2020 hosts Tokyo wow at Rio closing

With Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe popping up dressed as the classic video game character Super Mario, 2020 Olympic hosts Tokyo spectacularly took the spotlight at the Rio Olympics closing ceremony.

Following the official handover of the Olympic flag from Rio to Tokyo, Abe appeared in the middle of the Maracana wearing the Nintendo character's famed red hat, seemingly transferred there through earth via a pipe.

Tokyo's five-minute display showed that the 2020 Games will be very different from the natural vibrance and colour of Rio.

The Japan showcase also packed in a video with Pac-Man, Hello Kitty and other manga icons.

Performers in illuminated dresses and aboard scooter-like devices rode in as the field turned into the country's Rising Sun flag.