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Character Name Jiji Species Cat Age 13 (From the Picture Book) Gender Male First Appearance Kiki's Delivery Service Role Supporting character Voice actor (Japanese) Rei Sakuma Voice actor (Disney) Phil Hartman Voice actor (Streamline) Kerrigan Mahan

Jiji is Kiki's pet cat and her closest companion in the film Kiki's Delivery Service, directed by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli.

Plot

Jiji is Kiki's companion as she is training to become a full-fledged witch. One time, he had to pretend to be a stuffed cat for a boy's birthday gift. The real stuffed cat, which looked exactly like him, was lost in the forest.

Jiji also gets a girlfriend, who is a white cat named Lily. In the credits, it is shown that Jiji and Lily had kittens together.

Personality

In the American version, Jiji is a chatty and sarcastic cat that likes to act proud whilst in the Japanese version, Jiji is a cautious and humble, and is always ready to help Kiki.

The character of Jiji is significantly different in the American dub. In the Japanese version, Jiji is voiced by the female performer Rei Sakuma, while in the American version Jiji is performed by Phil Hartman, and also has more of a wisecracking demeanor.

In Japanese culture, cats are usually depicted with feminine voices, whereas in American culture, their voices are more gender-specific. A number of Hartman's lines exist where Jiji simply says nothing in the original (such as in the scene where Jiji approaches Lily along the top of the wall). Jiji's personality is notably different between the two versions, showing a more cynical and sarcastic attitude in the 1998 English version, as opposed to cautious and conscience-like in the original Japanese.

Appearance

Jiji is a black cat with large white eyes and black pupils. The insides of his ears are iris purple.

Relationships

Kiki (owner)

Lily (mate)

Kittens (children)

Trivia