Tobu Zoo

<h2 id="grape-kun">Grape-kun</h2>
<p><a href="/facts/Grape-kun/9NAvJmJq">Grape-kun</a> was a 21-year-old <a href="/facts/Humboldt_penguin/eofYpFEh">Humboldt penguin</a> at the zoo.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> His attachment to an anime <a href="/facts/Standee/plp6Ubow">cutout</a> of a character from <i><a href="/facts/Kemono_Friends/00WSm3Tm">Kemono Friends</a></i> earned him international fame.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> The zoo announced his death on 12 October 2017.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a>
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<h2 id="rocky-kun">Rocky-kun</h2>
<p>In promoting the 2018 movie <i><a href="/facts/Bungo_Stray_Dogs:_Dead_Apple/SPebDChe">Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple</a></i>, Tobu Zoo a pictures of weretiger character <a href="/facts/Atsushi_Nakajima_(Bungo_Stray_Dogs)/Dt9Csfyv">Atsushi Nakajima</a> alongside white tiger known as "Rocky-kun". During the promotion of this event, Atsushi's voice actor, <a href="/facts/Y%C5%ABto_Uemura/kgVwpl7D">Yūto Uemura</a>, collaborated in making multiple announcement which was run between February 24 and March 3, 2018.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a>
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<h2 id="roller-coasters">Roller coasters</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Kawasemi/KxMPEU4R">Kawasemi</a></li>
<li>Regina II</li>
<li>Tentomushi</li>
<li>Diggy & Daggy's Tram Coaster</li></ul>
<h2 id="access">Access</h2>
<p><a href="/facts/T%C5%8Dbu-D%C5%8Dbutsu-K%C5%8Den_Station/5YTrrCXX">Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Station</a> on the confluence of the <a href="/facts/Tobu_Railway/SK6wx2Ct">Tobu</a> <a href="/facts/Tobu_Isesaki_Line/rPAdKEtk">Isesaki</a>, <a href="/facts/T%C5%8Dbu_Nikk%C5%8D_Line/75k19BKG">Nikko</a>, and <a href="/facts/Tobu_Skytree_Line/zHKSWbQd">Skytree</a> Lines is located nearby the zoo.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Animal_theme_park/AeewKXlq">Animal theme park</a></li></ul>

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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.tobuzoo.com/global/english/">http://www.tobuzoo.com/global/english/</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Rogers, Jon (2 May 2017). "Pick up a penguin? Humboldt bird falls in love with cardboard cutout placed in his pen". Express.co.uk. <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/799302/Penguin-Humboldt-Japan-Edinburgh-zoo-Rockhopper" target="_blank">http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/799302/Penguin-Humboldt-Japan-Edinburgh-zoo-Rockhopper</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Japan zoo mourns death of love-struck penguin". Yahoo News. 14 October 2017. <a href="https://sg.news.yahoo.com/japan-zoo-mourns-death-love-struck-penguin-054407363.html" target="_blank">https://sg.news.yahoo.com/japan-zoo-mourns-death-love-struck-penguin-054407363.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Japan mourns anime-loving penguin". 13 October 2017 – via www.bbc.com. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-41608350" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-41608350</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"「2次元に恋したペンギン」グレープ君が死ぬ。 『けものフレンズ』のパネル見つめる姿で有名に". 13 October 2017. (in Japanese) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.jp/2017/10/13/grape-kun_a_23241967/" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.jp/2017/10/13/grape-kun_a_23241967/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"東武動物公園で"おにいさん"がペンギントーク". Mainichi Daily News. 15 May 2015. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. (in Japanese) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171014134246/https://mainichi.jp/articles/20170515/dyo/00m/200/010000c" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20171014134246/https://mainichi.jp/articles/20170515/dyo/00m/200/010000c</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>安藤健二 (15 June 2017). "東武動物公園×けものフレンズ コラボ企画 人気なのだ！". Huffington Post Japan. (in Japanese) <a href="http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/saitama/list/201706/CK2017061502000154.html" target="_blank">http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/saitama/list/201706/CK2017061502000154.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>Rogers, Jon (2 May 2017). "Pick up a penguin? Humboldt bird falls in love with cardboard cutout placed in his pen". Express.co.uk. <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/799302/Penguin-Humboldt-Japan-Edinburgh-zoo-Rockhopper" target="_blank">http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/799302/Penguin-Humboldt-Japan-Edinburgh-zoo-Rockhopper</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:8"><p>Oona McGee (13 October 2017). "Japan's anime-loving penguin Grape-kun passes away at Tobu Zoo". SoraNews24. <a href="https://en.rocketnews24.com/2017/10/13/japans-anime-loving-penguin-grape-kun-passes-away-at-tobu-zoo/" target="_blank">https://en.rocketnews24.com/2017/10/13/japans-anime-loving-penguin-grape-kun-passes-away-at-tobu-zoo/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:9"><p>""Bungo Stray Dogs DEAD APPLE" Teams Up with Tobu Zoo". Crunchyroll. Retrieved June 1, 2019. <a href="https://www.crunchyroll.com/es-es/anime-news/2018/01/30/bungo-stray-dogs-dead-apple-teams-up-with-tobu-zoo" target="_blank">https://www.crunchyroll.com/es-es/anime-news/2018/01/30/bungo-stray-dogs-dead-apple-teams-up-with-tobu-zoo</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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