Born a human but wanted to be a dog, a Japanese man spends more than 360 million VND to “cosplay” a real dog

The man known by the nickname “Toco” on Twitter spent 2 million Japanese yen (equivalent to nearly 365 million VND) to fulfill his desire to transform into a Collie dog.

A video shared by Toco on Twitter last month has reached more than 1.7 million views. Footage shows the man, dressed in a collie dog costume, rolling around on the ground and gesturing in front of the camera with his feet.

Not only famous on Twitter, Toco also owns a Youtube channel called “I want to be an animal”. In the channel’s description, he wrote: “I wanted to be an animal, so I became a Collie!” This Youtube channel’s “Introduction” video attracted up to 1.1 million views in 1 month.

Zeppet is the company behind Toco’s fur outfit. Zeppet is known for its models, sculptures and costumes for television and film.

The company wrote: “We made a dog costume to meet the customer’s request. This costume is based on the Collie and simulate the realistic appearance of a real dog with four legs”. Zeppet also posted detailed angles of this outfit. According to the company, it takes up to 40 days to produce it.

In an interview with Japanese media MyNaviToco shared that the reason for choosing the Collie costume is that the long coat of this breed will obscure his “human” features.

Toco says: “I chose the Collie because it looks like the real thing. I love four-legged animals, especially cute animals. So I made a Collie suit, which is also my favorite breed.”

A representative of Zeppet told MyNavi that the bone structure of dogs was significantly different from that of humans, which took the company’s designers a long time to create as much dog-like costumes as possible.

“We collected photos taken from different angles to be able to recreate the beautiful coat of a Collie and figure out how to keep their coat naturally smooth.” a Zeppet spokesman said.