We’ve featured BT21 before, but there’s a whole world of characters from LINE FRIENDS – even more than I realized – so here are some of my favorites to introduce you to.
JOGUMAN
JOGUMAN consists of Brachio and his friends who are massive, yet silly-looking dinosaurs who’ve experienced extinction.
Brachio is the leader, a green herbivore. Woody is Brachio’s pet dog, who looks like a Dachshund. Diplo is pessimistic, pink, and likes beer. Ankylo, the yellow dino, likes to cook. Tricera is orange and loves nature. Stego is blue and likes to exercise. Tyranno, an introverted herbivore, is orange. Parasau is purple and a single dad. Phalo, who sings and plays guitar, is green. Mosa is a social butterfly who is blue. And Ptera is an office worker and pink.
I love that there are so many dinosaurs included in the line, at least one for every color of the rainbow, and who wouldn’t be a fan of kawaii, colorful dinos?
JOGUMAN is on Instagram and Twitter/X. Their official website is pretty cute too and there’s a lot of merch available from the LINE FRIENDS stores (global).
LAZY TAIL CLUB
LAZY TAIL CLUB is all about rejecting the fast-paced world and celebrating the ‘Aesthetics of Slowness’ by simply being themselves.
In the club are Oliver Pang, a laid-back puppy with a yellow muzzle who loves curry bread; Hue Grey, a cat with messy fur; Gaenari, an energetic neat freak puppy with yellow ears; Aga Momo, a sweets loving, wrinkly puppy with a pink muzzle, and Ham Thor, a yellow hamster.
Oliver Pang and friends are on Instagram and Twitter/X and there’s a small selection of merch available from the LINE FRIENDS stores (global).
Pickles the Frog
Pickles the Frog, created way back in 1994, always has a smile on his face. In Pickles’s world there is also Snail-kun, Black Cat Pierre, and Baby-chan. His Twitter/X account is pretty active, posting photos showcasing Pickles in different colors, it’s been fun to follow along.
VeryGoods (JP) has lots of Pickles the Frog merch, Mary Bear (US) has a selection of plushes, and Kawaii Republic (JP) also has a lot of rare and secondhand plush.
Pikuiku
Pikuiku are some of the newest characters, just introduced last month in May on the website. They’re clumsy, messy, and a little off-beat…and believe that “sharing a meal is romantic because, in the end, you’ll poop the same poop”…!
I’m honestly not certain what some of the characters are but ddolsoong is mostly green with a purple and pink party hat and likes dancing. His girlfriend is ddolsoon who is mostly brown with a pink bow, and she likes eating and pooping; gomuzang, who I think is a bunny, is shy and wears a pink mask; boragoo is a monkfish with extra-plump lips and likes dalpang, who I believe is a white and yellow worm; byun-V and byun lisa are poops and the soulmates of ddolsoong and ddolsoon; godori is a flirty mallard duck; the-G is a gym-obsessed mole; and chido a blue mouse.
My favorite is boragoo. I think a lot of why I like a character has to do with their color palette, and I love the way boragoo looks. I also think it’s funny that he almost ended up as a spicy stew (thank goodness he didn’t, I’m not a fan of spicy) and that he likes lip balm (me too).
Pikuiku are already very active on Instagram, though I couldn’t find any Pikuiku merch. Hopefully we’ll see some soon!
Do you have a favorite LINE FRIENDS character? Let us know!
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