In the real world, Hello Kitty was born in London in 1974, (even though a japane se company named Sanrio

made her)when a young Tokyo-based company called Sanrio company co., asked designer Ikuko Shimizu to invent a cartoon character who can rely on to the preteen girl in every girl. Sanrio company co., which already cre ated a bear and a dog (and, curiously, a strawberry) in its growing cast of char acters, needed a new character that could be decorated on a plastic coin purse t hat they were planning to produce. Bubble. Shimizu, wanted to create a cat that was peteen-nish for sure, author Marie Y. M oss writes in a book called "Hello Kitty Hello Everything", but one that would c ertainly prefer a catnap to catnip." And so the designer drafted a white cat wea ring a red bow and blue overalls. On November 1, 1974, Sanrio introduced the fir st picture of Hello Kitty. She sat between a bottle of milk and a pet goldfish, and had turned her head sideways to face her new found friends. In a word: cute. Or more accurately, Kawaii, the distinctively Japanese breed of cuteness that i njects adorable attributes into all aspects of the country's consumer culture. Kitty and MimmyIn her own make-believe world, Hello Kitty wasn't even Japanese. She lives in the suburbs outside London with her father, George White, mother, M ary White, and twin sister, Mimmy White. Yes, Hello Kitty is a nickname for Kitt y White and on her birth certificate it states Kitty White. How can you to tell the difference between Kitty and Mimmy? Look at both of their bows. Hello Kitty prefers a red bow on her left ear on the other hand Mimmy prefers a yellow bow o n her right ear. Other occupants of the White house include Bear, a living teddy -bear and Marley, who pops out of the garden. Sanrio located the Whites in England as a nod to the surging Anglophilia of 1970 s Japan, notably the books and illustrations of Beatrix Potter (The Tale of Pete r Rabbit) and Lewis Carroll (Alice Through the Looking Glass). Much has been mad e of Hello Kitty's mouth, or lack thereof. A handful of feminist scholars say he r non communicative nature perpetuates the submissive female preteen type. While others attribute Hello Kitty's appeal to her blank stare -- onto which fans can project their own emotions. According to Hello Kitty's official biography on Sanrio's website, "Kitty is a c heerful, warm-hearted little character, who likes baking cookies is her forte. B ut what she enjoys most is eating some of her Mama's apple pie!" We also learn t hat her favorite things include candy, stars, and goldfish. She enjoys reading a nd drawing also. As well as the inevitable "small, cute things." She weighs the about three apples and stands five apples tall. Her blood type is A. Although people believe Hello Kitty is in 3rd grade, she turned 30 in 2004. Also , although in her world she remains a kitten her Earthly reality continues to gr ow. In 1993 Sanrio introduced a boyfriend for her, a similar-looking kitty named Dear Daniel. The two playmates rarely rendezvous, however, because Daniel is pe rpetually on African safari with his family (dad is a photographer). No worries, correspondence is a Hello Kitty mainstay, hence her fondness for stationery. Ot her members of her social circle include the teen bunny Kathy, brother and siste r monkeys Timmy and Tammy, and boy puppy Jody, along with My Melody. boo_kitty boo_kitty Latest page update: made by boo_kitty , Apr 7 2013, 10:10 A M EDT http://www.hellokittyuniverse.com/page/Hello+Kitty+Biography