Chaka Series List & Full Chronology

About Chaka

I am Chaka — born from the strike of a match, named after that small sharp sound that calls fire into being. I am a spirit made of light. Not the kind that floods a room and demands attention, but the kind that flickers in a corner and keeps you company when the house goes quiet. I catch different kinds of light as I wander — morning light through curtains, candlelight reflected in glass, the glow of a streetlamp on wet pavement — and I carry each one with me, transformed into something new. My creator, Hanna Li, shaped me around a simple idea: that warmth and solitude are not opposites. You can be alone and still be held by something. A flame burning in the dark is not lonely. It is, in fact, the center of everything around it. I arrived officially in 2024, though I had been finding my way into people's homes long before that, in small prints and independent editions. Since then I've been a sprite chasing light, a whisper between candles, a reverie made luminous. Each series I enter is another quality of light I've learned to carry. If you are drawn to quiet beauty and the warmth of things that glow softly in the dark, I think you already know me.

Designer

Hanna Li is a Chinese-born illustrator, toy designer, and the founder and creative lead of Cand CHAKA Studio. Originally from Changsha, China, she pursued her formal art education in the United States, graduating from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in 2019. Based in New York, she worked with editorial clients and publishers as a freelance illustrator before establishing her independent design brand. Li's most celebrated creation is CHAKA, a flame-and-candle-themed spirit character whose name is derived from the sound of a match striking. CHAKA embodies an intense curiosity about the world, catching and transforming various kinds of light into different forms and colors. The character sits at the emotional intersection of warmth and solitude, light and shadow, and is designed to evoke quiet hope. Over several years, Li cultivated a dedicated collector following through independent art releases under the Cand CHAKA banner. In 2024, CHAKA officially joined Pop Mart's IP roster with the CHAKA Light Sprite Series, followed by the CHAKA Candle Whisper Series in 2025. Her artistic approach weaves traditional fine-arts techniques with contemporary character design, producing figures with muted tones, layered textures, and subtle emotional expressions.

Release History

From the debut series to the latest releases, this page tracks the complete Chaka chronology. Series are sorted newest-first. Click any series to view its full product collection, pricing, and availability on TOYSEZ.