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The Food Character Election (食べキャラ総選挙, tabe kyara sō senkyo) was an official user-participatory Sanrio contest held on the Sanrio Character Ranking website from September 3rd through December 1st, 2013 where fans could vote for their favorite out of 20 original food-themed characters, with the top 3 characters with the most votes making their debut as official Sanrio characters on December 12th, 2013. The winners of the contest were KIRIMIchan (1st place), Gudetama (2nd place), and Kashiwankomochi (3rd place). The campaign had the slogan "Eat or be eaten, shinken shōbu!" (食うか食われるか真剣勝負！)

The Food Character Election would be succeeded by the Next Kawaii Project, 9 years later.

Voting

Fans could vote for characters either by voting once a day online at sanriocharacterranking.com or by making purchases of either clear files for 168 yen or stickers for 210 of their favorite character from in-person Sanrio stores. Each purchase would gain the character 5 votes and, unlike with online voting, there was no limit as to how many times you could vote.

The interim results were announced on October 26th, November 8th, and November 22nd, of 2013 and the final results were revealed on December 12th of the same year.

Characters

Alpaca Junk (アルパカジャンク)

A group of characters named Olive, Jack, and Melty based off of alpacas mixed with various food items such as popcorn, ice cream, and french fries. They are described as the coolest and funkiest street performer group. Besides being street performers, they focus on promoting junk food at food courts in shopping centers.

Wintomo Paradise (ウィントモパラダイス)

Characters who are various types of sausages. The main characters are a brown sausage and a red sausage named Sage and Winko. Sage (the brown sausage) is aiming to be a hero in the sausage world, and Winko (the red sausage), is gentle and protective of his sister.

Enokidakirin (えのきだきりん)

A shy giraffe girl with enoki mushrooms growing out of her head.

Omusubi Wankoro (おむすびワンコロ)

A dog with a face made out of onigiri/omusubi. The face is made of freshly cooked rice.

Omupanda (オムパンダ)

A panda made out of onigiri. They were born in the Gohan clouds, and they live with their big family. They like to roll around and play.

Kashiwankomochi (かしわんこもち)

A four-year-old dog boy made out of mochi who was born in a Japanese confectionary shop.

Kiriponta (きりぽんた)

A tanuki with a tail made out of kiritanpo.

KIRIMIchan (KIRIMIちゃん)

A character who is a salmon filet.

Gudetama (ぐでたま)

A lazy egg.

Kometsubuya omusubi (こめつぶ屋おむすび)

Three onigiri characters named Shaketaro, Noriko-sama, and Grandpa Katsu.

Shokupanda (食ぱんだ)

A load of bread with the face of a panda and a slab of butter on his head. He is training himself to become a delicious piece of toast. He is very emotional. He has a lot of friends who are different types of bread with faces of pandas.

SOYGEISHA-Hiyayakkodosu~ (SOYGEISHA冷や奴どす～)

A geisha from Gion who loves the four seasons in Japan. She is a well-dressed tofu. Her birthday is on October 2nd, and she is the only losing character to have a confirmed birthday.

Tarakoseikatsu (たらこ生活)

A pink tarako with a purple bow. She loves to read, has a weakness for cats, and her pet is a takuan (Japanese radish).

Nebanyan. (ねばにゃん。)

A "Natto Cat" born from a cat that loves Natto too much! He loves to be sticky.

Fuuryuujinnegishi (風流人ネギ氏)

An elderly green onion named Mr. Negi who loves to do elegant things. His favorite saying is "Sleep and wait for good fortune."

Fujipurin (ふじぷりん)

A pudding that resembles Mount Fuji. It is said that they come back to life after being eaten.

Beartama-san (べあたまさん)

A bear mixed with an egg. Beartama-san lives in a hot spring town. They are usually dazed and lazy.

Mashuin Mashu no Maro (摩周院マシュの麻呂)

Mashu Maro is a Heian nobleman who loves sweets. His skin is chewy, or rather, marshmallowy,

Minna no samurice (みんなのさむらいす)

A samurai made of rice with a mission to spread the wonders of Japan and the deliciousness of rice to the world. Their charm point is their glossy skin.

Morinokinoko3kyoudai (森のきのこ３きょうだい)

Three mushroom siblings who live in the forest. Ki-kun, Non-chan, and Ko-chan are three very close friends.

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