I just found out the Toad character from the Super Mario Bros is known as キノピオ in Japan.
Where does that name come from? I know 茸 (きのこ) means mushroom, but what does the suffix -ピオ stand for?
Thanks in advance.
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%8E%E3%83%94%E3%82%AA