Sanrio, the Japanese entertainment company that created Hello Kitty in 1974, said the iconic character is 'not a cat,' but rather a 'little girl.' U.S. Politics Sports Entertainment Life Money ...

Hello Kitty Not a Cat: 9 Bizarre Places You Can Find This Phony Feline. While the revelation shocked many, it is not the first time Sanrio has clarified Hello Kitty’s true character.

Hello Kitty was created in 1974 by Sanrio, a Japanese entertainment company. Jill Koch, the senior vice president of marketing and brand management at Sanrio, appeared on Today on Thursday and ...

In honor of Hello Kitty's 50th birthday, here are fun facts about the beloved Sanrio character who, turns out, is not a cat.

Hello Kitty creators reveal she's NOT actually a cat - 50 years after the cult character was created. The revelation has been met with outrage - and those online refuse to believe it ...

Alongside the new interview, Sanrio confirmed several other factoids regarding Hello Kitty that read as such, Her full name is Kitty White. She is little girl (and not a cat).

The cat’s out of the bag. On the 50th anniversary of Hello Kitty, fans were shocked to learn that their beloved cat-inspired character is, in fact, not a feline at all.

Sanrio is celebrating 50 years of the iconic Japanese character Hello Kitty. But, despite her name, Hello Kitty is not actually a cat. She's a girl.

“Hello Kitty is not a cat,” Jill Koch, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Brand Management at Sanrio, told the “Today” show Thursday ahead of the brand’s 50th anniversary celebrations.

Hello Kitty is the personification of a cat, rather than an actual cat. The spokesperson did also state that it would be "going too far" to say, flat out, that Hello Kitty is not a cat.

*Attached video: Take the kids to the movies for $3-$5 (WJW) – Hello Kitty is not a cat. Yes, you read that right, and you are not the only one to find that statement a little confusing.

She does have a pet cat of her own, however, and it’s called Charmmy Kitty.” As for the character’s London roots, Yano explained: “Hello Kitty emerged in the 1970s, when the Japanese and ...