A recent trend in hagoita are ones bearing the image of celebrities and other notable people. In the picture below, a company is unveiling two of its "celebrity" hagoita for this New Year's: Prime Minister Koizumi (left) and Bobby Valentine (right), the former L.A. Dodger who is now coach of Japan's Lotte Marines.
In 2003, the same company (Kyugetsu) released an Arnold Schwarzenegger hagoita, as you can see in this photo.
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