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Hello Kitty was initially known only as "the white kitten with no name" (名前のない白い子猫). [11] Shimizu got the name Kitty from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass; during a scene early in the book, Alice plays with a cat she calls Kitty. [22] Sanrio's motto is "social communication," and Tsuji wanted the brand name to reflect that by including a greeting. He first considered "Hi Kitty" before finally settling on "Hello Kitty," her current name. [23] Sanrio decided to make Hello Kitty British because foreign countries, in particular Britain, were trendy in Japan at the time of Hello Kitty's creation. Sanrio already had several characters set in the US, and it wanted Hello Kitty to be different. [9] [15] a b c d e f g h Takagi, Jun (21 August 2008). "10 Questions for Yuko Yamaguchi". TIME. Archived from the original on 26 August 2008 . Retrieved 31 October 2009. Hello Kitty had two Japanese comic series serialized in Ribon, a shōjo manga magazine - Hello Kitty Doki (ran from May 2007 to April 2008) [57] and Hello Kitty Peace (released in June 2008). [58] LUNA, NANCY. "First Hello Kitty 'pop-up' cafe opens in Irvine". The Orange County Register . Retrieved 29 March 2017. Skechers Announces Adorable Hello Kitty Sneaker Collaboration". hypebae.com. 23 September 2020 . Retrieved 7 July 2022.CharaBiz DATA 2019(18)". www.charabiz.com (in Japanese). Character Databank, Ltd . Retrieved 23 November 2022. As of 2014, 90% of the profits from Hello Kitty came from licensing of products for the international market. [41] She has been particularly popular in other Asian countries for decades, such as in China, where her cultural impact is comparable to that of Barbie in the Western world. [42] In 2008, Japan named Hello Kitty the ambassador of Japanese tourism in both China and Hong Kong, marking the first time Japan's tourism ministry had appointed a fictional character to the role. [43] Sharon Kinsella, a lecturer at Oxford University on Japanese sociology, called the selection of Hello Kitty "a bit farcical ... as if a dumbed-down cultural icon ... can somehow do something significant to alter the gnarly and difficult state of China–Japan relations." [15] Schuldt, Brooke (31 January 2018). "Puma Is Collaborating With Hello Kitty to Launch the Cutest Sneakers Ever". Travel+Leisure . Retrieved 4 February 2019. Hinson, Tamara (30 November 2014). "Inside the cult world of Hello Kitty". The Guardian . Retrieved 23 November 2019.