What is the name of the Olympic mascot for the 2020 Tokyo Games?

What is the name of the Olympic mascot for the 2020 Tokyo Games? It was Miraitowa.

Miraitowa was the official mascot of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. Although the Games were branded “Tokyo 2020,” the COVID-19 pandemic postponed them until 2021, making them the first Summer Olympics to be delayed rather than canceled or relocated.

The character has a blue-and-white checkered design inspired by the Tokyo 2020 emblem and the traditional Japanese pattern ichimatsu moyo. Its name combines the Japanese words mirai, meaning “future,” and towa, meaning “eternity.” The name was intended to express hope for a future that lasts.

Miraitowa is commonly confused with Someity, the pink mascot of the 2020 Paralympic Games. Other answer choices belong to different Olympics: Fuwa represented Beijing 2008, while Bing Dwen Dwen was the mascot for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Miraitowa and Someity were created by Japanese artist Ryo Taniguchi after a design competition whose finalists were judged by elementary-school students.