Chikuwa

Chikuwa
Kanji	「ちくわ」
Romaji	'Chikuwa'
Debut	Welcome to the Outdoor Activities Club! (Season 1, Episode 2), photo in Mount Fuji and Curry Noodles (Season 1, Episode 1)
Personal status
Gender	Male
Relatives	Ena Saitō (owner)
Portrayal
Japanese (anime)	Sayuri Hara
English (anime)	Kristen McGuire

Chikuwa (「ちくわ」) is Ena Saitou's dog. Chikuwa appears to be a long-coat Chihuahua. Usually this breed of dog does not get much protection from the longer hair in cold weather, so often requires a coat while outdoors during the winter.

Appearance

Chikuwa has a fuzzy fawn color fur coat.

Personality

The dog seems to be energetic and likes to walk, not to mention hates cold.

Gallery

The FuRyu official plushie

Episode 2.2 - Ena gets a tent for Chikuwa

The fish snack reminds Ena of her dog

Nendoroid Ena Saito includes Chikuwa

Trivia

Chikuwa the fish snack

• Chikuwa is the name of a Japanese snack food made from fish. The translation note at the back of Volume 8 states that the dog is named this because the katakana for Chikuwa (チクワ) resembles the katakana for chihuahua (チワワ).
  • The actual Chikuwa food product is a type of Japanese cylindrical, fish cake made from ingredients such as fish surimi, salt, sugar, starch, monosodium glutamate and egg white. the mixed paste is then wrapped around a bamboo or metal stick and steamed or broiled. The word chikuwa ("bamboo ring") comes from the shape when it is sliced.

Non Non Biyori Episode 1.3 - A feral cat steals chikuwa fish snack

• Chikuwa looks suspiciously like a similarly named Chihuaha on Youtube: チワワのちくわ cute Chihuahua Chikuwa

• The dog that played Chikuwa in the Yuru CampΔ live-action drama is Choco (チョコ / Choko) who also appears in a Rinrei wax (リンレイ) non-slip floor coating commercial.
  • Choco is an 8 year-old Chihuahua and actually a female.
  • Chikuwa is clearly a long-haired Chihuaha in the live-action drama.