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Other Sanrio Characters
Sanrio Co., Ltd. TYO: 8136 is a Japanese company that creates a range of (mostly) design series' that features characters, and sells and licenses various products branded with these characters. Its best known character is Hello Kitty, a white cat with red bow and no mouth. more...
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Hello Kitty is one of the most successful marketing brands in the world.
Besides selling their famed character goods, Sanrio also takes part in movie production and publishing. They also participate in the fast food industry, running a franchise of Kentucky Fried Chicken in Saitama. Sanrio also has an animatronics company branch called Kokoro Company, Ltd., best known for the android, Actroid.
Sanrio is the largest greeting card manufacturer in Japan. In 2002, they began a joint business venture with the Walt Disney Company for their greeting cards.
Hello Kitty was added to the early characters of Sanrio in 1974 and was released in 1975. The popular mouthless feline has had both peaks and drops in sales over the years, but always has been the highest contributor to Sanrio's sales. Other notably popular characters through the years have been The Little Twin Stars (created by Mr. Tsuji himself), My Melody, Keroppi, Tuxedo Sam, Badtz Maru, Pochocco, Chococat and Cinnamoroll. Sanrio constantly adds new characters to its lineup (up to three a year), so some of the older characters go into retirement. Some of Sanrio's newest characters are Charmmy Kitty (Hello Kitty's pet cat) and Chi Chai Monchan (a pink baby monkey who balances bananas on his head.) For a time, Osamu Tezuka's baby unicorn character Unico, who starred in two feature-length anime movies in the early 1980s, was also part of the Sanrio empire; however, the rights to Unico shifted to Tezuka's own company after Tezuka's death in 1989.
In late 2003, Sanrio won the "Top Brand with a Conscience" award from the Medinge Group of Sweden for its communication principles. The company has partnered with UNICEF since 1984.
Sanrio also hosts two theme parks in Japan, Sanrio Puroland in Tama, Tokyo, and Harmonyland in Hiji, Ōita, Kyūshū.
The company's American sector that produces most of the merchandise found in franchise boutiques is located in South San Francisco, California. There are eighteen "flagship" locations across the country, and in 2005 Sanrio opened its first high-end boutique called Momoberry in Beverly Center Mall in Los Angeles.
The first Sanrio store in America opened in San Jose, California.
Sanrio Characters
Badtz Maru;
Button Nose;
Charmmy Kitty;
Chi Chai Monchan;
Chibimaru;
Chococat;
Cinnamoroll;
Coro Coro Kuririn;
Dear Daniel;
Deery Lou;
Doki Doki Yummychums;
Frooliemew;
Hello Kitty;
Hoshinowaguma;
Keroppi;
Kuromi;
Kyupi;
Landry;
Little Twin Stars;
Marron Cream;
Masyumaro;
Monkichi;
My Melody;
Nyago;
Pandapple;
Patapatapeppy;
Patty&Jimmy;
Pekkle;
Picke Bicke;
Pink no Corisu;
Pinki Lili;
Pippo;
Pochacco;
Purin;
Pururun Kyupi;
Robowan;
Shinkansen;
Spottie Dottie;
Strawberry King;
Sugarbunnies;
Sweet Coron;
Tabo;
Tenorikuma;
Tuxedo Sam;
Unico (formerly);
U*SA*HA*NA;
Zashikibuta;
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