Kai, the iconic white dog featured in TV commercials for mobile carrier SoftBank Corp., died of natural causes on Thursday. He was 16.
Kai, a Hokkaido, endeared himself to living room audiences with his cute gestures in his role as the first-generation father in the fictional Shirato family. The commercials started airing in 2007.
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