Furufuruchu

*This brand is not affiliated with Narumiya International. This page is included since it relates to the works of Mikiss. This product line is also worth mentioning since it was inspired by Angel Blue from Narumiya International.*

**Furufuruchu (Japanese: フルフルッチュ *Full Fruitchu*)** is a character brand project developed by companies *Sega* and *Horipro*, along with illustrator Mikiss who designed the characters in the collaboration. It is not affiliated with Narumiya International, but has visually similar characters due to the distinct art style of the character designer.

The brand originally began in 2003, and was in production during the early 2000s. It was marketed towards girls from elementary through high school, with products such as apparel, toys, keychains, house supplies, and more. Mikiss was selected for this project after the success with Angel Blue's hit character, Nakamura-kun, which they had also designed. The official Furufuruchu website became defunct in 2006, presumably when the brand went out of production.

The character group is comprised of six mascots and their small companions, each inspired by fruit and sweet treats respectively. Strawberry is the main character of the group.

### Character List:

* **Strawberry & Milk:** Strawberry has green eyes, a pink fruit hood, and wears white clothes that have pink and red polka-dots. Their companion, Milk, is a small white puppy with blue freckles.
* **Lemon & Honey:** Lemon has dark indigo eyes, a yellow fruit hood, wears a red bandana, and plain white clothes, sometimes with a red band around their foot. Their companion, Honey, is a small red and yellow bumblebee.
* **Banana & Chocolate:** Banana has been depicted with bright pink eyes or red eyes, has hair styled in a fruit shape, pink cheeks, and wears white clothes with yellow polkadots. Their companion, Chocolate, is a small multi-color teddy bear.
* **Melon & Cream:** Melon has pink eyes with an eyepatch over one eye that has the letter "M" on it, a green fruit hood, and wears white clothes with green rhombus shapes on them. Their companion, Cream, is a small white kitten with pink eyes to match.
* **Orange & Cookie:** Orange has purple eyes, orange freckles, an orange fruit hood, wears a dark blue bandana, and white clothes with light blue stripes. Their companion, Cookie, is a small goldfish with purple eyes to match. Both Orange and Cookie seem to enjoy listening to music. Atypical of a regular fish, Cookie can live just fine outside of water.
* **Apple & Candy:** Apple has light blue eyes, a red heart on one cheek, a tattoo on one arm of a cupid's arrow through a heart shape, a red fruit hood, and wears white clothing with green stripes. Their companion, Candy, is a small yellow ladybug creature with multicolor polka dots. Apple seems to know how to drive a car.

The characters appear to be good friends who love to hang out together and go on all sorts of fun adventures.

1. ↑ *"セガとホリプロ、小中学生向けの新キャラクター「フルフルッチュ」を共同で展開"* News. Dengeki Online. August 18, 2003. Retrieved April 2, 2023
2. ↑ *"フルフルッチュフィギュアマスコット"* Takara Tomy Arts. Retrieved April 2, 2023
3. ↑ *"◇◆◇ フルフルッチュ　いちごみるくとお友達 ◇◆◇"* Furufuruchu. December 2003. Retrieved April 8, 2023