Just a Bunch of Really Cute Pompompurin Plushies to Brighten Your Day

Ely Bulnes • Writer and Editor

Aug 11, 2025 8:00 PM EDT

If you ended up on this page, you either already know who Pompompurin is, or this was a total accident, and now you're just curious. No, this yellow little dude is not from a TV show; I mean, he was eventually featured on a number of Sanrio's cartoons, but he was initially created to just sort of be cute and sell stuff. He came into the world when Sanrio, the brand behind Hello Kitty, held an in-house contest in 1996 to design a new character, and his design won. Believe it or not, he's meant to be a golden retriever! He's massive in Japan; his cute little face and brown beret can be found plastered all over stationary, clothes, and accessories. There is even a Pompompurin-themed cafe where all of the food is yellow and shaped just like him!

Even if you don't know them by name, you've likely seen many of Hello Kitty's friends in recent years in the US. Kuromi and My Melody are becoming just as popular as the titular cat herself. Pompompurin, having ranked first place in Sanrio's 2025 popularity contest, is slowly making his way to the world beyond Japan.
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Chocolate Berry Hat Purin

via Sanrio
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Sanrio's Jumbo Pompompurin

via @kira.kabuki
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Black Friday Pompompurin

via starfish_japan
Normally, Purin is depicted as a happy, joyful, and innocent yellow. However here, he is the void. He is the end, but he is also the beginning. From his immense, dark eternity, everything sprouts, and unto him, we return…
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Baby Pompompurin with a Rocking Chair

via Blippo
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Huggable Giant Pompompurin's in Shinjuku Station in 2016

via www.sanrio.co.jp
While a lot of the Purin plushies featured here are either currently for sale or were in the past, the ones featured above were actually decorations at Shinjuku Station in honor of his 20th birthday in 2016! I wonder where these giant Pompompurin plushies are now…
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Pompompurin Computer Armrest

via Bendai
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Pompompurin and Macaron Wedding Set

via @savetheplushies
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Build-a-Bear's Pompompurin Doll

via @buildabear
The Build-a-Bear Pompompurin is obviously designed this way so that he can fit into the clothes for the rest of the plushies, but without his typical, rotund figure, it just looks like he's gotten into some Ozempic.
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Pompompurin Shibanban Plushie

via JapanLA
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Posture Pals Pompompurin

via kawaii-limited.com
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Vintage Pompompurin

via @savetheplushies
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McDonald's Sanrio x Yu-Gi-Oh! (Pompompurin as Exodia)

via @meloncolle
I actually did get a Happy Meal last summer during the Hello Kitty x Yu-Gi-Oh! collaboration at McDonald's. Unforunately, I did not get the Pompompurin Exodia; I got the Pochacco Time Wizard.
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Buff Pompompurin

via AliExpress
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Squishmallow Hamburger Pompompurin

via u/juicedmilk42
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Sanrio x Naruto (Pompompurin as Might Guy)

via kahhak.com
Oh, to have been a fly on the wall of the meeting where someone pitched mashing up Naruto's Might Guy with Pompompurin. Seriously, why?
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Nagano x Sanrio

via suruga-ya.com
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Cat Detective

via KumasanJapan
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Sanrio's 2019 Sakura Kimono Plush

via @yamavintage
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"Full Circle" Pompompurin

via meccha-japan.com
On Pompompurin's Wiki, it literally says that his goal in life is to “get even bigger,” Well, this is exactly what he means. Here, he is perfectly rotund and spherical. SPHERICAL!
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Sanrio's 2023 Sakura Pink Cherry Blossom Purin

via Ultra fun store
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Sanrio x Mocchi-Mocchi

via www.plazajapan.com
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Sleeping Purin

via MITRASHI.STORE
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via u/SanrioAndMe