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| Zakumi | |
 Zakumi the Leopard, the official mascot for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. | |
| ザクミ | |
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| Genre | Sports, Comedy |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Alexander Wong |
| Produced by | Patrick Keller |
| Written by | Andries Odendaal |
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| Original run | 2010 |
| Episodes | 22 |
Zakumi the Leopard was the official mascot of the 2010 FIFA World Cup,[1] which was held in South Africa. He was an anthropomorphized leopard with green hair, introduced on September 22, 2008. His name comes from "ZA", the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for South Africa, and Kumi, a word that means "ten" in several African languages, referencing the year 2010.[2]
- ^ "Briefs | Leopard named Zakumi is 2010 World Cup mascot". The Seattle Times. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "Zakumi - a Mascot with attitude". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2010.