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There's a wide variety of tiger-inspired designs you'll see in official RIT merchandaise. From top-hat wearing tigers to anime characters with tiger ears and tails, the RIT tiger takes many forms.
University Foods
Ada, MI.
Official RIT Tigers Milk Chocolate Bar, ca. 1960s
Foil wrapper
From RITArc-0328, RIT Archives
Rochester Institute of Technology
Established 1829
RITchie Playing Cards, circa 1986
Paper
From RITArc-0328, RIT Archives
Rochester Institute of Technology
Established 1829
RITchie Stress Toy, Date unknown
Foam
From RITArc-0328, RIT Archives
Delta Apparel, Inc.
Tora-Con T-shirt, 2020
Cotton
On loan from Dannahe Kuntz
Samantha Mclarney
Earrings Inspired by RIT’s Tiger Logo, 2023
Laser-cut Acrylic
On loan from Dannahe Kuntz
These earrings are one of many pieces of tiger merchandise sold at ShopOne on the RIT campus. ShopOne encourages local artists to get involved with creating tiger pride through their work.
Dannahe Kuntz
Born 2005
Tora-Con attendee badge, 2024
Plastic
On loan from Danni Kuntz
Tora-Con is an anime convention hosted by RIT students, named after the Japanese word for “tiger”. You may not see the resemblance to RITchie at first, but Tora-con’s mascots all have tiger ears and tails!
About Tora-Con and its mascots
About Tora-Con and its mascots
Tora-Con is an anime convention that has been run by RIT students since 2004(1), starting as a small cosplay contest. Now, it's a large convention, with many events and famous guests.
Tora-Con has four mascots at the moment, named Kyou (orange-haired boy), Kaede (blue-haired girl), Sugi (black and green-haired man), and Saki (red haired woman). Each mascot represents a different kind of tiger - Bengal, White, (the hypothetical) Maltese, and Golden respectively (2).
Characters (and art) belong to Tora-Con.
Sources
“About Tora-Con,” Tora-Con, 2014, https://toracon.org/about.
“Art Contest,” Tora-Con, 2014, https://toracon.org/mascot-art-contest.
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