Toco the dog, famous for his £12,480 collie outfit, is said to have given his first interview while in costume. Last year, the Japanese man went viral after revealing his canine alter ego and his astonishingly lifelike costume, which stunned the internet.
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Japanese man who transformed into a dog gives first in-costume interview
By the way, this isn’t just a costume; Toco has always wanted to transform into a dog.
“I’ve thought about it ever since I can remember,” he told MailOnline last year.
His identity is concealed since he does not want his coworkers to be aware of his unusual interest.
“They find it strange that I wish to be a dog. I can’t show my true face for the same reason,” he added.
“I made it a collie because it looks real when I put it on,” he explained in an earlier interview with Mynavi.
“My favourite animals are quadrupeds, especially cute ones. Among them, I concluded that a large animal close to me would be excellent because it would be a realistic model, therefore I made it a dog. I came across such a situation and created collie, my favourite breed of dog.”
Toco believes that admirers want to emulate him
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And now, after participating in his first in-costume conversation, Toco believes that admirers want to emulate him.
“I receive all kinds of messages, and among the positive messages, some tell me that they want to do what [I’ve done],” he told The Daily Star.
“It has shown me that there are other people like me.”
“The point is that the skeleton of a dog can be reproduced on the skeleton of a human,” said a spokesman from Zeppet, who created the £12,480 costume.
“We spent a lot of time studying how to make it look like a dog because the anatomy of the skeleton is so different.”
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It appears that a lot of thought goes into the process, right down to the fur colour: “In addition, we collect photographs taken from various angles so that the beautiful coat of the collie can be reproduced and devised so that the coat will flow naturally.”
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