Characters !

Hello Kitty (ハローキティ, Harō Kiti) is the best-known of Sanrio's characters. She is depicted as a white cat with a red bow and no visible mouth. The original design for Hello Kitty was created by Yuko Shimizu in 1974. However, the lead designer in charge of creating new design themes for most of Hello Kitty's history, since 1980, has been Yuko Yamaguchi. The first Hello Kitty item, a vinyl coin purse, was introduced in 1975.[

Little Twin Stars (ja:リトルツインスターズ, Ritoru Tsuin Sutāzu) also known as Kikilala (キキララ, kikirara) in Japan are a pair of angel-like characters. The younger brother with blue hair is Kiki (キキ, Kiki), and the older sister with pink hair is Lala (ララ, Rara). Originally designed by Yōko Matsumoto (松本庸子) who also designed My Melody. They were initially created for a 1975 Christmas promotion and their birthday is December 24, Christmas Eve. Drawing inspiration from Christmas and winter themes, early sketches had the characters wearing warm coats and winter scarves, before Matsumoto settled on stars as the motif. Because they came from the sky, she gave them white angel style clothes. In their first publication the characters were unnamed, and their names originate from a survey in the Strawberry Newspaper (ja:いちご新聞) where readers could send in their suggestions.

My Melody (ja:マイメロディ, Mai Merodī) is a white rabbit character. She is depicted as always wearing a bright red or pink hood that covers her ears. According to official character profiles, her birthday is January 18 and she lives in the forest of Mariland with friends like My Sweet Piano (a sheep), and Flat (a mouse). When My Melody debuted, she was portrayed as Little Red Riding Hood.

Button Nose (ja:ボタンノーズ, Botan nōzu) is a human character. She is the protagonist of Button Nose, the first anime television series produced by Sanrio. Button Nose is portrayed as a sweet and lively girl who makes strawberry jam and likes cookies. Sanrio's profiles say her birthday is January 5 and that her real name is Trish, but she is called Button Nose because her nose is small and round. The original design for Button Nose was created by Masayo Hirose (広瀬昌代) and the character was introduced in 1978.