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In Code Geass, particularly in the original Japanese version, we can see there
was something like a product placement exchanged (as shown in [this
answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/4259/1587)) between the series and
Pizza Hut.

![Code Geass scene with Pizza Hut box](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8Vkwqm.png)
![Real life Pizza Hut box with Code Geass
advertisement](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SPSR3m.png)

Later in the series, C.C. starts having stickers and a giant plush of what
appears to be Pizza Hut's mascot, named Cheese-kun.

[![stickers and
figures](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HKwYU.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HKwYU.jpg)
[![shipped from Pizza
Hut](https://i.stack.imgur.com/di4fs.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/di4fs.jpg)

Now, back when Code Geass first appeared in the west, I did not notice Pizza
Hut having anything like Cheese-kun in Australia, but then again it appears
there was an attempt to remove Pizza Hut references from the series when it
was localized in the west.

So I am wondering, does Cheese-kun exist in Japan? If so, did it exist before
or after Code Geass? Who created it, the author of Code Geass or Pizza Hut?
And does it still represent Pizza Hut now?


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Is Cheese-kun real?


> So I am wondering, does Cheese-kun exist in Japan? If so, did it exist
> before or after Code Geass?

Yes, Cheese-kun exists IRL and predates Code Geass. See, for example, [this 13
Aug 2006 Wayback Machine snapshot of a page on Pizza Hut's Japanese
website](http://web.archive.org/web/20060813162715/http://www.pizzahut.jp/club/),
which includes images of Cheese-kun.

> And does it still represent Pizza Hut now?

The [/pizzahut.japan Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/pizzahut.japan/)
(Pizza Hut's official page for Japan) made [a post that includes a picture of
Cheese-kun](https://www.facebook.com/pizzahut.japan/posts/982532425117558)
just a few hours ago, so I'm going to assume yes.


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