[Important] All-in-One Gut Health App "Floreco by Mykinso" Introduces "Kin Friends," Mysterious Creatures from Your Gut!
The gut health app "Floreco" adds a new feature called "Kin Friends" where users can raise gut bacteria by logging their meals.
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- 📰 Published: March 30, 2026 at 23:00
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Saikinsou Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Yosuke Hara; hereinafter referred to as "Saikinsou"), which operates the gut flora testing service "Mykinso" with over 200,000 cumulative tests, has implemented a major update to its all-in-one gut health app "Floreco by Mykinso" (hereinafter referred to as "Floreco"), and is launching the new feature "Kin Friends," which personifies the bacteria in your gut, starting today.
With this update, "Floreco" evolves from a mere recording app into a platform where users grow alongside mysterious creatures living within them. By merging scientific knowledge based on over 200,000 data points with gamification, it transforms gut health from a "lonely effort undertaken alone" into the "joy of raising friends," supporting more people in establishing healthy habits.
■ New Feature "Kin Friends": There were unseen "partners" inside your gut.
"Kin Friends" are slightly cute and mysterious creatures that live inside the human gut. They live with us unknowingly, existing alongside us. It seems they want you to "get to know them better."
Through daily meal logging and gut health actions in "Floreco," friends will gather around you and evolve into diverse forms.
■ Enjoy "Discovery" and "Evolution." Key Features of "Kin Friends"
1. Encounter New Companions Through Daily Meal Logging [Collection Feature]
By photographing and logging your daily meals, new "Kin Friends" children will come to you.
Through the experience of "logging = feeding friends," recording, which has often been a struggle, transforms into a fun exploration time to meet new companions.
2. Gut Health Actions Become the "Nourishment" for "Growth." Transforming Forms [Evolution Feature]
Using "Friend Points" accumulated by performing gut health menu items, you can "evolve" child friends into adult forms.
This is not a simple costume change; it adopts an "evolution" process where child friends grow into diverse adult forms. What form they will take is a surprise until they evolve... Perhaps sometimes they might take on a special form...?
3. Deepen Your Learning with the "Friends Encyclopedia" [Educational Feature]
The "Friends Encyclopedia" allows you to learn about the "Kin Friends" you've befriended.
FAQ
What is "Floreco by Mykinso"?
"Floreco by Mykinso" is an all-in-one gut health app developed by Saikinsou Inc., which also offers the "Mykinso" gut flora testing service.
What is the new "Kin Friends" feature?
"Kin Friends" is a new feature in the "Floreco" app that personifies the bacteria in your gut. Users can collect and evolve these characters by logging their meals and performing gut health actions.
How do I collect "Kin Friends"?
You can collect new "Kin Friends" children by photographing and logging your daily meals within the "Floreco" app. Logging your meals is equivalent to feeding your friends.
How do "Kin Friends" evolve?
You can use "Friend Points," earned by performing gut health actions (like following gut-friendly menus), to evolve your child "Kin Friends" into adult forms. The evolution process leads to diverse adult appearances.
What is the "Friends Encyclopedia"?
The "Friends Encyclopedia" is a feature within the app that allows users to learn more about the "Kin Friends" they have collected and evolved.
What is the goal of the "Kin Friends" feature?
The goal is to make gut health more engaging and enjoyable by transforming the often solitary effort of maintaining gut health into a fun experience of nurturing and growing "friends," thereby supporting users in establishing consistent healthy habits.