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.

Hello Kitty doesn’t let her fake paws hold her back from her DJ desires. The character can occasionally be found behind the turntables, dropping sick beats at Sanrio events.

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 ...

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 ...