When Koga visited New York, he saw a ``beckoning cat'' at a store that had no connection to Japan. The opportunity to create this series was inspired by the experience of being surprised by its outstanding presence in a different culture.
Koga's style is based on the classic forms of Japanese art. His representative work ``Cheek Armor Sake'' uses the ``changeable helmets'' of Sengoku period warlords as a motif, but he recreates them into a modern form, and adds Koga's perspective on modern society as a ``concept.'' The same is true for this work. Although the beckoning cat is based on a typical form, it wears a ``cheek armor cup,'' a sake cup that inspires young people with ambitions. In addition, the beckoning cats are filled with positive words such as "Get Stand Up," "Stay Gold," and "Silver lining" that resemble graffiti. This is Koga's message to the world suffering from the coronavirus pandemic. In this way, this work inherits the role that the ``beckoning cat'' has played, while adding new elements and updating it into a new ``beckoning cat'' for modern times.