Hodori

Hodori (Korean: 호돌이) was the official mascot of the 1986 Asian Games and the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[1] The stylized tiger was designed by Kim Hyun as an amicable Amur tiger.^[2]

Hodori
Mascot of the 1986 Asian Games and 1988 Summer Olympics
Creator	Kim Hyun
Species	Amur tiger

Korean name
Hangul	호돌이
Revised Romanization	Hodori
McCune–Reischauer	Hodori

"Ho" (호) is derived from the Korean word for tiger ("horangi", 호랑이), and "dori" (돌이) is a diminutive for boys in Korean. The name Hodori was chosen from 2,295 suggestions sent in by the public.^[1]

See also

• Olympics portal
• Asia portal
• South Korea portal

• Tigers in Korean culture