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Sanrio has created over 450 characters as of 2022, the best known of which is the white cat character Hello Kitty from 1974. [35] Other well-known characters include the rabbit My Melody from 1975, the frog Keroppi from 1988, the penguin Bad Badtz-Maru from 1993, the white dog Cinnamoroll from 2001, the rabbit Kuromi from 2005, the animal series Jewelpet from 2008, the egg character Gudetama ...
Hello Kitty (Japanese: ハロー・キティ, Hepburn: Harō Kiti), [6] also known by her real name Kitty White (キティ・ホワイト, Kiti Howaito), [5] is a fictional character created by Yuko Shimizu, currently designed by Yuko Yamaguchi, and owned by the Japanese company Sanrio.
In 1974 Shimizu made the original design for Hello Kitty, whose fictional birthdate is November 1, the same as Shimizu's. [2] [3] Hello Kitty is Sanrio's most successful and best known character. Shimizu based her name on Alice's black 'Kitty' from Through the Looking-Glass. Hello Kitty was designed to be a kawaii (cute) symbol to be used on ...
Created by Sanrio employee Yuko Shimizu in 1974, Hello Kitty first appeared on a children’s coin purse in 1975, and in the subsequent decades, the character has become a beloved character ...
All Hello Kitty products -- make that all 50,000 or so products -- are licensed by Sanrio. It's proven to be a lucrative venture for the Japanese company. It's proven to be a lucrative venture for ...
The Hello Kitty and Friends Cafe opens Friday at Universal City Walk. Here's who showed up at the opening of L.A.'s first Hello Kitty cafe. Some drove hundreds of miles
By 2014, when Hello Kitty was 40 years old, she was worth about $8 billion a year. [23] UNICEF has appointed Hello Kitty children's ambassador and the Japanese government appointed her ambassador of tourism. [22] The Hello Kitty media franchise has grown to include several animated series, video games and other media productions. A variety of ...
A visitor poses for a selfie with a Hello Kitty figure, part of the 50th anniversary celebrations at Rio de Janeiro Bio Park in Brazil on May 29, 2024.