Shintaro Tsuji will retire as Sanrio chief executive on July 1, the company said in a statement Friday. Tomokuni Tsuji, 31, would take over to "ensure efficient decision making," it added. Shintaro will remain as chairman. Shintaro founded Sanrio as the Yamanashi Silk Center gift shop in 1960, and changed its name to Sanrio in 1973. Sanrio was one...
Originally arriving back in 2004 as a Family & Friends exclusive, the Hello Kitty x Nike Air Presto is now set to receive an official release. Nike initially planned to offer 500 pairs of the collaboration in four different colorways, but the shoe ended up becoming an F&F release with only 12 pairs of each colorway. Getting a look...
Sanrio's latest anime collaboration sees Hello Kitty and friends forming superpowered teams with the heroes and villains of My Hero Academia. Sanrio revealed more merchandise from its new collaboration with My Hero Academia. As revealed by Comic Natalie, the new crossover sees many of the stationary and merchadising company's most beloved mascots, including Hello Kitty, Gudetama and My Melody...
Famous Japanese streetwear and sneaker boutique, atmos, has unveiled its much-anticipated Nike Air Presto x Hello Kitty collection lookbook, featuring a capsule of limited apparel range and footwear. While the collection is slated for a 10 May retail release in Japan, South Korea and other select Asian regions, it will arrive on US SNKRS on 27 May. Here’s all...
Once a mythical, seemingly-random collaboration of the 2000s, the Hello Kitty x Nike Air Presto is finally set to release stateside on May 26th. Created by Yuko Shimizu, Hello Kitty (full name Kitty White) covers the entirety of the “t-shirt for your feet”‘s upper, with the character’s enlarged bow landing on the top of the tongue. “University Blue” sets...
Sega and Sanrio have teamed up to bring Hello Kitty to Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania as post-launch DLC. Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania is shaping to be a Sega all-star library of fun featuring the banana-grabbing, ball-rolling classic style of the series. Sega has already surprised us with the wealth of additions its bringing to the game beyond...
Since her debut in 1974, Hello Kitty has become a familiar household name and can be found in most, if not every, toy store in some form. That being said, most people don’t know Hello Kitty’s origins or how she gained popularity. Hello Kitty is a part of a company called Sanrio, developed by founder Shintaro Tsuji. Tsuji started out...
Toca Boca, an award-winning Swedish game development studio that makes digital games from the kid’s perspective, welcomes global lifestyle brand Sanrio and its Hello Kitty and Friends franchise into their digital playground. Today, Hello Kitty is introduced into the vibrant community of the Toca Life World game, with the launch of a furniture pack for the Home Designer creator tool, which...
Equipment in Roblox My Hello Kitty Cafe can be upgraded by visiting the City and providing a certain NPC with the correct Tools for a cafe Machine. Upgrading equipment is essential for enhancing business performance in Roblox My Hello Kitty Cafe. For instance, the base Italian Expresso Machine can only serve a single beverage at a time. While this is not...
From the very beginning, Sega advertised Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania as a celebration of the Super Monkey Ball series’ 20th anniversary. But as it turns out, this remastered compilation of levels also serves as a celebration of Sega’s entire history, at least judging by the slew of Sega-related guest characters that the company has revealed within the past few weeks. And now it...