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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.
Yuko Shimizu created the original design of Hello Kitty in 1974. Hello Kitty (ハローキティ, Harō Kiti) is the best-known of Sanrio's characters. She is depicted as a white cat with a red bow and no visible mouth. [17] The original design for Hello Kitty was created by Yuko Shimizu in 1974. [5]
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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.
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 ...
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]
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