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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 ...
In October 1942, Chida Handler became a limited company. Chida Handler's name was changed to San-X in May 1973. [2] The name San-X was derived from an earlier logo, which was a row of three X characters. San is three in Japanese. The X in the logo is often illustrated as an anthropomorphic four leafed clover.
They have also worked with companies like Sanrio Co., Ltd. on games featuring popular characters such as Hello Kitty. [3] Imagineer developed the Super Nintendo Entertainment System version of Populous, having acquired the rights from Les Edgar. [4] [5] At the time, the company was working with Nintendo. [4] Imagineer also publishes the ...
Nakajima USA Sanrio Store. Nakajima USA, Inc., is an American toy manufacturer, founded in 2000. [1] It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nakajima Japan, a family run company founded in 1919.
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 ...
Sega was founded on June 3, 1960, by American businessman Martin Bromley. The company started to distribute slot machines to U.S. bases in Japan. During the 1960s, Service Games was renamed to Sega Enterprises Ltd. Sega Enterprises sold their first product, the electro-mechanical game called Periscope which became a worldwide hit.
Tanaka Industrial Co., Ltd. 田中工業株式会社 Tanaka Kōgyō Kabushiki Kaisha: JVC (Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.) 日本ビクター株式会社: Nippon Bikutā Kabushiki-gaisha: TYO: 6792: JVCKenwood: 株式会社JVCケンウッド: Kabushiki-gaisha JVC Ken'uddo: JustSystems: 株式会社ジャストシステム: Kabushiki-gaisha ...
In 2007, Sanrio designer Yuko Yamaguchi approached Yoshiki about writing an official theme song for Hello Kitty, which he premiered at Hello Kitty Con in Los Angeles in 2014. [2] As Yoshiki worked on the song, their conversations inspired Yamaguchi to create an original design merging the character and the musician into "Yoshikitty".