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Yuko Yamaguchi (山口 裕子, Yamaguchi Yūko, born October 24, 1955) is a Japanese character designer and illustrator. She is well known as the third character designer of Hello Kitty . Biography
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.
She has been a UNICEF ambassador, a special envoy for Japan’s Foreign Ministry and the subject of themed restaurants, cafes, two amusement parks and even a maternity hospital.
Jewelpet (Japanese: ジュエルペット, Hepburn: Juerupetto) is a Japanese media franchise and toy line created in 2008 [1] as a joint venture between Sanrio and Sega Toys, produced by the third character designer of Hello Kitty, Yuko Yamaguchi and illustrated by the character designer of Cinnamoroll, Miyuki Okumura. [2]
The original design for Hello Kitty was created by Yuko Shimizu in 1974. [5] However, the lead designer in charge of creating new design themes for most of Hello Kitty's history, since 1980, has been Yuko Yamaguchi. [6] [18] [5] The first Hello Kitty item, a vinyl coin purse, was introduced in 1975. [19] [20]
The character was created by Hello Kitty designer Yuko Yamaguchi. The brand specializes in rock-themed and high fashion goods, and was voted more popular than Hello Kitty in the 2018 Sanrio Character Ranking. Yoshikitty is the first Sanrio character modeled after a real-life person. [1]
Along the guest stars were child actress Mana Ashida and the designer of Hello Kitty, Yuko Yamaguchi. [3] Yamaguchi stated that Ashida's singing and dancing is both cute and energetic and fits well with the film's theme. When released in cinemas, the film was double-billed with the short film Onegai My Melody: Yu & Ai. [4]
Olympian Kristi Yamaguchi is a figure skating icon and will now forever be immortalized with a replica Barbie doll, news that initially shocked her teenage daughters. “My daughters are 18 and 20 ...