Hello Kitty Biography =>
In the real world, Hello Kitty was born in Japan in 1974, when a young Tokyo-based company called Sanrio asked designer Ikuko Shimizu to invent a cartoon animal who would appeal to the preteen girl in everyone. Sanrio, which already had a bear and a dog (and, curiously, a strawberry) in its growing cast of characters, needed the new critter to decorate a plastic coin purse it was planning to produce.
Shimizu "wanted to create a cat that was kittenish for sure," author Marie Y. Moss writes in the book Hello Kitty Hello Everything, "but one that would certainly prefer a catnap to catnip." And so the designer drafted a white cat wearing a red bow and blue overalls. On November 1, 1974, Sanrio introduced the first picture of Hello Kitty. She sat between a bottle of milk and a pet goldfish, and had turned her head sideways to face her newfound friends. In a word: cute. Or more accurately, kawaii, the distinctively Japanese breed of cuteness that injects adorable attributes into all aspects of the country's consumer culture.
In her own make-believe world, however, Hello Kitty isn't even Japanese. She lives in the suburbs outside London with her father, George White; mother, Mary White; and twin sister, Mimmy White. Yes, Hello Kitty is a nickname; her birth certificate reads Kitty White. How to tell Kitty and Mimmy apart? Look at the bow. Hello Kitty prefers a red bow in her left ear; Mimmy opts for yellow on her right. Other occupants of the White house include Bear, apparently a living teddy, and Moley, who pops up in the garden.
Sanrio located the Whites in England as a nod to the surging Anglophilia of 1970s Japan, notably the books and illustrations of Beatrix Potter (The Tale of Peter Rabbit) and Lewis Carroll (Alice Through the Looking Glass). Much has been made of Hello Kitty's mouth, or lack thereof. A handful of feminist scholars say her noncommunicative nature perpetuates the submissive female archetype, while others attribute Hello Kitty's appeal to her blank stare -- onto which fans can project their own emotions.
According to Hello Kitty's official bio on Sanrio's website, "Kitty is a cheerful, warm-hearted little girl. Baking cookies is her forte, but what she enjoys most is eating a slice of Mama's apple pie!" We also learn that her favorite things include candy, stars, and goldfish, as well as the inevitable "small, cute things." Hello Kitty is in third grade. She weighs the same as three apples and stands five apples tall. Her blood type is A.
Hello Kitty turned 30 in 2004, and although in her world she remains a kitten, her Earthly reality continues to grow. In 1993, Sanrio introduced a boyfriend for her, a similar-looking kitty named Dear Daniel. The two playmates rarely rendezvous, however, because Daniel is perpetually on African safari with his family (dad is a photographer). No worries, correspondence is a Hello Kitty mainstay, hence her fondness for stationery. Other members of her social circle include the teen bunny Kathy, brother and sister monkeys Timmy and Tammy, and boy puppy Jody.
In 1976, Setsuko Yonekubo became Hello Kitty's second chief designer. She was in turn replaced in 1980 by Yuko Yamaguchi, who remains at the helm. In 2004, Yamaguchi explained the long-standing appeal of her charge to London's Times newspaper: "Hello Kitty can wear Laura Ashley but also punk rock leather. She has a wide audience, and she's very flexible because everything goes with white." Hello kitty is a cute cat that everyone loves espically the dark versions of hello kitty
PROFILE =>
Name Kitty White
Birthdate November 1st, 1974
Birthplace Suburban London, England
Resides Kitty lives in a red roof little white house at a suburban town 20km from London. The name of the town is unknown, but the population is roughly around 20,000. It takes about 25 minutes to get there by car, and about 30 minutes by bus.
Blood Type: A
Weight Same as :3 apples!
Height Same as: 5 apples!
Star Sign :Scorpio
Favourite color: Red
Favourite food :Apple pie (baked by mama). However, she also likes hot cakes, puddings and other sweet things like candy.
Favourite School Subjects: English and Music
What she likes (hobbies): Small, cute things like herself. For example, Hello Kitty likes collecting little stars, little goldfishes, lollies and as many ribbons as possible as decorations. She also likes to go to nearby park or forest with friends. In her spare time, she like to visit the candy store too. Kitty loves candies.
What makes Hello Kitty attractive? What attracts the most is her red ribbon on the top left ear, and her fluffy round ball shaped tail.
What kind of boys does Kitty attract to? Hello Kitty likes kind and friendly boys. Hello Kitty's first love is Dear Daniel, but since Dear Daniel had to go to Africa with his parents, the boy Hello Kitty likes right now is Tippy, her classmate at school.
Personality :Very happy and cheerful, very energetic. She loves to go outside, play in the park, or the forest. She loves to meet new people and make new friends, therefore she is extremely popular at school! Since dad works at New York, hence she also has lot of teddy bears friends. She loves music, especially piano. You might even find her playing her piano or baking an apple pie with mama. She loves sport too, her favorite sport is tennis.
Hello Kitty's School Hello Kitty's school is on the way to Londan, which is 4km from Hello Kitty's home. It's a beautiful school with trees and animals surrounding the school. Hello Kitty and Mimi take bus to school together every morning, it only takes 3 stops before they get to school. The teachers always greet the two kitties when they arrive, they are surely the most popular at school.
Where are Kitty's grandparents? Hello Kitty's grandparents live in a forest, which to get there it takes a whole day travelling on foot. Hello Kitty's dad often takes Kitty, Mimi and the rest of the family to visit them.
Favorite toothpaste? Hello Kitty loves to brush her teeth with strawberry toothpaste, she just cannot resist the sweet strawberry smell
Travelling around Hello Kitty has a tricycle which she uses to travel around her neighbourhood, to go to shopping, also to travel to the nearby part to play with her friends.
Future? Be a pianist or a poet
