Chiikawa Dancing Nokia AI

Turn one photo into a tiny chibi that does the Chiikawa Nokia dance: it sways, spins round and wiggles beside a ringing old phone, drawn in the template’s flat hand-drawn style.

  • No prompt
  • Ringtone kept
  • Pets too
Example · Chiikawa Dancing Nokia AI

PNG / JPG / WebP · up to 10 MB · at least 512px on the short side

0/1 photos

One photo of you or one pet. Your hair, glasses and top colour shape the chibi, so keep your head and top in view; for a pet, show the whole body and ears.

Video settings

No prompt needed. Only upload photos of yourself or people who agreed to be featured; celebrity photos and film stills aren't allowed.

What is the Chiikawa dancing Nokia trend?

The Chiikawa dancing Nokia trend is a short hand-drawn TikTok loop: a tiny round character from the Japanese cartoon Chiikawa stands on a white page beside an old candybar phone ringing on the floor and, instead of answering, sways, turns its back and wiggles to the ringtone.

That is the whole joke, and it is easy to redraw: one character, a white page, a phone. Fans asked the first artist for their favourite characters in the comments, and the loop became a format rather than a single clip.

People search for it as the Chiikawa Nokia dance, the Usagi Nokia dance or the Nokia ringtone dance. It is not a general AI chibi video generator, which makes a handheld or big-head chibi of you: here your chibi takes over this one loop, with its moves, phone and ringtone.

Setup

An old phone on the floor starts to ring.

Payoff

The little one ignores the call and dances to the ringtone.

Where the Chiikawa dancing meme came from

  1. Animation artist @qutechan posts a hand-drawn loop of Usagi from Chiikawa wiggling beside a ringing old phone, captioned only “??”. A Momonga version follows the same evening; the first loop has about 1.6 million TikTok plays by 9 November.

  2. A Rakko version starts the sound most redraws dance to, and other artists draw their own characters doing the moves; @mashpotatosart’s “Nokia dance” passes 1 million plays.

  3. A “Nokia + chiikawa” CapCut template goes up, and tutorial accounts start calling the format the “chiikawa dancing nokia AI trend”.

Dates and play counts read from the TikTok posts and the CapCut template on 9 November 2026.

The Nokia ringtone dance in four moves

The template is one 10-second loop on a white floor, with the phone lying at the lower left the whole time. It ends in the pose it starts with, so it repeats without a jump.

  1. Chibi girl facing the camera with arms out and head tilted, the phone on the floor beside her10:00–0:03

    Sway to the ringtone

    Facing the camera with arms out and pink cheeks, the chibi rocks its head and body from side to side while the phone rings.

  2. The chibi seen from behind, black hair covering its back above an orange hem20:03–0:05

    Turn your back on the call

    In one snap it spins round, so all you see is the back of its hair and the hem of its top.

  3. The chibi from behind, leaning to one side mid-wiggle30:05–0:07

    Wiggle, back to the camera

    Hair and hips swing left and right on the beeps. This is the part people loop and laugh at.

  4. The chibi facing the camera again, arms raised, head tilted the other way40:07–0:10

    Snap back and sway again

    It whips round to face you, arms up, and sways back into the opening pose as the ringtone plays on.

What carries over when you turn yourself into a chibi?

The moves, the white floor and the phone stay as they are; what changes is who the chibi is. Each card sets a photo beside a chibi drawn from it, to show which details make it across.

  • Young woman with a copper-red bob and fringe in a cream cable-knit sweater against a white wall
    Photo
    Hand-drawn chibi with a copper bob, a fringe and freckle dots in a cream knit top beside an old phone
    Chibi
    Hair

    Hair colour and cut

    Kept: copper bob, straight fringe, freckles

    At this size, hair does most of the work: the chibi is drawn with your hair colour, length and fringe, so a clear view of your hair matters more than your expression.

  • Young man with curly dark hair and round tortoiseshell glasses in an olive overshirt
    Photo
    Hand-drawn chibi with curly dark hair, round glasses and an olive shirt over a white tee
    Chibi
    Details

    Glasses, curls and stubble

    Kept: round frames, curly hair, olive shirt

    Glasses, curls and facial hair become a few simple marks. Clear lenses carry over; sunglasses hide the eyes the chibi needs.

  • The same copper-haired woman, now in a bright cobalt-blue hoodie
    Photo
    The copper-bob chibi in a cobalt-blue hoodie beside an old phone
    Chibi
    Outfit

    The colour of your top

    Kept: same bob, cobalt hoodie

    The chibi wears a tiny version of your top in its colour, so the same person in a different hoodie gets a different chibi. Plain, bright colours read best.

  • Orange and white corgi with tall pointed ears sitting on a wooden floor
    Photo
    Hand-drawn chibi corgi with orange and white fur and tall ears, paws held out beside an old phone
    Chibi
    Pets

    Fur, markings and ears

    Kept: orange and white coat, tall ears

    A pet stays an animal: the chibi keeps its coat colours, white patches and ear shape, with no clothes added.

How do you make the Chiikawa Nokia dance with your own photo?

One photo, one dancer: the template has a single chibi, so there is no photo order to get right.

  1. The chibi girl with a black fringe and an orange top, arms out, above the phone on the floor

    Photo 1You or your pet

    Takes the place of the little girl with the black fringe and orange top, and does every sway, spin and wiggle beside the phone as your chibi.

    • Head and top in view: hair and top colour carry the likeness.
    • For a pet, the whole body with ears and markings showing.

Which photos turn into a good chibi?

Works well

  • Man in a cream polo photographed head to waist, arms relaxedHead to waist, top colour clear
  • Man in clear dark-rimmed glasses, chest up, facing the cameraClear glasses stay on
  • Shiba Inu sitting, whole body in view, facing the cameraA dog or cat on its own, whole body

Avoid

  • Man in sunglasses and a low cap with a hand over his mouthCap or sunglasses over your hair
  • Selfie under a cartoon filter with cat ears, huge eyes and stickersCartoon filters or stickers
  • Three friends squeezed into one selfie at a picnicGroup photos

Your chibi, on the phone’s cue

  1. Choose the photo your chibi is drawn from

    Choose a photo of yourself or your pet and drop it into the slot.

  2. Click Generate

    The button shows the exact price before anything is spent; the video plays in the preview when it is ready.

  3. Post it

    Download the vertical MP4 and post it. The ringtone is already in the clip, so there is no sound to add.

Why does a chibi come out wrong, and how do you fix it?

Four ways the chibi can miss, what usually causes each, and what to change.

  • A real face on a cartoon body

    Why
    A close selfie gives the model a face and little else, so it keeps the face.
    Fix
    Use a head-to-waist photo where your hair and top show.

  • Black fringe or orange top left over

    Why
    Your hair or top is hidden by a cap, a coat or the crop, so the template’s own look fills the gap.
    Fix
    Show your hair and top plainly; single-colour tops carry over best.

  • A second face on the back turn

    Why
    The model loses track of the spin and draws a face on both sides.
    Fix
    Generate again; the back view is drawn anew on every run.

  • A pet turned into a little person

    Why
    A face-only crop leaves too little animal to draw, so the chibi gets a human body.
    Fix
    Use a whole-body photo with the ears and markings in view.

Chiikawa Nokia dance prompt tutorial

The template needs no prompt. To run the dance yourself, copy the Kling prompt to edit the 10-second template with your photo, or the Seedance prompt to re-shoot it from the photo alone; both are Chiikawa dancing Nokia AI prompts you can paste as they are.

Kling 4.0 · video edit

Prompt length 1205

Use @Video1 as the reference for the whole clip. Replace only the little hand-drawn girl with the black fringe and the orange top with a chibi of the person in @Image1, drawn in exactly the same flat style as @Video1: thick dark outlines, flat colours, a big round head on a short bean-shaped body, tiny arms held out, dot eyes and pink cheeks. Give the chibi the person's hairstyle and hair colour, any glasses, and a tiny top in the colour of the top in @Image1; no black fringe and no orange top may remain. If @Image1 shows a pet, draw a chibi of that animal with its own fur colours, markings and ear shape, not a person.

Keep every move and its timing from @Video1: facing the camera and swaying with arms out, the snap turn to show its back at about 3.8 seconds, the side-to-side wiggle with its back to the camera, and the snap back to the front at about 7.8 seconds. When it faces away, show only the back of its hair and its top, never a second face.

Keep the white floor, the dark-grey candybar phone lying at the lower left, the chibi's size and position, the framing, the loop and the ringtone audio exactly as in @Video1. No realistic face, no 3D shading, no text and no logo on the phone.

Lines that help

  • Name the dancer by her look

    “The girl with the black fringe and the orange top” tells the model exactly which drawing to replace.

  • Spell out the drawing style

    Thick outlines, flat colours and a bean-shaped body keep it 2D; “cartoon” on its own can drift into 3D.

  • Say what the back shows

    Only hair and the back of the top when it faces away; otherwise the turn may grow a second face.

Lines that hurt

  • Asking to keep your face

    It pushes a realistic face onto the tiny body. Ask for hair, glasses and top colour instead.

  • Calling the phone a Nokia

    Brand names invite a logo or text on the handset; “dark-grey candybar phone” keeps it plain.

  • Dropping the timing

    Without the two snap turns, the model may blur them into one slow spin and lose the beat.

One line is not enough

Too short

Turn me into a chibi doing the Chiikawa Nokia dance.

Names who changes and what stays

Use @Video1. Replace the girl with the black fringe and the orange top with a chibi of @Image1 in the same flat drawing style: their hair, glasses and top colour. Keep every sway and turn, the phone and the ringtone.

The short version names nobody to replace and nothing to keep, so the model redraws the whole scene its own way.

What are the Chiikawa Nokia dance inputs, outputs and credits?

What are the Chiikawa Nokia dance inputs, outputs and credits?
Photos
1 photo: you or one pet
Photo files
PNG / JPG / WebP, up to 10 MB, at least 512 px on the short side
Length
10 seconds, one full loop that repeats cleanly
Frame
Vertical 9:16, the same as the template
Resolution
720p or 1080p; 720p by default
Sound
The template’s beeping old-phone ringtone, kept as it plays in the preview
Credits
373–560 per video; 373 for 10 seconds at 720p
Visibility
Not public: the video is saved to your own creations
If a run fails
The credits go back to your balance automatically

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Chiikawa dancing Nokia AI FAQ

Is the Chiikawa dancing Nokia AI effect free?+

No, each video costs credits. The price depends on the resolution you choose, and the Generate button shows the exact amount before you spend anything. New accounts get 10 credits when they sign up.

Was the original Chiikawa Nokia dance made with AI?+

No. The loops are drawn by hand by animation artists; the “AI trend” name came from CapCut tutorial accounts. This page is the AI version: your photo becomes the chibi in a ready-made loop.

What is the Usagi Nokia ringtone, and is it in my video?+

It is the simple beeping old-phone ringtone the loops dance to. Your video keeps the template’s ringtone, so the beeps land on the same moves as in the preview.

Will the chibi look like me, or paste my real face on?+

It doesn’t paste your face: the chibi is drawn in the template’s flat lines, and the likeness comes from your hair, glasses and top colour. It varies from run to run; if one misses, check the photo list above and run it again.

Can my cat or dog do the Chiikawa Nokia dance?+

Yes. A cat or dog photo goes in the same slot and becomes a round cartoon of that animal doing the same sway, spin and wiggle.

Is there a Chiikawa Nokia CapCut template?+

Yes, a “Nokia + chiikawa” edit template went up on 5 November 2026. It places the characters’ dance clip into your edit, but you are not in it; here you are the dancer and nothing needs editing.

Can I get a Chiikawa dancing GIF or green screen version?+

The result is an MP4 on a plain white floor, not a GIF or a transparent file. The white background cuts out easily with the Video Background Remover, and any GIF converter can turn the clip into a GIF.

Why is it called the Nokia dance?+

Because the ringing phone in the loops looks like an old Nokia candybar phone and its ringtone is the music. It is a different trend from Drake’s “NOKIA” dance, which is danced to his song of the same name.

Can two friends dance in one video?+

No. One photo makes one chibi, so each video has one dancer. Make one for each friend and post them side by side or as a series.

Is this an official Chiikawa or Nokia effect?+

No. Oeneo AI has no link to Chiikawa or Nokia. The names are how people search for the trend; your video shows an original chibi of you, and the phone carries no brand.

Chibi Nokia dance

Make a Chiikawa dancing Nokia AI video starring your chibi

One photo of you or your pet in; a 10-second vertical clip of your chibi swaying and wiggling beside the ringing phone out.

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