The Yuru Chara mascot "ISTy-kun" of Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo

In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the founding of Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo, "Yuru Chara" mascot "ISTy (E-su-tea) kun" was born in 2011.

ISTy is named after Information Science and Technology.
The concept is "a robot to protect safety and security in the information society," and it collects information from all over the world with the antenna on its head. ISTy-kun's design is by Professor Takeo Igarashi of the Department of Computer Science.

The Yuru Chara mascot "ISTy-kun"