Fans of Hello Kitty have voiced their concerns about the recent news, with many not accepting Koch's explanation. An X user named Carmen shared a post on Friday saying, "Hello Kitty is a cat in my ...

On Thursday, July 18, Sanrio — the developers of Hello Kitty — confirmed that the beloved character is not a cat during an appearance on the 'Today' show.

On the 50th anniversary of Hello Kitty, fans were shocked to learn that their beloved cat-inspired character is, in fact, not a feline at all — she's a little girl.

Yuko stepped away from Sanrio in 1976, shortly after Hello Kitty's invention, to get married and focus on her newly-growing family, but the illustrator's winning idea would spark a legacy for the ...

Hello Kitty is a girl, not a cat. Olivia Wong/FilmMagic Not only is Hello Kitty not a cat, she actually has a pet cat of her own, named Charmmy Kitty. One of the reasons the details of her canon ...