandeville) spirit, featuring camera eyes and taxi lights, symbolizing technology, diversity, and the spirit of competition and inclusion.
Myaku-Myaku. Myaku-Myaku (ミャクミャク, Myakumyaku), officially stylized in all caps as MYAKU-MYAKU, is the mascot and yuru-chara representing Expo 2025, a world's fair held between April 13 and October 13, 2025, in Osaka, Japan.
Haibao (simplified Chinese: 海宝; traditional Chinese: 海寶), meaning "jewel of the sea", is the mascot of Expo 2010, which was held in the city of Shanghai, China from May 1 to October 31, 2010.
The Wildcat mascot originated during the 1976-77 academic year at UK. Gary Tanner was the original Wildcat, dancing and entertaining thousands of UK fans at Commonwealth Stadium and Rupp Arena during athletics events.
1. Mickey Mouse – The Timeless Icon. Mickey Mouse, created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, made his debut in 1928 and quickly became a global symbol of joy, laughter, and imagination.
Walking around Shinsekai and other parts of Osaka, you'll regularly see a curious character called Billiken, Osaka's golden mascot. The Billiken Statues will often have shiny feet – this is from all the locals and tourists rubbing his toes to bring them good luck.
Despite the claims of the company managing Chiitan that it produced only "healthy" content that was neither prejudicial nor malicious, others suggested that the "anarchic" nature of the mascot's videos was what led to its Twitter accounts' suspension.
We are proud to introduce Europa, the official mascot of the European Union at Expo 2025 Osaka. Europa embodies the EU's spirit, values, and vision for the future—a symbol of unity, freedoms, creativity, and sustainability.
The UK mascot for the Expo 2025 Osaka, which is named PIX and can be transformed into various shapes. Named PIX, in reference to pixels, the mascot was presented in different shapes including a aeroplane, film camera, sheep, submarine and even the Loch Ness monster.
While initially gender neutral, some official notes cite the two protagonist Phryges, Oly and Para, are likely the equivalent of sisters. But hey, any name you give to a Phryge works fine!
Wenlock and Mandeville. Wenlock is the official mascot for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and Mandeville is the official mascot for the 2012 Summer Paralympics, both held in London, England, United Kingdom. Named after Much Wenlock and Stoke Mandeville, they were created by Iris, a London-based creative agency.
Tina and Milo are the official mascots of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Winter Paralympic Games. They are two anthropomorphic stoats (Mustela erminea, also called "European ermine").
The logo featured a stylized “M” for Montreal, a red swirling shape forming the letter “E” for Expos, and a shaded part in blue that formed the letter “B” for Baseball. Putting it all together it symbolizes three letters, “M.E.B.” for Montreal Expos Baseball.
On this day in 1989, Youppi! became the first mascot ever ejected from an MLB game after a complaint was filed by. His crime? Sleeping on the Dodgers' dugout.
