Toro Inoue (井上トロ), AKA the Sony Cat, is the mascot of the Sony Playstation company in Japan. He is a white, super deformed-style bobtailed cat, known for having many expressions. While normally he does not wear any clothing, in various game titles in the Doko Demo Issyo series, he can wear costumes to create various effects.
Toro's official data is as follows:
- Birthday: May 6
- Gender: Unknown
- Height: 1 m
- Favorite foods: Chūtoro, Oratosquilla oratoria, nattō roll
- Dislikes: Being put in cardboard boxes
Toro's wish is to become human, a subject explored in different games he has appeared in. He already seems to live a life very much like a human: He has owned an apartment and was evicted, starred on a daily and weekly news program, along with many other adventures. He still, however, meows and purrs on occasion.
Toro has become popular in America with users of the Playstation Network. American players could, after signing onto the network using a Japanese account, could download the Mainichi Issyo game and view the news articles. Since its being discontinued, Toro was migrated to the new Weekly Toro Station game which is still obtainable with a Japanese PSN account for free. There was some hope of him coming stateside with the release of Toro! Let's Party! as the game itself is in English, despite that version being released in Hong Kong only.
Toro first appeared in July 1999 in the game Doko Demo Issyo, on the Playstation Portable. Since then he's been in numerous games and has had friends developed, and merchandise made of him.