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Hachikō
(c.
1934)
SpeciesDog (Canis
lupus
familiaris)BreedAkita
InuSexMaleBorn10
November
1923
near
the
city
of Ōdate, Akita
Prefecture,
JapanDied8
March
1935 (aged 11)
Shibuya, Tokyo,
JapanResting
placeAoyama
Cemetery, Minato,
TokyoKnown forFaithfully
waiting
for
the
return
of
his
deceased
owner
for
more
than
nine
years
until
his
death.OwnerHidesaburō
UenoWeight41 kg
(90 lb)Height64 cm
(2 ft
1 in)[1]AppearanceWhite
(peach
white)Awards
1st
bronze
statue
of
Hachikō
at Shibuya
Station (scrapped)
2nd
bronze
statue
of
Hachikō
at Shibuya
Station (where
he
waited)
Bronze
statues
of
Hachikō
at Ōdate
Station,
in
front
of
the Akita
Dog
Museum [ja] in Ōdate,
at Woonsocket
Depot,
and
at
the University
of
Tokyo,
Japan
Hachikō
was
born
on
November
10,
1923,
at
a
farm
near
the
city
of Ōdate, Akita
Prefecture.[3] In
1924, Hidesaburō
Ueno,
a
professor
at
the Tokyo
Imperial
University,
brought
him
to
live
in Shibuya,
Tokyo,
as
his
pet.
Hachikō
would
meet
Ueno
at Shibuya
Station every
day
after
his
commute
home.
This
continued
until
May
21,
1925,
when
Ueno
died
of
a cerebral
hemorrhage while
at
work.
From
then
until
his
death
on
March
8,
1935,
Hachikō
would
return
to
Shibuya
Station
every
day
to
await
Ueno's
return.
During
his
lifetime,
the
dog
was
held
up
in
Japanese
culture
as
an
example
of
loyalty
and
fidelity.
Well
after
his
death,
he
continues
to
be
remembered
in
worldwide
popular
culture,
with
statues,
movies,
books,
and
appearances
in
various
media.
Hachikō
is
known
in
Japanese
as chūken
Hachikō (忠犬ハチ公)
"faithful
dog
Hachikō", hachi meaning
"eight"
and -kō which
originates
as
a
suffix
once
used
for
ancient
Chinese
dukes;
thus,
Hachikō
could
be
roughly
translated
as
either
"Mr.
Eight"
or
"Sir
Eight".[4]
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