About Me
Sanrio ~ Hello Kitty Backround:
Sanrio is a world-wide designer and distributor of character-branded gifts. They are best known for Hello Kitty®, their star character and corporate symbol.Sanrio was founded in 1960 by Mr. Shintaro Tsuji. Forty years later, Mr. Tsuji is the Chairman of Sanrio Company, Ltd., based in Tokyo and with distribution throughout Japan and Southeast Asia, the Americas and Europe.Hello Kitty is a white, mouthless female kitten who lives in a seemingly perfect world.
Kind, friendly and impossibly cute, she offers advice like "Hello Kitty says be yourself!"
Although Sanrio had been producing Hello Kitty products since the 1970s, in the mid-1980s Hello Kitty mania swelled and she became one of the most prominent and recognizable Japanese characters on Earth, found on everything from handbags to bath towels.Hello Kitty was given an English name (Kitty White) because British culture was popular with Japanese girls when she was created (though the name is rarely used in popular culture).
Kitty's name came from one of the cats that Alice kept in the book Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.
When Hello Kitty's boyfriend "Dear Daniel" was created in 1999, designers took his name from the 1971 film, Melody, which starred Mark Lester as a character called Daniel and features songs by the Bee Gees.Hello Kitty's world includes a whole array of friends and family members.
Since 2004 she has even had a pet cat of her own called Charmmy Kitty and a pet hamster called Sugar.
Charmmy resembles Hello Kitty but has more cat-like features.
Charmmy Kitty was given to Hello Kitty by her father, George White, and Sugar by Dear Daniel.Hello Kitty was born on November 1st 1974, in suburban London, England. She is very energetic and loves to play outdoors, in the park or forest. But you can also find her happily practicing on the piano or baking a cake, too!Kitty lives in London, England with her mother, Mary, dad, George, and twin sister Mimmy. Kitty is curious, whereas Mimmy is shy.Hello Kitty symbolizes generosity, innocence, kindness and most importantly... friendship.Her friends are Cathy, Tippy, Joey, Jodie, Fifi, Tracy, Tiny Chum, Rory, Mory, Tim and Tommy. Both Hello Kitty and Mimi are in 3rd grade. They have many friends at school and, together, they share many adventures. When school's out Hello Kitty travels the world making new friends.Her generosity and kindness endear her to everyone she meets. Her favorite thing to do is tea parties and her hobbies include music, reading, eating the cookies her sister mimmy bakes, and best of all making new friends! Like she says "You can never have too many friends."Hello Kitty's family:KITTY - A very energetic little girl, Kitty loves to play outdoors, in the park or forest. But you can also find her happily practicing on the piano or baking a cake, too!MIMMY - Kitty's twin sister. She is shy. Kitty and Mimmy always spend time together because they are best friends. Mimmy wears a ribbon on her right ear so people can tell her and Kitty apart.GEORGE - Kitty's Papa. He has a fabulous sense of humor and loves to make his family laugh. George works for a trading company. He is always hardworking and dependable, but sometimes a little absent-minded.MARY - Kitty's Mama. She is very kind and loving. Mary loves cooking and taking care of the house. Her apple pie is famous.ANTHONY - Kittys Grandpa. He knows lots of neat stuff, and can tell great tales. Also he loves to paint.MARGARET - Kitty's Grandma. She is a master pudding maker. And she loves doing embroidery in her rocking-chair.
