Hello Kitty (яп.

ハローキティ харо: кити, от англ. «Привет, киска») — персонаж японской поп-культуры, маленькая белая кошечка в упрощенной прорисовке. Придумана компанией Sanrio в 1974 году и стала своеобразным мемом. Торговая марка Hello Kitty стала главным героем одноимённого аниме сериала, появляется в ролях-камео в других мультфильмах. Игрушки Hello Kitty — популярные в Японии и во всём мире сувениры.
Hello Kitty (full name Kitty White (キティ・ホワイト Kiti howaito?)) is a fictional character produced by the Japanese company Sanrio, created by Yuko Shimizu and currently designed by Yuko Yamaguchi. She is depicted as an anthropomorphic white Japanese bobtail cat with a red bow.
The character's first appearance on an item, a vinyl coin purse, was introduced in Japan in 1974 and brought to the United States in 1976. The character is a staple of the kawaii segment of Japanese popular culture. By 2010, Sanrio had groomed Hello Kitty into a global marketing phenomenon worth $5 billion a year. By 2014, when Hello Kitty was 40 years old, it was doing $7 billion a year, all without any advertising.