01Get noticed

Okaimono Panda

Rakuten Group

Rakuten Ichiba and other services

  • Retail & e-commerce
  • SNS
  • Events
  • Merchandise

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YataLogic’s analysis

The key point of this case

Enter conversations outside shopping and reach audiences across multiple services and external intellectual properties.

From official information

Officially documented uses

  • Debuted as LINE stickers in 2013, with successive materials continuing to be distributed.
  • Expanded across animation, events, merchandise and multiple Rakuten services.
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Roles identified by YataLogic

The character’s job

Enter conversations outside shopping and reach audiences across multiple services and external intellectual properties.

Application ideas from YataLogic

How could another business apply this?

Use the same shareable conversation images in e-commerce, package inserts and pop-ups.

Where is it used?

  • • Debuted as LINE stickers in 2013, with successive materials continuing to be distributed.
  • • Expanded across animation, events, merchandise and multiple Rakuten services.

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: Ongoing / limited-period initiative

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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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