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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 ]
Tsuji says that Hello Kitty's simplicity and lack of a specific narrative makes her a more versatile and relatable character than, say, Mickey Mouse. But there’s a lot of detail to lap up.
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 ...
Then, in 2020, Tomokuni Tsuji inherited the role as Sanrio's boss. He is the grandson of the firm's founder, Shintaro Tsuji, and was just 31 at the time, making him the youngest chief executive of ...
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 pink rabbit My Melody from 1975, the frog Keroppi from 1988, the penguin Bad Badtz-Maru from 1993, the white dog Cinnamoroll from 2001, the black rabbit Kuromi from 2005, the animal series Jewelpet from 2008, the egg character ...
Minori Matsushima (Barbara Goodson in the English dub) as Chirin (チリン), a young, cheerful and innocent lamb who has no understanding of life and death. He always wears a bell around his neck. Akira Kamiya (Gregg Berger in the English dub) voices Chirin as an adult ram. As a result of his quest to kill the wolf, he grows into an antelope ...
He was created as an alter-ego for 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". [53] The Strawberry King rarely appears on merchandise. [54]
A Journey Through Fairyland (Japanese: 妖精フローレンス, Hepburn: Yōsei Furōrensu, lit. Fairy Florence) is a 1985 Japanese animated film by Sanrio, [1] the company which animated Unico, The Sea Prince and the Fire Child and Ringing Bell, though this story is less sought out as a rarity among Sanrio cult classic collectors.