Miraitowa & Someity

**Miraitowa** ([Japanese](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language "Japanese language"): ミライトワ) is the [official mascot](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_mascots "List of Olympic mascots") of the [2020 Summer Olympics](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Summer_Olympics "2020 Summer Olympics"), and **Someity** ([Japanese](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language "Japanese language"): ソメイティ) is the [official mascot](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Paralympic_mascots "List of Paralympic mascots") of the [2020 Summer Paralympics](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Summer_Paralympics "2020 Summer Paralympics"). The events were held in [Tokyo](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo "Tokyo"), [Japan](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan "Japan"), in 2021.[\[a\]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miraitowa_and_Someity#cite_note-3) The checkered design on both mascots was inspired by the *ichimatsu moyo* pattern of [the Tokyo 2020 official logo](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Summer_Olympics_marketing#Emblem "2020 Summer Olympics marketing"), while Someity's pink design was inspired by [cherry blossoms](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_blossom "Cherry blossom"). Both fictional characters have various superpowers, such as [teleportation](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleportation "Teleportation"). Credit: Wikipedia ([https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miraitowa_and_Someity](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miraitowa_and_Someity))