Special examples peculiar to Japan include fukuotoko (the luckiest man) selected in a festival, performers such as namahage (folklore demons of the Oga Peninsula that pay frightening visits to children at the New Year) and people who become yorishiro (object representative of a divine spirit) in events such as the ground sumo tournament.
日本古来の物として特殊な例としては祭りなどで選ばれた福男やなまはげなどの演者、大相撲など神の依り代になった人も縁起物とされる。