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[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 merchandise. [2] [3] [4] In 1975, the design made her debut in Japan with her image on a coin purse. [2] [3]
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 1980, Yamaguchi won an internal design contest with her design of Hello Kitty playing the piano, and would later become the third (and current) primary designer of Hello Kitty. [2] Aside from Hello Kitty, Yamaguchi has been designing Jewelpet since 2008. [3] She also created the illustration for TV Asahi's official mascot, Go-Chan. [4]
Hello Kitty creators reveal the beloved character is not a cat.. On 18 July, Sanrio, the Japanese entertainment company that created Hello Kitty, made an astounding revelation for the iconic ...
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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]
Fulcher, Zio. Roger Gastman, Jamie Rivadeneira (Compilers), Hello Kitty: Hello Art. Works of Art Inspired by Sanrio Characters, Abrams, 2012; Gastman, Roger. The Worst of While You Were Sleeping by Gastman, Schiffer Books, 2012; Gastman, Roger, Jeffrey Deitch, and Aaron Rose (Compilers). Art in the Streets, Skira Rizzoli/MOCA, 2011
In March, a mother was horrified to find a pedophile symbol on a toy she bought for her daughter. Although the symbol was not intentionally placed on the toy by the company who manufactured the ...