paper-mario-wiki:

you know those emoticon squids?

くコ:ミ

those ones? ive decided their names are Kukomi cuz thats what those symbols spell

く is Ku (hiragana)

コ is Ko (katakana)

ミ is Mi (katakana)

also the japanese keyboard allows you to make different sizes of katakana which allows for squid size variation like so:

くコ:ミ

くコ:ﾐ

くｺ:ミ

くｺ:ﾐ

please use this information in any way you please as long as it is productive and positive.