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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 ...
A variety of products have featured the character over the years and as of 2008 there were over 50,000 different Hello Kitty branded products. [ 22 ] Aside from the core Hello Kitty characters, several spinoff characters have been created: Hello Kitty's boyfriend Dear Daniel in 1999, Charmmy Kitty , Hello Kitty's pet cat, and Sugar, her pet ...
She does have a pet cat of her own, however, and it’s called Charmmy Kitty.” US-JAPAN-ENTERTAINMENT-ANNIVERSARY-HELLO KITTY (FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP / Getty Images)
Tsuji married Yasuko in the 1950s. [7] He is the father of Kunihiko Tsuji (who was at one point the heir of Sanrio before his death in 2013) and the grandfather of Tomokuni Tsuji (currently the president of Sanrio, and the youngest CEO of a TOPIX-listed company), who coincidentally has the same birthday as Hello Kitty. [9]
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. Last year, Sanrio saw $5 billion in ...
Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures is an official, free 2020 animated web series published weekly to the official Hello Kitty and Friends YouTube. The first episode aired on Monday, October 26 at 3pm PST with an all-star cast of Hello Kitty, Keroppi, Badtz-Maru, My Melody, Pompompurin, and Kuromi.
Yuko Shimizu (清水裕子) is a Japanese illustrator based in New York City whose work combines Japanese heritage with contemporary reference points. [1] Works by Shimizu address a range of serious issues including sex, race, and cultural identity, but also can be light and whimsical.