01Get noticed

Suica Penguin

JR East

Suica

  • Transport & logistics
  • Transport & outdoor media
  • Merchandise

YataLogic’s analysis

The key point of this case

Retail locations and belongings outside the daily commute become new places of exposure.

From official information

Officially documented uses

  • Extends beyond stations and payments to beverage labels, station-retail initiatives and merchandise.
  • In 2026, 25th-anniversary initiatives involved stations, retailers and tapping at ticket gates.
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Roles identified by YataLogic

The character’s job

Retail locations and belongings outside the daily commute become new places of exposure.

Application ideas from YataLogic

How could another business apply this?

Let people take a touchpoint home through reception cards, trade-show stickers and package inserts.

Where is it used?

  • Extends beyond stations and payments to beverage labels, station-retail initiatives and merchandise.
  • In 2026, 25th-anniversary initiatives involved stations, retailers and tapping at ticket gates.

What could you measure?

These are example measures for your own application, not reported performance figures from the featured company.

  • New contacts
  • Advertising recognition
  • Correct brand identification
  • Character awareness

Sources

Source checked: 2026-09-01

Status documented in the source: Current / retirement scheduled for March 2027

Consider your own business

What job could a character do for your business?

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Apply these ideas to your business

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These cases do not prove effects caused by a character alone. Officially documented uses are presented separately from YataLogic’s analysis of their roles.

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