The mascots of the Japanese Winter Olympics are four little cats.
The Japanese Winter Olympics chose four little owls as mascots. This is the first time that four animals have been used as mascots for the Olympic Games. The four mascots are named Snowlets, each with a different name, namely Sukki, Nokki, Lekki, and Tsukki, which represent the four different elements of forest life: fire, wind, earth, and water. The English prefixes of the name add up to exactly spell Snowlet.
The meaning of Japanese mascots:
The Japanese Winter Olympics Organizing Committee named the four mascots Inuki, Nojo, Iaki and Bumu respectively. The Japanese of these four names can be spelled out as "Snowlets", which means "Snow Elves" in English.
The reason why this name is chosen is because it has the following meanings: Snow means "snow". This Winter Olympics was held in the ice and snow, and Lets calls on everyone to participate in the winter. Olympic Games; at the same time, the word owlets also means "little owl". The four mascots also represent that the Winter Olympics will be held every four years, which is an ingenious idea.