Ri Ri

Ri Ri

Ri Ri sleeping in 2024 Ueno Zoo
Japanese name	力力[1]
Chinese name	比力[1]
Born	2005
Partner	Shin Shin[2]

Ri Ri (Japanese name: 力力; Chinese name: 比力) is a male giant panda^[3] who was born on August 16, 2005 in China.^[4]

After the devastating 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, he and his partner Shin Shin traveled from China to Tokyo, Japan where they arrived at the Ueno Zoo on February 21, 2011^{[5] [6]} to lift the mood of the Japanese public.^[7]

In early 2012, Ri Ri was found mating with Shin Shin,^[8] who gave birth to a male cub on July 5, 2012 (which died from pneumonia 6 days later); Xiang Xiang^[9] on June 12, 2017; and twins Xiao Xiao (male) and Lei Lei (female) on June 23, 2021.

See also

• Shin Shin
• List of giant pandas
• List of individual bears

References

1. "Giant pandas Shin Shin and Ri Ri have been traveling to Japan for 7 years". People's Daily. 2018-02-13.
2. "The happiness of the giant panda Shin Shin makes the Japanese happy". Deutsche Welle. Jun 12, 2017.
3. "Pictures of the Day: 03 March 2017". The Daily Telegraph. Mar 3, 2017.
4. "Panda power rebounds at Ueno Zoo". The Japan Times. Feb 23, 2012.
5. "Ueno Zoo panda pair off-limits to public as female in heat". The Japan Times. Feb 22, 2017.
6. "Shin Shin the panda gives birth in Tokyo zoo". Reuters. July 5, 2012.
7. Hyun Oh (19 May 2017). "Japanese zoo announces rare panda pregnancy". The Independent.
8. "Tokyo's panda Shin Shin gives birth at Ueno zoo". BBC News. 5 July 2012.
9. Julian Ryall (Dec 11, 2020). "Panda diplomacy: tears of joy as China extends Xiang Xiang's stay in Japan". South China Morning Post.