Hello Kitty (Japanese: ハロー・キティ Hepburn: Harō Kiti?) (full name: Kitty White (キティ・ホワイト Kiti Howaito?))[2] 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-inspired character with a red bow.