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yoshikitty has been selected to compete against Hello Kitty in Sanrio’s global voting competition for the ninth straight year. yoshikitty is the first Sanrio character to be modeled after a real person, YOSHIKI – leader of the rock bands X JAPAN and THE LAST ROCKSTARS. Read More …
The 2020 Sanrio Character Awards has concluded and the character Cinnamoroll won first place with 1,387,152 votes. Cinnamoroll returned to the first place position for the third time. Pochacco who came in third place has been in the top three for 24 years since 1996. Read More …
The mid-term results of the 2020 Sanrio Character Ranking were announced on May 12, showing Yoshikitty in the Top 5 of the current worldwide totals. Fans can continue to vote multiple times a day from all their devices through May 25 (Japan time). https://ranking.sanrio.co.jp/en/characters/yoshikitty In Read More …
In 2017, “Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle” was a project developed by King Records (under their Evil Line Records label). The characters were then designed by Idea Factory under their Otomate label and written by Momose Yuichiro. The project would feature 12 voice actors centered Read More …
The following was originally featured on dennisamith.com: For those going to Enoshima Island, Tobiccho is not the only popular restaurant in the region, because there is another famous location which brings in a flock of tourists and it’s the Enoshima Hello Kitty Saryo (saryo means Read More …
Yoshikitty’s worldwide popularity has taken a great leap forward by placing third in the 2018 Sanrio Character Awards, announced July 1st at Sanrio Puroland in Tokyo. This year’s results mark the highest ranking ever for Yoshikitty, who has now placed in the top 10 for Read More …
Fueled by massive international fan support, Yoshikitty — the popular Sanrio character based on X JAPAN leader YOSHIKI — is now in a close 3-way race for the top spot in Sanrio’s annual Character Ranking Contest. In this week’s midway results announcement, Yoshikitty achieved #1 in Read More …
New Kabuki campaigns to attract tourists are in full effect. With Sanrio and KABUKI actors from Marchen Theater putting on a show titled “KAWAII KABUKI” at Sanrio’s Puroland theme park (in Tokyo) in March, SUPER KABUKI II feat. ONE PIECE (in Osaka) set for April Read More …
With the JR West Evangelion train coming to an end on May 13th, JR West has announced the Hello Kitty Shinkansen for the 500 series. A 2nd car’s interior will be entirely Hello Kitty themed, while the rest of the cars will have normal interiors, Read More …
Back in 1974, Shimizu Yuko created the popular Sanrio character, Hello Kitty. Now designed by Yamaguchi Yuko, Hello Kitty is a global marketing phenomenon. Back in 2014, the character was worth $7 billion. But for decades many have wondered, why doesn’t Hello Kitty have a Read More …