The name of Inagi City image character has been decided.

Kunio Okawara, an Inagi resident who is famous for his mechanical designs for Gundam and Yatter-One, and multi-creator Jet Inoue have created an image character for Inagi City with the Inagi pear as a motif. .
The name of this image character was decided upon through a public call for people who live, work, or attend school in the city, and was selected by Kunio Okawara and Jet Inoue.
　

Inagi Nashinosuke

Application period

From November 1, 2011 to November 21

Qualification requirements

Those who live, work, or attend school in the city

Number of applications

1,864 cases

In selection, we had Mr. Kunio Okawara, Mr. Jet Inoue cooperate and city decided.

Reason for selection

I chose an easy-to-understand and friendly name with the image of a cheerful boy.

those who have been hired

Koudai Ando, Towa Igawa, Kazuyasu Ikeda, Aoi Isogai, Akimi Nishida, Keiko Noda, Tatsuo Yoshida (in alphabetical order)

Other entries

In addition to the names we decided on, we received many applications for names.
Thank you very much for your application.

Announcement of name

The name was announced at the "Yanoguchi Ekimae Kirakira Festa 2011" held on December 17, 2011, during the unveiling ceremony of the clock tower, the image character of Inagi City. The clock tower was donated by Soroptimist International Inagi.
Other activities on the day included the lighting of candles made by local children, as well as performances of musical performances and songs.