is a Japanese entertainment company. It designs, licenses, and produces products focusing on the ''

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'' ("cute") segment of

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. Their products include

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, school supplies, gifts, and accessories which are sold worldwide, including at specialty brand retail stores in Japan. Sanrio's best-known character is

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, a little cartoon girl

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and one of the most successful marketing brands in the world. Besides selling character goods, Sanrio takes part in film production and publishing. They own the rights to the ''

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'' characters and Japanese licensing rights to the ''

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'' characters. Their

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branch, called Kokoro Company, Ltd. (''kokoro'' being Japanese for 'heart') is best known for the

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. The company also runs a franchise of

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Saitama Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefecture ...

History

Shintaro Tsuji (born December 7, 1927) is a Japanese entrepreneur. Formerly a civil servant, he is the founder and (until 2020) president of Sanrio, a merchandise company known for its characters, including Hello Kitty. Biography Early life Shintaro Tsuji was ...

founded Sanrio on August 10, 1960, then known as the Yamanashi Silk Company using in capital. In 1962, Tsuji expanded his enterprise from

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to rubber sandals with flowers painted on them. Tsuji noticed his success gained by merely adding a cute design to the sandals. He began using existing cartoon characters for his merchandise. In the late 1960s the company began producing goods with the dog character

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, from the American comic strip ''

'', after acquiring the Japanese licensing rights. In 1973 the company was officially established under the name Sanrio. In the book or ''These are Sanrio's Secrets'' Tsuji, Sanrio's founder, said that , part of the company's former name, has an alternative

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reading of ''Sanri''. The remaining ''o'' was added from the sound people make when they are excited. The company's European website gives another origin of the name, saying the name comes from the Spanish words ''san'' ('holy') and ''río'' ('river'). Tsuji hired his own designers to create characters for Sanrio, to not have to pay outside royalty fees. The first original Sanrio character,

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, was introduced in 1973.

was added to the lineup of early Sanrio characters in 1974 and the first related merchandise was released the following year. The popular feline whose mouth is usually invisible has had both peaks and drops in sales over the years, but always has been the highest contributor to Sanrio's sales. Sanrio constantly adds new characters to its lineup. Specific characters are rotated in and out of active production. For a short time,

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's baby unicorn character

Unico is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. It was serialized in Sanrio's manga magazine ' from November 1976 to March 1979 and collected in two volumes. A pilot film for a potential television series was produce ...

, who starred in two feature-length anime movies in the early 1980s, was also part of the Sanrio's lineup; however the rights to Unico shifted to Osamu Tezuka's own company after Tezuka's death in 1989. In late 2003, Sanrio won the "Top Brand with a Conscience" award from the Medinge Group of Sweden for its communication principles. The company has partnered with

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since 1984. In 2006, Sanrio launched

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together with

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to expand to the Internet,

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s, and mobile services. 2010 was Sanrio's 50th anniversary. In conjunction with this,

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released limited edition

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s of several Sanrio characters, including Hello Kitty, Chococat, My Melody and Keroppi. Hello Kitty is alleged to be drawn in a similar style to the rabbit

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. On August 26, 2010, Mercis BV, representing Miffy's creator

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brought suit against Sanrio. They claimed that one of Hello Kitty's companion characters, a rabbit named Cathy, infringes on the copyright and trademark of Miffy. On November 2, 2010, a Dutch court ruled against Sanrio and ordered the company to stop marketing Cathy products in Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Following the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Sanrio and Mercis reached an out-of-court settlement on June 7, 2011, for Sanrio to halt production worldwide of merchandise that feature Cathy. They also jointly announced a €150,000 donation to earthquake victims. In December 2011, Sanrio Global acquired the rights to the ''

'' characters, which includes the subsidiary Mr Men Films Ltd, taking over

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's THOIP company. In 2019 the

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fined Sanrio 6.2 million euros (approx. 6.9 million US dollars) for blocking cross-border sales of its licensed products. In June 2020, it was announced that the company's founder and President, Shintaro Tsuji would step down from the role and hand control of the company to his grandson, Tomokuni Tsuji. Shintaro Tsuji ran the company for 60 years.

Locations

Sanrio Inc. is Sanrio's American subsidiary. Sanrio Inc. has offices in

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, and

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. Sanrio's first Western Hemisphere store opened in San Jose's Eastridge Mall. In 2008, Sanrio opened its high-end boutique called ''Sanrio Luxe'' in New York City's

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. In the Western Hemisphere, Sanrio character-branded products are sold in upwards of 13,000 locations including department, specialty, national chain stores and over 85 Sanrio boutiques. In April 2010, the first and only Sanrio-licensed eatery (Sanrio Cafe) in the U.S. opened at

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's Downtown phase in

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. In 2004, Sanrio Co. Ltd., expanded its license to one of its major licensee and plush suppliers

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to include the owning and operating of all Sanrio branded stores in the US, overseeing the relationships between individual licensed stores and supplying all categories of products for the retail stores in the US and wholesale accounts. Sanrio hosts two

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s in Japan,

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, and Harmonyland in

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, Ōita,

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Characters

Sanrio has created a large number of characters, the best known of which is

. Other well known characters include My Melody,

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, Bad Badtz-Maru,

Cinnamoroll is a character series created by Sanrio in 2001, with character designs from Miyuki Okumura. The main character, Cinnamoroll, is a white puppy with chubby cheeks and long ears, blue eyes, pink cheeks, and a tail that resembles a cinnamon rol ...

Jewelpet is a Japanese media franchise and toy line created in 2008 as a joint venture between Sanrio and Sega Toys, produced by the third character designer of Hello Kitty, Yuko Yamaguchi and illustrated by the character designer of Cinnamoroll, Miyuki O ...

Gudetama Gudetama ( ja, ぐでたま) is a cartoon character from 2013 produced by the Japanese company Sanrio. The character is an anthropomorphized egg yolk whose main traits are laziness and sadness. The name "Gudetama" is derived from the Japanese w ...

, and

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Filmography

Theatrical

From 1977 to 1985, Sanrio produced movies through their Sanrio Films label. After ''A Journey Through Fairyland,'' Sanrio switched gears and started doing short films, OAVs, and TV shows based on their characters. In 2006, Sanrio announced they are again going to do feature-length films.

Other animation

Sanrio began its involvement in production of TV and direct-to-video animation during the late 1980s and early 1990s, starting with the US-made ''

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'' in 1987. The character My Melody got her first starring role in an animated series in the anime television series, ''

Onegai My Melody is a Japanese anime series produced by Studio Comet, based on the Sanrio character My Melody. The anime is directed by Makoto Moriwaki ('' High School! Kimengumi The Movie'') and produced by Hideyuki Kachi and Kazuya Watanabe. The serie ...

'', which first aired on

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on April 3, 2005, and was produced by

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. The

Sugarbunnies are a character duo originally designed in 2004 for Sanrio by Kazumi Fukasawa (深沢和美). The duo are composed of twin bunnies called Shirousa and Kurousa (both born on May 26), who specialize in making sweets and pastries. After the ...

franchise was later adapted into a 7-minute short series in 2007, and was popular enough to gain two sequels.

was also adapted into an anime metaseries in 2009, which was also produced by Studio Comet, spanning 6 official seasons and one theatrical movie, making it the longest running anime adaptation of a Sanrio franchise in history. ''

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'', a game by Sanrio and Geechs got an anime adaptation produced by

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in 2015 - and was licensed in the United States by

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. ''

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'' also get three animated adaptations by Fanworks, one aired on TBS and the later two were released officially on

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. * ''

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'' (1985) —

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* ''

'' (1987) —

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* ''

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'' (1992—1994) * ''

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'' (1995/1997) — Marina Productions/Breakthrough Films and Television * '' Flint the Time Detective'' (1998) —

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* ''

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'' (1999) * '' Hello Kitty's Animation Theater'' (2001) * '' Hello Kitty's Stump Village'' (2005) * ''

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* ''U*SA*HA*NA: Dream Ballerina'' (2006) —

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* '' Hello Kitty: Ringo no Mori Fantasy'' (2006) —

* '' Onegai My Melody ~KuruKuru Shuffle!~'' (2006) —

* ''Hello Kitty: Ringo No Mori No Mystery'' (2007) —

* ''

'' (2007) —

* '' Onegai My Melody Sukkiri♪'' (2007) —

* ''Hello Kitty: Ringo no Mori to Parallel Town'' (2007) —

* '' Sugarbunnies Chocolat!'' (2008) —

* '' Onegai♪My Melody Kirara'' (2008) —

* ''

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'' (2008) —

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* '' Sugarbunnies Fleur'' (2009) —

* ''

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* '' Jewelpet Twinkle'' (2010) —

* ''

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'' (2011) —

* '' Jewelpet Kira Deco!'' (2012) —

* '' Jewelpet Happiness'' (2013) —

* ''

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'' (2014) —

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* ''

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* '' Jewelpet: Magical Change'' (2015) —

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and

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* '' Rilu Rilu Fairilu ~ Yousei no Door ~'' (2016) —

* '' Show by Rock!!#'' (2016) —

* '' Rilu Rilu Fairilu ~ Mahou no Kagami ~'' (2017) —

* '' Sanrio Boys'' (2018) —

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* ''

'' (2018–present) — Fanworks * '' Oshiete Mahou no Pendulum ~ Rilu Rilu Fairilu ~'' (2018) -

* '' Show by Rock!! Mashumairesh!!'' (2020) —

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* ''

Mewkledreamy is a character franchise created by Sanrio, illustrated by character designer Mayumi Yanagita. The franchise was officially launched in 2017. An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff aired on all TXN stations in Japan from April ...

'' (2020) —

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* ''

'' (2021)

Variety shows

A few children's variety shows by Sanrio aired on TV Tokyo. * ''Daisuki! Hello Kitty'' (1993—1994) * ''Asobou!! Hello Kitty'' (1994) * ''Hello Kitty to Bad Badtz-Maru'' (1994—1998) * ''Kitty's Paradise'' (1999—2011)

Video games

Sanrio Digital produces and publishes digital content based on globally famous Sanrio intellectual property assets like Hello Kitty, My Melody, Badtz Maru and many others. Among the games are: ''The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends'', ''Hello Kitty: Roller Rescue'', ''Hello Kitty: Birthday Adventures'', and ''Hello Kitty Seasons''.

Publishing

Sanrio publishes many books featuring its own characters. It also publishes art books (for instance, those by

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). Sanrio publishes books in many languages, including Japanese and English. Sanrio published video games in the early 1990s under the name ''Character Soft''.

References

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External links

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History

Locations

Characters

Filmography

Theatrical

Other animation

Variety shows

Video games

Publishing

References

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