a brazilian company called birdo made the mascots. the olympic organizers only wanted mascots made by brazilian companies. the organizers chose birdo's mascots in august 2013, and they showed them to the public on 23 november 2014, but the mascots did not have names yet at that time. the organizers asked the public to choose names for them. the public chose to name the mascots after vinicius de moraes and tom jobim. vinicius de moraes and tom jobim wrote the song "the girl from ipanema".