dakimakura
Sign in to savethumb|A dakimakura without a cover on it A dakimakura (; from daki "embrace" and makura "pillow") is a type of large pillow from Japan usually coupled with pillow covers depicting manga and anime characters. The word is often translated as body pillow, waifu pillow, or husbando pillow. Dakimakura are similar to Western orthopedic body pillows and are commonly used by Japanese youth as "comfort objects".
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thumb|A dakimakura without a cover on it A dakimakura (; from daki "embrace" and makura "pillow") is a type of large pillow from Japan usually coupled with pillow covers depicting manga and anime characters. The word is often translated as body pillow, waifu pillow, or husbando pillow. Dakimakura are similar to Western orthopedic body pillows and are commonly used by Japanese youth as "comfort objects".
==History== thumb|A dakimakura featuring the character Mirai Suenaga During the late '90s and early 2000s, dakimakura began to intertwine with otaku culture, leading to the production of pillow covers featuring printed images of bishōjo and bishōnen posed lying down from various anime or bishōjo games. Many of these early otaku dakimakura covers were released by Cospa, a character goods and apparel store that as of 2018 continues to release official dakimakura covers.