is also partly based on a kangaroo with mushroom and boxing features. In the anime and manga series Reborn! the character Ryohei Sasagawa has a kangaroo in one of his ring boxes that enables healing and advances abilities of others. Chimera Punch, a kangaroolike monster in Tokyo Mew Mew. Kangaroos and sports teams The kangaroo features prominently in sport. Australian sports teams with nicknames derived from the kangaroo (and wallaby) include the following: Australia Australian national teams The Australian national rugby league team is nicknamed the Kangaroos. The Australia national rugby union team is nicknamed the Wallabies. The Australia national association football team (men's) is nicknamed the Socceroos. The Australia national under-23 football team plays Football at the Summer Olympics and is nicknamed Olyroos. The Australia national under-20 football team is nicknamed the Young Socceroos The Australia national under-17 football team is the Joeys The Australian Women's field hockey team is nicknamed the Hockeyroos. The Australian national ice hockey team is nicknamed the Mighty Roos. The Australian men's national basketball team is nicknamed the Boomers. Australian domestic teams The North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League is nicknamed the Kangaroos. Perth Kangaroos IFC United States Kasey Kangaroo is the mascot for the University of Missouri–Kansas City, whose sports teams were historically known as the UMKC Kangaroos but rebranded as the Kansas City Roos in 2019. Zippy the kangaroo is the mascot for The University of Akron, athletically the Akron Zips. The kangaroo is the mascot for Austin College in Sherman, Texas The kangaroo is the mascot for Terryville High School in Terryville, Connecticut Lizzie (a purple and white kangaroo) is the mascot of Lake Washington High School in Kirkland, Washington Stomper is the mascot for the professional wrestling promotion Impact Wrestling. The kangaroo is the mascot for State University of New York at Canton in Canton (town), New York The kangaroo is the mascot for Wilmington Friends School in Wilmington, Delaware Moe the Kangaroo is the mascot for Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. However, VMI's sports teams are known as the VMI Keydets. Nashville Kangaroos The kangaroo is the mascot for Killeen High School in Killeen, Texas. Weatherford, Texas High School's mascot is the Kangaroos Abington Friends School, in Abington, Pennsylvania, has a kangaroo named Roo as its mascot. Other countries The Samoa national Australian rules football team is nicknamed the Kangaroos. The FC Bohemians Praha, a