Grape (16 April 1996 – 12 October 2017), colloquially known as Grape-kun (グレープ君, Gurēpu-kun), was a Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) at Tobu Zoo in Miyashiro, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

Dec 28, 2024 · Grape-kun was a penguin at the Tobu Zoo in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, who gained much online notoriety for his perceived interest in a cardboard cutout of the anthropomorphic penguin character Hululu from Kemono Friends after it was placed in his enclosure in late April 2017.

Grape-kun was a Humboldt Penguin who grew rather attached to the cardboard cutout of Hululu, the Kemono friend character that was a Humboldt penguin.

Oct 13, 2017 · Grape the Humboldt penguin became on online star in May after seemingly falling in love with the picture of Hululu, an anthropomorphic penguin character from the Japanese anime series Kemono...

Aug 23, 2023 · Grape-Kun, an elderly Humboldt penguin, took the internet by storm when he met the love of his life in the form of Kemono Friends character Hululu. Though the pairing might be unusual, it struck a chord with anime fans all across the globe.

Oct 19, 2017 · Grape-kun, a 21-year-old Humboldt penguin who had been residing at Japan's Tobu Zoo has sadly passed away on October 12th beside the cardboard cut out of "Hululu" from the animated series Kemono...

Nov 3, 2024 · A Japanese penguin named Grape-kun lived with other penguins of the Tobo Zoo, in Japan, but he was a little different from them. Having suffered heartbreak and loss, he turned his affections towards someone that could never harm him: …

Oct 15, 2017 · Grape-kun gained internet fame earlier in the year when zookeepers found him obsessing over a cardboard cutout of an anime girl. The character was named Hululu the …

Oct 13, 2017 · Grape-kun was a penguin living at the Tobu Zoo in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, who gained a large following for his perceived interest in a cardboard cutout of the anthropomorphic penguin character Hululu from the popular anime series Kemono Friends after it was placed in his enclosure in late April 2017.

Oct 15, 2017 · Grape-kun became internationally famous this May when he started to exhibit mating behavior towards a cardboard cutout of “Hululu”, an anthropomorphized Humbolt …