DJ Jade Rasif now a cat mum because of Mofusand

She even named her British shorthair after the Japanese illustrated series featuring cats

- Joanne Soh Lifestyle Correspondent

A 2023 skiing trip in Japan saw Singaporean DJ Jade Rasif falling in love with Mofusand, an illustrated series featuring cats.

Created in 2017 by Japanese artist Juno, the cute and fluffy big-eyed feline characters are not based on specific breeds, although they resemble the British shorthair.

Rasif, 31, was so enamoured with Mofusand that she started looking at catteries for a British shorthair pet.

After a year of searching, the popular social media personality imported a male golden-blue British shorthair from the UK in 2024. She named the 12-year-old cat Mofusand, or Mofu, because he matched the colour of the illustrated cats.

"My Mofu has a golden-blue coat with greenish blue eyes," says Rasif.

According to the club DJ, her cat comes from an award-winning lineage and its colouration is "very rare", thus the hefty price tag of $8,500.

Mofu, she says, is extremely spoilt and an attention seeker.

"He demands our full attention whenever we are around," says Rasif, who lives in a private estate with her 62-year-old son and her partner.

She adds: "Mofu will swat away our mobile phones or, if I'm reading, he will sit in front of my book to ensure I give him undivided attention." As Mofu was becoming too clingy, she got him a companion a few months later. Chi Chi is also a British shorthair but a white golden point, which is not as rare and less expensive at $5,000.

"Chi Chi is six months younger than Mofu, and is very loving and good-natured," says Rasif, adding that her fur kids get along very well.

The cats, who have their own room, enjoyed each other's company so much that they tried to mate.

"I did not know my cats had reached sexual maturity. I came home and witnessed them in action," Rasif says.

"I freaked out and immediately made an appointment with the vet to arrange for them to be sterilised," she says, adding that both cats are licensed and microchipped.