Yuko Shimizu
is the Japanese designer who created Hello Kitty.She was born in Japan. After graduating from Musashino Art University, she joined Sanrio. She designed the first original Sanrio character, Coro Chan, a bear which was introduced in 1973. In 1974 she made the original design for Hello Kitty, Sanrio's most successful and best known character. She left Sanrio in 1976 to get married and has been working as a freelance designer ever since. She did not make a lot of money from Hello Kitty.
The other characters she has created include Angel Cat Sugar and Rebecca Bonbon. She has also published some picture books. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Ngan Thi Kim Pham, Aksara Thongprachum, Yuko Shimizu, Quang Duy Trinh, Shoko Okitsu, Shihoko Komine-Aizawa, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Satoshi Hayakawa, Hiroshi Ushijima
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by Ngan Thi Kim Pham, Aksara Thongprachum, Dinh Nguyen Tran, Shuichi Nishimura, Yuko Shimizu-Onda, Quang Duy Trinh, Pattara Khamrin, Nuthapong Ukarapol, Tipachan Kongsricharoern, Shihoko Komine-Aizawa, Shoko Okitsu, Niwat Maneekarn, Satoshi Hayakawa, Hiroshi Ushijima
Published 2018
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