<p>The face on the first picture comes from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyottoko" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Hyottoko</em></a>, which according to wikipedia is:</p>
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<p>a comical Japanese character, portrayed through the use of a mask. His mouth is puckered and skewed to one side. Some masks have different eye sizes between the left and right eyes. He is often wearing a scarf around his head (usually white with blue dots).</p>
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<p>The reason for it to be commonly used extends beyond anime and manga, though, as it is a common stock character in other media — such as theater — too:</p>
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<p>Hyottoko seems to have been a legendary character in Japan in the past, and is now a stock character.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The reason why its features are the way they are, albeit exaggerated, is explained by its name too:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>The origin of the name comes from &quot;fire&quot; (火, hi) and &quot;man&quot; (男, otoko), because the character is blowing fire with a bamboo pipe, hence the shape of the mouth.</p>
</blockquote>
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<p>I don't <em>think</em> Suneo's expression is supposed to be an adaptation of the mask or what it tries to convey, though I don't have anything to back that up with.</p>

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There is a side character in one punch man which is appropriately named [Hyottoko](https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/Hyottoko) because he has that mask. I have edited and added some more information in my question though.
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<p>I have seen this in one or two animes (plural of anime?) where characters have long cylindrical protruding mouths. It is quite rare(?) as I had seen this in only a handful of anime shows (I don't know the names). The recent ones that I know are Haganezuka and Kozo Kanamori from <em>Demon Slayer</em> (the blacksmiths/sword makers who made swords for Tanjiro and Inosuke).</p>
<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/vvnndl.png" alt="" /></p>
<p>The other one that I remember is a fishmonger in <em>Ninja Hattori</em> (a show (is it an anime?) I used to watch in my childhood days) and it is always the fishmongers and shopkeepers. I don't remember any main characters or any characters noteworthy. First of all, that feature is not possible biologically/in real life. So, why is it adopted in anime and cartoon shows? What is it called (if it is a trope)? What is the origin of this feature?</p>
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<p>I found this picture after a little bit more searching:</p>
<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/wi1iTm.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>It said &quot;<em>O-face (octopus-like face)</em>&quot;. Searching for &quot;octopus-like face&quot; yielded me no results. I do know about <em>O-face</em> which is <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahegao" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ahegao</a></em> (NSFW). But I don't think this applies here.</p>
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<p>It is not the <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/23328/is-there-a-name-for-this-manga-anime-mouth-expression-3">pout face</a> or the side-faced lips expression (I don't know the exact name either(?)). Below is Suneo from <em>Doraemon</em>.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/PDPt4l.jpg" alt="" /></p>

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Sorry, I have to remove the sub-question of "*Are there any characters noteworthy having this weird facial feature/wears this mask?*" because this is asking for an open-ended list, and "noteworthy" itself is subjective. Asking for the origin/first appearance is acceptable, but asking for every possible character is off-topic. (As a consolation, [Miku Nagano](https://twitter.com/satake_take/status/1091015186394185729) and [Tokiya Ichinose](https://twitter.com/cllove223/status/496153455715549185) wore the mask, both in a summer festival)
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What is the origin of this weird looking facial feature/mask?
# What is the origin of this weird looking facial feature/mask?
Posted by: username_0 on 2020-09-11
I have seen this in one or two animes (plural of anime?) where characters have long cylindrical protruding mouths. It is quite rare(?) as I had seen this in only a handful of anime shows (I don't know the names). The recent ones that I know are Haganezuka and Kozo Kanamori from *Demon Slayer* (the blacksmiths/sword makers who made swords for Tanjiro and Inosuke).

![](https://i.sstatic.net/vvnndl.png)

The other one that I remember is a fishmonger in *Ninja Hattori* (a show (is it an anime?) I used to watch in my childhood days) and it is always the fishmongers and shopkeepers. I don't remember any main characters or any characters noteworthy. First of all, that feature is not possible biologically/in real life. So, why is it adopted in anime and cartoon shows? What is it called (if it is a trope)? What is the origin of this feature?

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I found this picture after a little bit more searching:

![](https://i.sstatic.net/wi1iTm.jpg)

It said "*O-face (octopus-like face)*". Searching for "octopus-like face" yielded me no results. I do know about *O-face* which is *[ahegao](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahegao)* (NSFW). But I don't think this applies here.

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It is not the [pout face](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/23328/is-there-a-name-for-this-manga-anime-mouth-expression-3) or the side-faced lips expression (I don't know the exact name either(?)). Below is Suneo from *Doraemon*.

![](https://i.sstatic.net/PDPt4l.jpg)
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Sorry, I have to remove the sub-question of "*Are there any characters noteworthy having this weird facial feature/wears this mask?*" because this is asking for an open-ended list, and "noteworthy" itself is subjective. Asking for the origin/first appearance is acceptable, but asking for every possible character is off-topic. (As a consolation, [Miku Nagano](https://twitter.com/satake_take/status/1091015186394185729) and [Tokiya Ichinose](https://twitter.com/cllove223/status/496153455715549185) wore the mask, both in a summer festival)  
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## 1 answers
### Answer by username_2 on 2020-09-11. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
The face on the first picture comes from [*Hyottoko*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyottoko), which according to wikipedia is:

> a comical Japanese character, portrayed through the use of a mask. His mouth is puckered and skewed to one side. Some masks have different eye sizes between the left and right eyes. He is often wearing a scarf around his head (usually white with blue dots).

The reason for it to be commonly used extends beyond anime and manga, though, as it is a common stock character in other media — such as theater — too:

> Hyottoko seems to have been a legendary character in Japan in the past, and is now a stock character.

The reason why its features are the way they are, albeit exaggerated, is explained by its name too:

> The origin of the name comes from "fire" (火, hi) and "man" (男, otoko), because the character is blowing fire with a bamboo pipe, hence the shape of the mouth.

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I don't *think* Suneo's expression is supposed to be an adaptation of the mask or what it tries to convey, though I don't have anything to back that up with.
> **Comments:**
> **username_0** (2020-09-12): There is a side character in one punch man which is appropriately named [Hyottoko](https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/Hyottoko) because he has that mask. I have edited and added some more information in my question though.  
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