On December 12, the results of the "Eating Character General Election: Eat or be eaten?

Congratulations to KIRIMI on her debut! (c) 2013 SANRIO CO.,LTD.
Congratulations to KIRIMI on her debut! (c) 2013 SANRIO CO.,LTD.

KIRIMI-chan is a character based on the motif of "fillets" such as salmon. She is "a partner with many friends at the dinner table, waiting for people to eat her delicious food. Perhaps because of the novelty of the idea, the character became a hot topic of conversation immediately after its appearance and remained at the top of the poll during the voting period. In the end, it won with 35,324 votes out of a total of 138,166 votes cast.

Due to the popularity of KIRIMI-chan, the release of the goods, originally scheduled for summer 2014, has been moved up, and they will be available at Sanrio directly-managed stores, Sanrio corners in department stores, Kiddy Land, etc. from February 2014.

In a close second was "Gudetama" (30,453 votes), featuring an egg motif, followed by "Kashiwanko Mochi" (10,312 votes) in third place.

Gudetama (left) and Kashiwanko Mochi (right) Hope to see you again somewhere (c)2013 SANRIO CO.,LTD.
Gudetama (left) and Kashiwanko Mochi (right) Hope to see you again somewhere (c)2013 SANRIO CO.,LTD.

The following items came in fourth place

No. 4: Three Mushrooms of the Forest
No. 5: Omupanda
No. 6: FujiPurin
No. 7: Nebanyan.
No.8: Tarako Seikatsu
No.9: Wintomo Paradise
No.10: Enoki Dakirin
No.11: Shokupanda
No.12: Mr. Negi the Windman
No.13: Kiriponta
No.14: Komezumaya Omusubi
No.15: SOYGEISHA Cold Yakko Dosu~
No.16: Mashuin Marsh no Maro
No.17: Beata-san
No.18: Alpaca Junk
No.19 Omusubi Wankoro
20th : Minna no Samuraisu

KIRIMI I am looking forward to seeing her future.