The mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games were named during a ceremony in the Japanese capital on Sunday.
The Olympic mascot, a blue-checked pointy-eared figure, was named as Miraitowa รขโฌโ combining the Japanese words รขโฌหmiraiรขโฌโข, meaning future, and รขโฌหtowaรขโฌโข, which means eternity.
The Paralympic counterpart, who is pink-checked and wears a cape, was named Someity after a variety of cherry blossom called Someiyoshino. Games organisers also said the name sounded similar to รขโฌลso mightyรขโฌย in English.
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