Chuki is a reporter for OEM news. She is also the lead singer of "Grid Lock", an infamous rattle and roll band, and has won several awards and nominations for her talent.
History[]
Cars[]
In Cars, she appears as one of the news reporters who reports to all of Japan about Lightning McQueen's disappearance.
Cars Toons[]
Tokyo Mater[]
In Tokyo Mater, Chuki appears on one of the digital billboards located in the background when Mater arrives in Tokyo. She appears to be reporting about Kabuto.
Cars 2[]
In Cars 2, Chuki appears on a television on top of one of the skyscrapers when McQueen, Mater, Luigi, Guido, Sarge and Fillmore arrive in Tokyo.
Cars 2: The Video Game[]
In Cars 2: The Video Game, Chuki is one of the playable characters, occasionally seen competing in races around Tokyo. She is unlocked when the player levels up to Clearance Level 6. As a lightweight character, she can go at fast speeds.
General information[]
Physical description[]
Chuki is painted bright pink, with gray rims and short, pink mirrors. Although the Car Finder Game game says she is a 2006 Microcaster Chickmonk, she resembles a 1992-2001 Nissan March (K11). She also represents Japan's "kawaii" (meaning "cute" in Japanese) design.
In Cars 2: The Video Game, she appears to be colored hot pink.
Occupations[]
Chuki is a reporter for the OEM news during the day, and a singer at night.
Official profiles[]
Car Finder Game[]
- "By day, Chuki is a reporter for OEM news, but by night she's the lead singer of the infamous rattle and roll band "Grid Lock." She has fans all over the world and has received several musical award nominations for her signature tire-squealing vocals."
Die-cast Race-O-Rama "Meet My Friend" description[]
- International TV news reporter Chuki keeps all her Piston Cup fans in Japan in the loop on the latest and greatest.
Pixarpedia[]
- Chuki, a 2006 Microcaster Chickmonk, is a TV reporter for OEM news, a programme on Japanese television. Even she reports on the missing Lightning McQueen!
Cars 2: The Video Game[]
- The happiest racer on the track comes to us from one of the fanciest restrooms in all Japan. Chuki is a pretty pink little vehicle, spreading laughter and happiness throughout the races.
Cars: Character Encyclopedia[]
- Chuki reports the latest race news for Japanese TV. She also appears in the Cars 2 Tokyo bathroom.
Gallery[]
Names in other languages[]
- Japanese: ちゅき (romaji: Chuki)
- Russian: Чаки (transcription: Chaki)
Trivia[]
- In the first film, she has brown eyes, but in Cars 2: The Video Game, her eyes are instead pink. It is most likely she was wearing pink contact lenses.
- According to her in-game description for Cars 2: The Video Game and the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con exclusive "Bathroom Mater" display, Chuki is also the toilet assistant seen assisting Mater on a Japanese toilet in Cars 2 (also voiced by Sonoko Konishi).
- In the Turkish credits of the first Cars movie, she is called Japanese Reporter.