Kabosuthe Shiba Inu dog that inspired the globally shared Doge meme and later the Dogecoin cryptocurrency, died this Friday, as announced by her owner, the Japanese Atsuko Sato, on her blog and social networks.
“On May 24 at 7:50 in the morning, Kabo-chan fell into a deep sleep. Last night, as always, he ate and drank a lot. From the window where a warm light came in while the birds sang outside on a beautiful morning, while she was caressed by me, she passed away silently as if she were sleeping.“Sato related as a poem in his blog ‘Walking with Kabo-chan’.
The dog, known worldwide for the image taken from a photograph whose comical pose catapulted her to fame, I was 19 years old.
Kabo-chan is the Japanese diminutive of Kabosu.
Sato thanked everyone who showed their love for the dog over all these years and wrote after her death: “I think Kabo-chan was the happiest dog in the world. And I was the happiest owner in the world.”
This Sunday, May 26, the celebration of a farewell party in Narita citynortheast of Tokyo.
Born on November 2, 2005, Kabosu was about to be euthanized when she was adopted by an animal welfare organization.. She was about 3 years old when Sato became his owner.
The Japanese woman had been uploading photographs of the dog on her blog for some time when she suddenly became an internet phenomenon for the aforementioned photograph, taken not long after his adoption, when he was still getting used to his new home, as Sato explained in interviews with local media.
Netizens nicknamed Kabosu ‘Doge’a play on words meaning ‘dog’, and became a global meme.
His image would later be used to create the Dogecoin cryptocurrencyin which the American business magnate Elon Musk invested large amounts, further enhancing his fame.
The dog even has a monument in a park in the city of Sakura where he lived, in Chiba prefecture (east of Tokyo), where he also has his own manhole cover.
