Tokyo Olympics 2020 Mascot Name, Wiki, Wallpapers

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics is scheduled to begin from 24^th July 2020 and the most fascinating element of the Olympics is the Mascot. Unlike every Olympics, folks from all across the world are curious to reveal the Olympics Mascots. This time too, the Hosting country Japan has focused on presenting a unique Olympic Mascot for the Upcoming Tokyo Olympics 2020. So here we have illustrated detailed information about the Tokyo Summer 2020 Olympics  Mascot.

What is Mascot?

To define Mascot in simple words, it is an object, person or animal that represents the people, values, and culture. So here Mascot personifies an image that showcases the value and culture of a brand, bonding the close relationship among the people. For any organization, it is a symbol of good luck and thus event organizer emphasizes mostly on its design and branding of the character.

Mascots hold significant importance in the world of sports, where the country hosting a particular big sporting event represents a Mascot that resembles the nation’s culture and identity. Big events like Summer and Winter Olympics prominently display Mascot depicting fictional characters of the hosting country.

Today commercial enterprises used Mascot as a character to promote and symbolize their brand value among the customers.

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Tokyo Summer Olympics 2020 Mascot Name

In a ceremony held in 2018, Tokyo Summer Olympics 2020 organizing committee revealed their official  Mascot Name. This year’s Tokyo Summer Olympics 2020 Mascot Names are Miraitowa and Someity. These two names exhibit Japanese Culture, tradition, innovation and the spirit of the Olympic and Paralympics games. Olympics Mascot was chosen in a unique way on the basis of the children’s vote. Over 16,769 Japanese Elementary school students both from locals and abroad participated in the Mascot voting process, and on 28^th May 2018, the winning pair was shortlisted as Miraitowa and Someity.

Japanese artist Ryo Taniguchi designed the shortlisted Miraitowa and Someity Mascot.

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Summer Olympics 2020 Mascot Wiki

Japan is known for its love for Mascots, and as the country is hosting the 2020 Olympic event, organizers paid more attention to unleash unique Moscot creatures. This year’s Summer Olympics 2020 Mascot has interesting, fascinating and conflicting characteristics all set to allure the attendees as well as participants. Mascot Miraitowa is inspired by the Japanese proverb “ learn from the past and develop new ideas”. It resembles the Japanese word “Mirai”, that means “future” and “towa” meaning “eternity”.

Another Mascot Someity holds a significant meaning from the phrase “so mighty”, derived from the name “Someiyoshino”. The name reflects the enormous mental and physical strength that will boost confidence among the Paralympic athletes. It will help them to perform outstandingly by conquering obstacles and hurdles in the coming sporting event.

These mascots are expected to be the revenue source to finance the 2020 Tokyo Games. Revenue of around $ 130 million is expected to generate from licensing and merchandising the Mascot at the Tokyo Summer Olympics.

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Olympics Mascot “Miraitowa” Wallpapers for Desktop, Mobile

The Olympics is a moment of celebration for each one of us. It brings sheer enthusiasm and joy to cheer one country and support fellow athletes to perform competently. Olympic Wallpapers are one of the unique ways to express one’s feelings, thereby displaying stylized and colorful Olympics Wallpapers on Desktop and Mobile. So here we have sorted exclusive, yet inspiring designed Wallpapers to set on your Desktop and Mobile as Olympic Wallpapers.