More than 2,000 residents of Japan submitted ideas for the Summer Olympics mascot; primary school student ... Soohorang was a white tiger, Korea's guardian animal, per Olympics.com.

“The Phryges" will be the official Olympic mascots for the 2024 Paris Games, three years after Miraitowa represented Tokyo and Japan in the ... is “a party animal, spontaneous and a bit ...

The mascot has official names in Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean. Its Chinese name is pronounced “xiong-ben-xiong,” meaning “Kumamoto bear.” ...