Yuko Yamaguchi
speaker
4 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 13 Feb
Yuko Yamaguchi’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Yuko Yamaguchi took charge of Hello Kitty in 1980.
She oversaw the character's look, officially not a cat but a little girl from London, as it rose to become a global brand.
Sanrio, the company behind the cute design, said Yamaguchi had grown her into a character loved by everyone and that a new designer with the pseudonym Aya would start by the end of the year.
Hello Kitty has appeared on tens of thousands of products, from handbags to rice cookers, and a theme park is due to open on a tropical Chinese island next year.
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