These Japanese emoticons are raising a hand in a salute. They might be military kaomoji or they might just be being cute.

Yes sir! I’m working on it! ( ・∀・ )ゞ

These kaomojis are pretty easy to make too. All you need is a bent arm sort of characters indicate the raised saluting arm. ゞ, ゝ”, ゝ and ∠ work perfectly and if you can add a bit of a shake with ” that looks pretty awesome as well.

ω Mouths

The only way to really sort these text faces was to separate them into groups based on what kind of character they use for a mouth. This first group uses a ω character for their mouths. They are all saluting using characters like ゞ, which is great because the little lines add movement to the gesture. Sir, yes sir!

(-ω-ゞ	(*´ﾟωﾟﾉ	(〃´・ω・`)ゝ
(≧ω≦)ゞ	(◎｀・ω・´)ゞ	(★｀･ω･)ゞ
(★´ω｀★)ゞ	(ο´ω｀ο)ゝ	(｀･ω･´)ゞ
(′σω`)ﾉ	(*゜ω゜)ゞ	☆(･ω･*)ゞ
ヾ|*ﾟωﾟ|ゞ	(`･ω･´)ゞ	(｡･ω･)ゞ
∠(｀･ω･´)	( ゜ω゜)ゝ	（｀・ω・）ゞ
(-ω-)ゝ	ヽ|･ω･|ゞ	┏( ﾟωﾟ)ゝ
〆(´ω`●)ゞ	(●´ω｀●)ゞ	|；´・ω･｀|ゞ
(。・ω・)ゞ	ヽ( ˘ω˘ )ゝ	（＊´ω｀）ゞ
ヾ(☆´･ω･)ゞ	ヾ(･ω･｀★)ゞ	(･ω´-ゞ)^☆
（´ω｀◎）ゞ	ヽ(￣ω￣(￣ω￣〃)ゝ	(o｀･ω･)ゞ
（*｀・ω・*）ゞ	(*>ω<)ゞ	（○｀ω´）ゞ
(●｀･ω･)ゞ＜ok！	(*｀･ω･)ゞ	(・ω・｀=)ゞ
c(＞ω＜)ゞ	(`･ω･)ゞ	(。・ω・。)ゞ

ε Mouths

This next group of saluting emojis all use a ε character for their mouth to make puckered lips. They look pretty silly while giving a salutation, as if they are not totally serious. Use these if you are making a joke or poking fun at something. You definitely don’t want to send these saluting emoticons to a drill sargeant.

(；・ε・)ゝ”	(★ゝз･)ﾉ~*	*~ヽ(ゝз･☆)
(`･ε´-ゞ)	(〃´3′〃)ゞ	ヾ(´ε｀*)ゝ
(･´з`･)ゞ	ヽ|･з･|ゞ	(｡･з･)ゞ
ヽ( ˘з˘ )ゝ