is a fictional character in the Japanese
manga and
anime series
of the same name created by
Fujiko Fujio, the
pen name of writing team Hiroshi Fujimoto and Motoo Abiko. He is a male
robotic cat that travels back in time from the 22nd century to aid a preteen boy named
Nobita Nobi. An "official" birth certificate for the character gives him a birth date of 3 September 2112 and lists his city of residency as
Kawasaki, Kanagawa, the city where the manga was created. In 2008,
Japan's Foreign Ministry appointed Doraemon the country's "anime ambassador".