Inga from the series UN-GO. My buddy AoiShu recommended this series to me because the main character was very bendy ^^ It's quite rare to see in anime, I think the only other flexible character I ever saw was Ty Lee from Avatar. Oh and Luffy, lol XD
But after watching the whole thing I gotta admit Inga is also adorable and cute to no end, he's a real sweetie with people he likes and yes he's indeed very bendy and acrobatic and like many kids he gets excited a lot about many things that adults would find nothing special about and he loves to draw adults' attention too, like pulling on his boss Shinjuurou's hand to show him something silly he found ^^
But at the same time he's very different from, say, Radical Edward, I'd even say I haven't seen characters like Inga before, but then I only watched a few anime series, maybe 200 to 300 total :>
Anyways, just had to draw a few contortion poses that I think would fit his character ^^ I very often have these ideas to draw various characters from anime doing something bendy but then a few seconds later I end up realizing it wouldn't quite fit their character. So in most cases it's much easier to create my own characters designed mainly for that purpose XD I was quite excited about Luffy because it fit him totally, and now Inga ^^ Of course Cammy White has always been a great candidate too. But whom else? Ok, I'm babbling now... XD
Lol, yeah I was aware of the origin of the name, but you're probably right about the cultural difference. Thanks for the backstory too, very enlightening.
For the record, your art style is awesome.