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Tom Nook

Tom Nook is the businessman of Animal Crossing: a tanuki, localised in English as a raccoon, who runs the town shop and sells the player a house on credit. The series began on the Nintendo 64 in Japan in 2001 as Dōbutsu no Mori, created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami, and reached North America on the GameCube in 2002.

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First appearance
Dōbutsu no Mori (Animal Crossing) (2001), Nintendo
Created by
Katsuya Eguchi, Hisashi Nogami
Also known as
Nook
Universe
Animal Crossing
Appears in
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Who is Tom Nook?

Tom Nook is the businessman of Animal Crossing: a tanuki, localised in English as a raccoon, who runs the town shop and sells the player a house on credit. The series began on the Nintendo 64 in Japan in 2001 as Dōbutsu no Mori, created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami, and reached North America on the GameCube in 2002. Paying off Nook's home loan, which grows each time the house is expanded, is one of the game's long-term goals, and the loans carry no interest and no deadline. That gentle arrangement became a long-running internet joke, in which players cast Nook as a ruthless landlord. Animal Crossing: New Horizons, released for the Nintendo Switch in March 2020 at the start of the pandemic lockdowns, became one of the best-selling games on the system and brought Nook to a much wider audience. In New Horizons he runs Resident Services on a desert island, while his nephews Timmy and Tommy run Nook's Cranny, the island shop. His striped apron and leaf-shaped Nook Inc. logo are the usual shirt designs, and the debt joke is the adult favourite.

Tom Nook: the details

First appearance
Dōbutsu no Mori, Nintendo 64, Japan, 2001
Series created by
Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami
Species
Tanuki, called a raccoon in English versions
His business
Sells the player a house on an interest-free loan
Family
His nephews Timmy and Tommy
New Horizons
Nintendo Switch, March 2020, one of the system's best sellers

Why Tom Nook endures

Gaming's gentlest creditor, and an internet joke that outlived its premise.

What Tom Nook looks like on a shirt

Signature motif: Round tanuki in a striped apron or aloha shirt; the leaf-shaped Nook Inc. logo

The leaf logo reads like a company shirt, which suits adults. Soft greens and browns work on cream.

Nook Inc. logo and debt-joke designs for adults; cute portraits for children.

Tom Nook T-shirts

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Nintendo Mens Animal Crossing Shirt - Tom Nook, Mr Resetti, K.K. Slider, Isabelle, and Baabara Tee (Green, X-Large)
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Nintendo Mens Animal Crossing Shirt - Tom Nook, Mr Resetti, K.K. Slider, Isabelle, and Baabara Tee (Green, X-Large)
$19.99on amazon.com · Sep 17, 2026
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Tom Nook T-shirts: common questions

Who created Tom Nook?

Tom Nook was created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami, first appearing in Dōbutsu no Mori (Animal Crossing) in 2001 (Nintendo).

What does a Tom Nook T-shirt usually look like?

Round tanuki in a striped apron or aloha shirt; the leaf-shaped Nook Inc. logo. Nook Inc. logo and debt-joke designs for adults; cute portraits for children.

Are Tom Nook T-shirts made for children?

Yes — Tom Nook appears on our kids pages, and shirts are commonly made from US toddler 2T up through youth XL.

How much does a Tom Nook T-shirt cost?

Tom Nook shirts we currently track start from around $18.49 on amazon.com. Every price on this page is dated, because they move.

This profile was compiled from published reference material about Tom Nook — first appearance, creator credits and production history — and is a secondary source rather than a substitute for the original publication. Where a detail could not be corroborated it has been left out. We do not physically test garments; see how we work for what that means and what it does not.

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