“That’s one correction Sanrio made for my script for the show. Hello Kitty is not a cat. She’s a cartoon character. She is a little girl. She is a friend. But she is not a cat,” said Yano.

A gold coin pendant with the image of Hello Kitty holding the number 50 is selling ... Her TV appearances required co-stars, including a pet cat named Charmmy Kitty that made its debut 20 years ...

Fifty years ago in March 2025, the Japanese company Sanrio introduced Hello Kitty to the world. Designed by Yuko Shimizu, the familiar anthropomorphised cat character has transcended cult status and ...