Nagi and Pokke (The Yotsuya Station Goats)
Two new coworkers at a Tokyo train station. Job: eat the weeds. Senpai: Pokke.
Used in 8 videos (Sheep May Safely Graze music page) · as of 2026-10-25
Key Metrics & Impact
JR East official X announcement: 32,723 likes, 7,246 reposts, 1,437 quotes, 5,992,563 impressions
Most-viewed TikTok found is a TV Asahi news clip: 2.3M plays, 63.7K likes, 5,722 shares, 75 s
@fuuuukatsu repost of the TV news clip on X: 15,992 likes, 4.42M impressions, 2.46M video views
Earliest passerby post found (@recommend_ktaro, 2026-10-09): 6,702 likes, 299,796 impressions
TikTok tag #四ツ谷駅: 212 videos, 902,151 views (tag page; #nagiandpokke returned no tag data)
📷 Photo Upload Guideline
Optional adaptation: one clear photo of your pet, full body, outdoors or on a plain background. We turn it into a 'working at the station' grazing clip. No photo needed for the plain goat version.
What does "Nagi and Pokke (The Yotsuya Station Goats)" mean?
Nagi and Pokke are two goats that JR East put to work eating the weeds on a patch of land at Yotsuya Station in Tokyo, a trial that began on October 9, 2026. Nagi is a one-year-old male and Pokke a two-year-old female, according to SoraNews24. A Japanese news clip of the "working goats" posted on X on October 21 passed 4 million views, and by October 23 Nagi and Pokke had a Know Your Meme entry and fans abroad calling them the railway's mascots.
Evolution Timeline
Goats start weeding work at JR Yotsuya Station slopes (TV Asahi/ANN: from Oct 9, suggested by a station employee)
Earliest passerby post found: Bunka Hoso announcer @recommend_ktaro photographs the goats (00:16 PT)
JR East official X post introduces Nagi and Pokke (20:00 PT; Oct 19 12:00 JST)
TV Asahi News posts a 75 s TikTok report; becomes the most-viewed TikTok found (2.3M)
@fuuuukatsu reposts the TV clip on X (18:37 PT); 2.46M video views
TV Asahi/ANN article (09:57 JST): Nagi male, 1 yr; Pokke female, 2 yrs; first inside the Yamanote loop; runs until December or until the grass is gone. NTV news every. also airs it
The Straits Times TikTok covers it in English (68.9K plays)
@ren_Nevermind posts a 9:16 4K goat clip calling them 'official mascots of JR' and quoting a $ヤギ memecoin post (18:12 PT)
Notable Iterations & Variations
Official announcement photos
XCreator: @JREast_official · 2026-10-18
TV news report
TikTokCreator: @tv_asahi_news · 2026-10-20
TV clip repost
XCreator: @fuuuukatsu · 2026-10-20
Passerby photo
XCreator: @recommend_ktaro · 2026-10-09
'Goat employee daily vlog'
TikTokCreator: @mint37352 · 2026-10-20
English news explainer
TikTokCreator: @straitstimes · 2026-10-22
Origin & Key Figures
Fact-Check & Disclosures
Investigative Findings
Q: What is the real event?
JR East put two goats, Nagi (male, 1) and Pokke (female, 2), to weed slopes at Yotsuya Station from 2026-10-09, at a station employee's suggestion; first such use inside the Yamanote loop; planned until December or until the grass runs out
Q: Highest-view passerby video?
Not found at scale. The biggest videos are news broadcasts (TV Asahi TikTok 2.3M; X repost 2.46M). Top passerby items found: @recommend_ktaro photo (6,702 likes) and @mint37352 TikTok vlog (4,606 plays)
Disputed Claims
- •Brief expects passerby TikTok/X videos to be the top items
- •Top items found are TV news clips (TV Asahi TikTok; @fuuuukatsu repost of broadcast footage)[source]
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