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Shintaro Tsuji was born in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, [1] to a manageress of three ryokan. [2] He was a student of a kindergarten affiliated with the Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin . [ 3 ] As part of a wealthy family belonging to the Saegusa clan, Tsuji, as their first child, lived a life of luxury, yet he was secluded. [ 2 ]
In 1962, Shintaro Tsuji, founder of Sanrio, began selling rubber sandals with flowers painted on them. [21] Tsuji noted the profits gained by adding a cute design to the shoes and hired cartoonists to design cute characters for his merchandise. [21] Hello Kitty was designed by Yuko Shimizu and was added to the lineup of early Sanrio characters ...
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 ...
Shintaro Tsuji (born 1927), founder of the Japanese company Sanrio; Yasuhiro Tsuji (born 1955), a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan who served two terms in the National Diet; Yota Tsuji (辻 陽太, born 1993), Japanese professional wrestler; Jiro Tsuji, a Japanese chemist who pioneered the Tsuji–Trost reaction
Ringing Bell (チリンの鈴, Chirin no Suzu, lit. Chirin's Bell) is a 1978 Japanese anime adventure-drama film adaptation of the storybook of the same name written by Takashi Yanase, the creator of Anpanman. [1]
Nutcracker Fantasy (くるみ割り人形, Kurumiwari Ningyō, lit. ' The Nutcracker ') is a Japanese-American stop motion animated film produced by Sanrio, [1] very loosely based on Tchaikovsky's 1892 ballet The Nutcracker and E.T.A. Hoffmann's 1816 story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". [2]
He was created as an alter-ego of Sanrio founder Shintaro Tsuji, and has the same birthday as him, December 7. [10] Official character bios describe him as "the king of the beautiful and peaceful Strawberry Kingdom" who "spends his days bringing messages of peace and friendship to all". [54] The Strawberry King rarely appears on merchandise. [55]
Shintaro Shimizu (清水 慎太郎, born 1992), Japanese footballer; Shintarō Suzuki (鈴木 信太郎, 1884–1958), Japanese politician; Shintaro Tsuji (辻 信太郎, born 1927), Japanese entrepreneur; Shintaro Uda (宇田 新太郎, 1896–1976), Japanese inventor; Shintaro Yamada (山田 親太朗, born 1986), Japanese model, actor and singer