A clumsy blue-eared koala with two left feet has become a surprising pop-culture phenomenon in Japan. Doala the Koala is a mascot for the Chunichi Dragons, a baseball team in Nagoya in central Japan.

He may have been christened “Logan”, but as soon as Dreamworld’s newest koala emerged from his mum’s pouch and took a first glimpse of the world late last year, he was dubbed “Frankie” for his ...