Ri Ri

Ri Ri is a male giant panda born on 2005-08-10 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. He is listed as studbook number 421 in global giant panda population records, and he has remained in good health since birth. He is the offspring of studbook 324 and studbook 446. Both of his parents are captive-bred giant pandas managed under the coordinated breeding program overseen by the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. Currently living at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Japan, he participates in the international giant panda conservation collaboration between China and Japan. His daily care follows standardized captive giant panda husbandry protocols, and he is a major visitor attraction at the zoo. As a mature male giant panda, Ri Ri exhibits typical foraging behaviors, spending most of his daily active hours feeding on bamboo. He holds significant cultural value as a symbolic representative of China-Japan wildlife exchange, and supports public education about giant panda conservation needs for vulnerable bear species globally.