Various animal shaped imagawa-yaki cakes were created and sea bream shaped cakes became particularly popular because sea bream were considered lucky fish and was too expensive for ordinary people.
今川焼きを元に、種々の動物などを模した形に焼いた菓子が生まれ、その中で縁起が良く庶民がなかなか食べられない鯛の形をしたものが特に優勢になり現在に至ったとされている。