Kigurumi
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Kigurumi is the Japanese name for costumed animal characters. The name comes from the Japanese term (着る - kiru: to wear) and (縫いぐるみ - nuigurumi: a stuffed toy animal). These suited performers are sometimes found at shopping malls, theme parks, and booths at anime conventions. For example, Disneyland costumed characters such as Mickey Mouse would be referred to as Kigurumi by the Japanese. Sometimes these characters are to entertain children, sometimes as promotional tactics to grab attention from adults on busy city streets.
A subdivision of Kigurumi is a form of masked cosplay, performed by hobbyists called dollers. Dollers wear Kigurumi based on characters from manga or video games for fun at cosplay events, often making their own elaborate suits by hand.