Pokopon's Diary

Pokopon (ぽこぽん日記, Po ko pon Nikki) is a boy raccoon dog Sanrio character who was born in the village of Kachikachi but currently lives in the Tanukikoji Shopping Arcade where he's being trained to be the best possible boy he can be by his aunt.

Pokopon likes to read haiku and is very naïve and curious. He dislikes ghosts and the thunder god. When he speaks, he usually finishes his sentences with '~das'.

He has a girlfriend named Hana-chan who he usually exchanges letters with and his mother and father are a geisha and priest respectively.

Ranking in the Sanrio Character Ranking[]

During the 2013 Character Ranking, if Pokopon reaches 10th place or higher, he will reveal his diary. However, he failed to reach that rank.

1987: 4th place
1988: 3rd place
1989: 5th place
1990: 5th place
1991: 9th place
1992: 10th place
1993-2009: Below 10th place
2010: Below 20th place
2011: 35th place
2012: 39th place
2013: 44th place
2014: Below 20th place (10th place in Group D)
2015: 49th place
2016: 57th place
2017: 53rd place
2018: 58th place
2019: 52nd place
2020: 58th place
2021: 63rd place
2022: 58th place
2023: 64th place
2024: 65th place

Trivia[]

Pokopon's design was based on a rejected character named Kin who was part of a trio each named Kin, Pin, and Tan ,who were shown alongside the original rejected designs for Goropikadon.
Pokopon stars in the following Sanrio anime films: Pokopon no Satogaeri, Pokopon no Yukai na Saiyuuki, and Pokopon no Kitsune-gawa Onsen Henshin Gassen.