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Ditto for this: according to her official Sanrio biography, she was born in London, making her British by default, no? So what’s the big deal? Yet, pretty much everyone in Japan thinks Kitty-chan is Japanese — with only diehard Hello Kitty ...

Is Hello Kitty Japanese? Or British?

According to the official biography from Sanrio, the Japanese licensing company that controls Hello Kitty, the cute, mouth-less cat was born in London and her real name is the British-sounding Kitty White. But 38 years of character mythology has been ...

Kitten-Sized Controversy: Is Hello Kitty from London or Japan?

The Atlantic Wire made some calls to both Sanrio and the British embassy ... Kitty was born in England (or moved when she was very young) and raised by her Japanese immigrant parents? Couldn’t she have grandparents and other family living ...

Hello Kitty’s Citizenship Controversy: Is She British or Japanese?

For those unfamiliar with Hello Kitty, she is a fictional character produced by the Japanese company Sanrio and first designed by Yuko Shimizu. The character's first appearance on an item, a vinyl coin purse, was introduced in Japan in 1974 and brought to ...

Pop icons get a makeover via Hello Kitty

The pink-favoring Hello Kitty has no such image problem, at least not in Japan, where she was created 38 years ago as a girl in bobtail-cat form from the suburbs of London, by Yuko Shimizu, a designer at Sanrio. In 2009, Maybelline put Hello ...

Cartoon Characters Inspire Makeup Lines

They have paid dearly for the licensing of the Hello Kitty and Snoopy images from Sanrio who owns the marketing rights to the cute kitten and to Peanuts characters in Japan. Gourmandise’s legal use of Snoopy image on Samsung Galaxy SII cover ...

CES 2012 Analysis: Piracy Doesn't Just Happen to the Big Boys

Off the stage, she’s passionate about all things kitty – from rescuing, neutering and releasing feral cats to scouring Sanrio stores on Pops tours in Japan and China, for her extensive “Hello Kitty” collection. Her “piéce-de ...

Five questions: Joan Voorhees

Japan, South Korea, Thailand and the United Kingdom. The show's three-day Asian Licensing Conference is also underway. The most established event of its kind in Asia, this year's conference features speakers from licensing giants such as Disney, Sanrio and ...

Asia's Biggest Toy Fair in the Spotlight

And she’s not alone. More than a billion dollars of Hello Kitty merchandise has been sold for the Japanese company Sanrio. While Hello Kitty is aimed at pre-adolescent girls, many adults are also hooked on the character including the sushi ...

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Sanrio | Sanrio - サンリオ Sanrio Co., Ltd. (株式会社サンリオ, Kabushiki-kaisha Sanrio ?) is a Japanese company that designs, licenses and produces products focusing on the kawaii (cute ...

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sanrio japan | eBay Sanrio Puroland (サンリオピューロランド, Sanrio Pyūrorando ?) is an indoor theme park located in Tama New Town, Tokyo, Japan that attracts over 1.5 ...

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