Today Doraemon is well-known not only in Japan but also worldwide. Most people who have watched this anime already know that Doraemon is a robot cat that has tons of fantastical gadgets and helps a 4th grader boy, Nobita who is somewhat slow and goofy. They also know that Doraemon came from future and that he is scared of mice because his ears were eaten by them. But most people probably don’t know the following trivia. Doraemon’s height (in cm), weight (in kg), bust, waist, and hip (all in cm), foot length (in mm), running speed when chased by a mouse (in km/h), and the height of his jump when he sees a mouse (in cm) are all 129.3 and his birthday is September 3rd, 2112. However, I am sorry to say that there is no special meaning to the number “129.3” except that it was the average height (in cm) of Japanese 4th graders when Doraemon first came out in 1969.
