Chuki

Chuki is a reporter for OEM news. She is also the lead singer of "Grid Lock", an infamous rattle and roll band, and has won several awards and nominations for her talent.
==History==
===Cars===
In Cars, she appears as one of the news reporters who reports to all of Japan about Lightning McQueen's disappearance.
===Cars Toons===
====Tokyo Mater====
In Tokyo Mater, Chuki appears on one of the digital billboards located in the background when Mater arrives in Tokyo. She appears to be reporting about Kabuto.
===Cars 2===
In Cars 2, Chuki appears on a television on top of one of the skyscrapers when McQueen, Mater, Luigi, Guido, Sarge and Fillmore arrive in Tokyo.
===Cars 2: The Video Game===
In Cars 2: The Video Game, Chuki is one of the playable characters, occasionally seen competing in races around Tokyo. She is unlocked when the player levels up to Clearance Level 6. As a lightweight character, she can go at fast speeds.
==General information==
===Physical description===
Chuki is painted bright pink, with gray rims and short, pink mirrors. Although the Car Finder Game game says she is a 2006 Microcaster Chickmonk, she resembles a 1992-2001 Nissan March (K11). She also represents Japan's "kawaii" (meaning "cute" in Japanese) design.
In Cars 2: The Video Game, she appears to be colored hot pink.
===Occupations===
Chuki is a reporter for the OEM news during the day, and a singer at night.
==Official profiles==
===Car Finder Game===
===Die-cast Race-O-Rama "Meet My Friend" description===
*International TV news reporter Chuki keeps all her Piston Cup fans in Japan in the loop on the latest and greatest.
===Pixarpedia===
*Chuki, a 2006 Microcaster Chickmonk, is a TV reporter for OEM news, a programme on Japanese television. Even she reports on the missing Lightning McQueen!
===Cars 2: The Video Game===
*The happiest racer on the track comes to us from one of the fanciest restrooms in all Japan. Chuki is a pretty pink little vehicle, spreading laughter and happiness throughout the races.
===Cars: Character Encyclopedia===
*Chuki reports the latest race news for Japanese TV. She also appears in the Cars 2 Tokyo bathroom.
==Gallery==
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Chuki.jpg|Car Finder Game profile
Chuki OEM News.jpg|Cars
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Japanese Toilet Assistant Cartoon.jpg|Japanese Toilet Assistant Cartoon from Cars 2
Chuki video game.jpg|Cars 2: The Video Game
Chuki.PNG|Cars 2: The Video Game
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File:OEM News (Chuki).jpg|Diecast
Chuki world of cars single.jpg|2008 release
Chukiror.jpg|2009 release
File:Chuki chase package final lap single lenticular.jpg|2010 release (Lenticular Eyes)
==Names in other languages==
*Japanese: ちゅき (romaji: Chuki)
*Russian: Чаки (transcription: Chaki)
==Trivia==
*In the first film, she has brown eyes, but in Cars 2: The Video Game, her eyes are instead pink. It is most likely she was wearing pink contact lenses.
*According to her in-game description for Cars 2: The Video Game and the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con exclusive "Bathroom Mater" display, Chuki is also the toilet assistant seen assisting Mater on a Japanese toilet in Cars 2 (also voiced by Sonoko Konishi).
*In the Turkish credits of the first Cars movie, she is called Japanese Reporter.
==References==
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