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Nebaaru-kun

ねば～る君

Added to this catalog October 13, 2014

CHARACTER FACTS

Meet Nebaaru-kun

Nebaaru-kun is a mascot listed in our Japanese character catalog for Ibaraki.

Registered area: Ibaraki

From the recorded profile

This is a translation of the source description. Dates, affiliations and plans refer to the source’s publication context, not a guarantee of current activity.

An unofficial mascot of Ibaraki Prefecture, Nebaaru-kun is a natto fairy born from a soybean father and a natto-bacteria mother “to spread natto to people around the world.” He is apparently persistent and hard-working but easily discouraged, and is said to stretch when he is happy. He appears on television and at many events so that more people will come to like natto.

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English page updated: September 8, 2026. Source-check dates are shown separately.