Priced at 10,584 yen (US$99.34), orders for the 22-centimtre (8.7-inch) tall Kiki doll are currently being taken on the Takara Tomy website until 25 July.
If you ask Japanese women to recall their favourite childhood dress-up doll, chances are their answer will be Rika-chan.
Kiki, the star of Studio Ghibli’s acclaimed anime film, Kiki’s Delivery Service, looks like she’s stepped out of the movie and into real-life, with a number of distinctive elements faithfully reproduced as she appears in beautiful doll form.