{"id":354762,"date":"2025-09-19T22:01:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T13:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kochike.jp\/?post_type=column&p=354762"},"modified":"2025-09-19T22:01:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T13:01:04","slug":"katsuo-ningen-the-one-and-only-bonito-headed-guy-from-kochi-japan","status":"publish","type":"column","link":"https:\/\/kochike.jp\/en\/column\/354762\/","title":{"rendered":"Katsuo Ningen \u2013 The One and Only Bonito-Headed Guy from Kochi, Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who Am I?<\/h2>\r\n

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\u25c6 Birthday<\/strong>: Can\u2019t remember\u2026 but old enough to drink, that\u2019s for sure. \ud83c\udf76
\r\n\u25c6 Hometown<\/strong>: Off the coast of Tosa, Kochi
\r\n\u25c6 Hobbies<\/strong>: Surfing the waves and single-line fishing \ud83c\udfa3
\r\n\u25c6 Career<\/strong>:<\/p>\r\n

\u30fb2011\u20132012: PR Ambassador for Kochi Prefecture\u2019s antenna shop in Ginza, Tokyo (a specialty store promoting local products).
\r\n\u30fb2013: Promoted to \u201cSpecial Mission Chief.\u201d
\r\n\u30fb2017: Became Associate Editor of Kochi-ke no \u25cb\u25cb<\/em>, Kochi\u2019s official lifestyle website.<\/p>\r\n

Since 2011, I\u2019ve been hanging out on Twitter<\/strong>, then jumped on Facebook<\/strong> in 2012, Instagram<\/strong> in 2015, and most recently Threads<\/strong> in 2023. For over a decade, I\u2019ve been sharing all kinds of Kochi news and fun tidbits with everyone out there!<\/p>\r\n

\u21d2\u30ab\u30c4\u30aa\u4eba\u9593Twitter<\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u21d2\u30ab\u30c4\u30aa\u4eba\u9593Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u21d2\u30ab\u30c4\u30aa\u4eba\u9593\u30a4\u30f3\u30b9\u30bf\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u21d2\u30ab\u30c4\u30aa\u4eba\u9593\u30b9\u30ec\u30c3\u30ba<\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n

That photo above? Yep, it\u2019s my official promo shot.
\r\nAnd when I step into the two-dimensional world, I look like this\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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but in real life, the 3D version of Katsuo Ningen is way cuter, don\u2019t you think? \ud83d\udc1f<\/p>\r\n

My Rise to Fame<\/h2>\r\n

My big break came in 2012 when I appeared in Kochi\u2019s migration promotion commercial, \u201cLive in Kochi.\u201d That\u2019s when people really started to notice me.<\/p>\r\n