SKY YORK JOURNAL News – A beloved character’s true identity has recently sparked renewed interest, leaving many questioning what they thought they knew.
Many fans were reportedly taken by surprise following a revelation about Hello Kitty’s true identity.
“Hello Kitty is not a cat,” Jill Cook—an executive at Sanrio, the company behind the character—explained to Today in July 2024. “She’s actually a little girl born and raised in the suburbs of London. She has a mom and dad and a twin sister Mimmy who’s also her best friend. She enjoys baking cookies and making new friends.”
SKY YORK JOURNAL has learned this isn’t exactly new information.
Christine R. Yano’s Insight
While the news may have surprised some, Cook wasn’t the first to share this insight. As a matter of fact, Christine R. Yano—a professor of anthropology who penned the book Pink Globalization: Hello Kitty’s Trek Across the Pacific—had also previously confirmed that Hello Kitty isn’t a feline.
“Hello Kitty is not a cat,” she told the Los Angeles Times in 2014. “She’s a cartoon character. She is a little girl. She is a friend. But she is not a cat. She’s never depicted on all fours. She walks and sits like a two-legged creature. She does have a pet cat of her own, however, and it’s called Charmmy Kitty.”
Additional Facts
SKY YORK JOURNAL confirms that Sanrio offers further details about Hello Kitty’s persona: she’s five apples tall, weighs three apples, celebrates her birthday on November 1 (making her a Scorpio), and harbors dreams of becoming a pianist or a poet.
