Masyumaro

Masyumaro (マシュマロみたいなふわふわにゃんこ, Mashumaromitainafuwafuwanyanko) is a young cat character from Sanrio. The name translates from Japanese to English as "fluffy nyanko (little meow) like a marshmallow."

Masyumaro lives in an apartment in Paris. They can't speak any human language, but a mysterious language that everyone can still understand. They like to sing and play the piano and is practicing doing the two together. Everyone that hears their voice says that it makes them feel relieved. Their dream is to be a musical star who makes everyone happy.

They have two pouches on their belly to store marshmallows. These are not visible in every image of the character, but some show them and plushies of the character have them as well (including the plushies used in stop-motion promotional videos of the character). Their marshmallows are said to have mysterious powers.

Gender[]

Japanese sources seem to indicate Masyumaro is male, such as in promotional videos of the character where they say "boku wa marshmallow", Japanese fans referring to the character with the honorific "kun" and the character description on their page on the Sanrio site referring to them with male pronouns, but the English 2018 Sanrio Character Ranking description of them referred to them as female. This may or may not have been a translation error, but the aforementioned clues indicate it is possible.

Ranking in the Sanrio Character Ranking[]

In the 2013 Sanrio Character Ranking if they reached 15th place or higher, they would fill you all with marshmallows and happiness! However they failed to reach that rank.

2007: 8th place
2008-2009: Not in top 10
2010: Not in top 20
2011: 18th place
2012: 23rd place
2013: 37th place
2014: Not in top 20 (9th place in Group B)
2015: 40th place
2016: 44th place
2017: 41st place
2018: 52nd place
2019: 43rd place
2020: 42nd place
2021: 44th place
2022: 44th place
2023: 49th place
2024: 52nd place

Gallery[]

Video Game Stills[]

Sources[]

References[]

↑ Masyumaro mobile news on sanrio.co.jp via Archive.org
↑ Masyumaro animation on sanrio.co.jp via Archive.org

[1] Masyumaro mobile news on sanrio.co.jp via Archive.org

[2] Masyumaro animation on sanrio.co.jp via Archive.org

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