Pochi Yamada

**Pochi Yamada** is one of the main characters of *Uchi Tama!? ~Uchi no Tama Shirimasen ka?~* and the *Tama and Friends* franchise as a whole.

## Background

Easily frightened by various things as a dog in other versions of Tama and Friends, he is a human in the spin off anime scheduled for 2020.

## Appearance

   He has shortish dark white hair, ears and tail with short eyebrows above his pale yellow eyes.

Pochi wears clothes including a paler yellow cardigan with a red line around the turtleneck collar and pastel green three quarter length shorts with white slip on shoes.

## Personality

Demonstrates a nervous disposition. He is afraid of a great many of things.
Pochi is best friends with Tama. His owner runs a tofu shop on Third Street, and Pochi can tell the difference between hard tofu and soft tofu without touching it. He is so famous for this that there was even an article in the newspaper about it. Pochi's other special talent is slipping out of his dog collar.

Pochi's "job" is to guard the outside of Third Street's tofu store. Pochi is gentle and timid, and often goes on unexpected adventures with Tama. But he also wants to be seen as strong and tough, and went through a brief period of rebellion.

## Uchi Tama?! Uchi no Tama Shirimasen ka? Story

### Episode 1

#### Part One: "Have You Seen My Tama?"

Pochi finds Tama in the Third Street park. As they look at cherry blossoms, Tama sees a cat with a bell around it's neck and chases after it. Pochi follows him around town, stopping at a house where there's a dog bowl full of sweets. Tama quickly runs over to eat, and Pochi, unable to control himself, begins to eat too. Then a scary dog appears behind them and chases them away. Tama sees the cat with the bell again, and they eventually leave Third Street without realizing it. Eventually they see the cat nursing kittens, so Tama and Pochi try to find their way home. Nora sees them and tells them how to get back to the Third Street park. Once they get there, all of the cats and dogs (except for the new mystery dog) are waiting for them. Unfortunantly, because Pochi doesn't stand out so much, nobody realized he was missing!

#### Part Two: "Dog Meeting"

Pochi meets Kuro and Gon in the park and tell them about the scary new dog he and Tama ran into the other day. He takes them to his house just in time to watch the new dog make different poses in front of a window. He eventually decides on the one he will use to introduce himself to the cats and dogs of Third Street: "Bull, the Solitary King of Destruction!" Bull walks away pleased with himself, not realizing that the three other dogs on Third Street just watched him put on a strange show.

## Relationships With Other Characters

### Tama Okamoto

Tama is Pochi's best friend, and they love to spend time together. Pochi has unexpected adventures with Tama, like when they went to the beach by accident. He also gets sad when Tama decides to leave Third Street. They are very close, and Tama's easy-going attitude both aggravates and offsets Pochi's nervousness.

### Kuro Mikawa

Pochi spends time with Kuro and Gon. They like each other.

### Gon Noda

Pochi hangs out with Gon and Kuro, and enjoys his company. He learns a lot from Gon, just like all the other cats and dogs of Third Street.

### Bull Kuramochi

Pochi afraid of Bull when he first met him, because he and Tama ate Bull's food without permission and Bull chased them away. Later, Pochi becomes intrigued with Bull once he sees the peculiar way he introduces himself to others. Since then, they seem to be onf good terms.

### Nora

Pochi has a friendly relationship with Nora. Nora expresses concern for Pochi when he saw a picture of a crab pinching Pochi's nose while he was at the beach with Tama.