Recently, a Japanese male netizen named Toco became popular all over the Internet. He called himself a “dog” on social media, expressing that he was too tired to be a human being. One day, he used 200 yen to turn himself into a real “dog”.
In the video posted on the Toco homepage, we can see a large yellow and white dog sitting in the center of the room. It sometimes stands, sometimes lies down, and waves its feet to the camera, so naive and cute. If you look closely at the dog’s movements, you can see that its movements are not so coherent and natural. In fact, this is not a real dog, but Toco wearing a dog puppet costume.
Toco, a native of Saitama Prefecture, Japan, at the age of 30, contacted a famous local special styling studio a few months ago, and spent a huge sum of 2 million yen (equivalent to 100,000 yuan) using his favorite Collie as the Prototype, ordered a customized set of dog puppets. In an interview with the media, Toco said that he has been in love with animals that walk on four legs such as cats and dogs since he was a child, and has always fantasized about being one of them one day.
As Toco grew up, amassing a fortune after working for a few years, he began to think about how he could realize his childhood dream. After shopping around, he finally chose a special styling studio and customized a set of puppets for him. “This costume not only perfectly hides the human body shape, but also the shape is very realistic. To outsiders, I look like a real dog.” Toco said that wearing a puppet costume seems to be the real me. It’s such a happy feeling.
After oco’s dog costume became popular online, it immediately attracted the attention of Japanese media. On May 6, 2022, Toco was invited by Nippon TV’s morning information program “SUKKIRI!!” to appear on the show in a puppet costume. I saw him skillfully imitating the walking posture of the Collie dog and slowly walked towards the host. Obediently fulfilling a series of requests from the host, such as touching the head and shaking hands, and even playing a game of losing the ball with the male host. Every move is very cute.
Seeing the harmonious coexistence of one person and one “dog”, Japanese netizens couldn’t help but complain: “What are you doing this early in the morning? This picture is really out of line hahahaha”, “If a thief breaks into the house and robs When I saw this big Collie standing up like a human, I think it would be quite frightening…”, “Japanese people are too weird, how can they do anything?”
Reviews：Some netizens thought it was very interesting to pretend to be a dog, and expressed that they wanted to try it too: “It’s so cute! I also seem to be wearing this suit to see how my children will react”, “Is there a puppet costume of a polar bear! I also I really want to have a set”, “Everyone in this world can choose their favorite way of life, even if it is not a human being, just be happy!”……
