Hello Kitty is portrayed as a bright and kind-hearted girl, very close to her twin sister Mimmy.
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17 Facts About Hello Kitty
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Hello Kitty is good at baking cookies and loves Mama's homemade apple pie.
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Hello Kitty is portrayed as fashionable and sensitive, good at dancing and playing the piano, with an interest in photography, and dreams of being a celebrity.
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Hello Kitty is described as docile, obedient and fond of shiny things.
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Hello Kitty first appeared in the United States in 1976 when Sanrio opened a Gift Gate store in San Jose, California.
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Hello Kitty was initially known only as "the white kitten with no name" .
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Originally, Hello Kitty was only marketed towards a child and preteen audience.
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Yuko Yamaguchi, the main designer for most of Hello Kitty's history, has said that fashion, movies, and TV inspire her in creating new designs.
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In 2009, Hello Kitty entered the wine market with a collection of four wines available for purchase online, continuing the expansion of product lines targeted at older audiences.
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In January 2018, Puma collaborated with Hello Kitty to create the new Puma X Hello Kitty For All Time collection, which features the company's signature sneakers for both children and adults.
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In 2006, Fender partnered with Hello Kitty to create the Hello Kitty Stratocaster under its Squier sub-brand.
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In 2002, Hello Kitty lost her place as the top-grossing character in Japan in the Character Databank popularity chart.
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Hello Kitty has been particularly popular in other Asian countries for decades, such as in China, where her cultural impact is comparable to that of Barbie in the Western world.
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Hello Kitty stated disapprovingly in an interview for the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph:.
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Mercis, the firm that managed copyrights for Bruna, took Sanrio to court over their Hello Kitty-associated character Cathy, a rabbit which made her first appearance in 1976 and which Mercis argued infringed the copyright for Miffy.
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In 2020, the meme claiming Hello Kitty 'says ACAB' begun circulating throughout the internet.
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