Hello Kitty may look just like a cat, but according to Sanrio itself, that assumption about the character could not be further from the truth.

It may be shocking, but Hello Kitty was not Sanrio's first icon, and while she is the most famous this underrated character ...

Yuko Shimizu, the Sanrio employee who created Hello Kitty, told BBC that her design for the character was "a white cat with a red bow in its hair." She added how the inspiration behind the ...

It’s 50 years since the creation of one of the world’s most recognisable characters, Hello Kitty. In 1974, a 24-year-old ...

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After 50 years of misconception, it has been clarified that Hello Kitty is not a cat but actually a little girl named Kitty White. Created by Sanrio in 1947, the character's backstory includes ...