Chibiterasu was created for the video game Ōkamiden: Chiisaki Taiyō. His name is a portmanteau of the Japanese word chibi, meaning "small" or "child", and Amaterasu, the protagonist of the game's predecessor, Ōkami. The developers designed Chibiterasu to have a character on his back, due to him needing a helping hand-wikiOkamiden: Chibiterasu Papercraft