Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Smith Collection / Gado/ Getty Images For years, Hello Kitty has captivated the hearts of fans worldwide, yet ...

The recent Hello Kitty Con–a massive gathering of the immortal Sanrio character’s biggest fans—only marked the beginnings of the pop culture icon’s celebration in Los Angeles. For another five months, ...

Fifty years ago in March 2025, the Japanese company Sanrio introduced Hello Kitty to the world. Designed by Yuko Shimizu, the familiar anthropomorphised cat character has transcended cult status and ...

I first met Hello Kitty through a friend of hers named Pompompurin. I was about six years old when one of my mother’s coworkers gave me a pen featuring the bright yellow golden retriever and a small ...

LOS ANGELES — The retrospective: it’s standard fare in the museum world, a survey of an artist’s work over some stretch of her career. In Los Angeles, however, I’m not sure there is such a thing as ...

She wears a big red bow on her cat-shaped head, her face has whiskers, and her name is Hello Kitty. But once again the iconic character’s parent company is saying she’s no feline. “Hello Kitty is not ...

“Welcome to Hello Kitty Air,” said a young woman decked out in retro flight attendant garb. She was my first point of contact at the Hello Kitty Friends Around the World Tour, Sanrio’s new pop-up ...

Hello Kitty is rolling into Southwest Florida. And the popular cartoon "cat" is bringing along cookies, lunchboxes, T-shirts and other cute collectibles. The Hello Kitty Café Truck's 2023 East Coast U ...