Chiikawa is a Japanese super popular healing character IP, created by Japanese illustrator Nagano, first serialized on Twitter in 2020, and quickly became popular with its cute but slightly poignant daily stories. The full name of the work is “ちいかわ なんか小さくてかわいいやつ” (meaning “a little small, very cute guy”).
Currently, ちいかわ has expanded to manga, anime, merchandise, collaborations, and other fields, and has become one of the most popular healing characters in Japan.

With “cuteness, healing, and realistic resonance” as the core, ちいかわ depicts a world that is both warm and somewhat cruel, allowing people to find emotional sustenance in it, and becoming a healing IP sought after by contemporary young people.