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Fictional character by Sanrio

This article is about the character. For other uses, see Hello Kitty (disambiguation).

Fictional character

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.^[7][8][9] Sanrio depicts Hello Kitty as a British anthropomorphized white cat with a red bow and no visible mouth.^[10][11] According to her backstory, she lives in a London suburb with her family, and is close to her twin sister Mimmy, who is depicted with a yellow bow.^[5][12]

Hello Kitty was created in 1974 and the first item, a vinyl coin purse, was introduced in 1975.^[13][14] Originally, Hello Kitty was only marketed towards pre-teenage girls, but beginning in t