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Boku

Boku may refer to:

  • One of the first-person Japanese pronouns
  • The Cuban name for the Ashiko, a type of drum
  • Boku (juice), a juice carton drink.
  • Bōku, a board game.
  • BOKU, nickname of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
  • Boku, the former codename of Kodu, a child-oriented programming environment from Microsoft
  • Boku mobile payments, San Francisco, California-based company
Bōku

Bōku is an abstract strategy board game played by putting marbles on a perforated hexagonal board with 80 spaces. The object of the game is to get 5 marbles in a row. The game has also been sold under the name Bollox, and later Bolix and won a Mensa Select award in 1999.

Invented by Rob Nelson, the former Portland Mavericks left-handed pitcher and creator of Big League Chew bubblegum. The idea for the game came to Nelson in 1991 when he was in London pitching for the Enfield Spartans. Along with good friend and owner of the Spartans Malcolm Needs they developed and marketed the game. Distributed by the London Games Company in Europe and Cadaco Toys in North America, for a time it enjoyed the position of being the best selling two player strategy games in both Harrods and Hamleys. The game was awarded a Mensa International Gold Star.

Boku (juice)

BoKu was a fruit juice brand released in the United States from 1990 to 2003 by McCain Citrus, Inc. It was sold in a box, much like competitors such as Minute Maid.

BoKu was marketed as "adult" juice, as juice boxes were commonly attributed to grade-school children because of their small size and easy ability to pack in a lunch. Consequently, BoKu juice boxes were larger, omitted a straw in favor of a pull tab, and was offered in flavors considered more suitable for adults.

BoKu's television ads featured comedian Richard Lewis. Lewis would be seen standing in front of the camera, holding a BoKu box and espousing how the product was suited more for adults than children. At the end of each ad, shortly after taking a sip, Lewis would say to the camera: "Is that too much to ask?!"