"Akira-kun loves dinosaurs, and I suspect the younger me would enjoy a matching plush, so perhaps..." Hmm, he pauses, taking a bite of gyoza as he contemplates. "Perhaps two little feathered velociraptors? One colored like Red Hawk and another that's black and gold for Akira-kun?"

Raptors are close enough to birds, anyway, that it wouldn't be too off putting, and then they could have a matching pair.