In 2014, anthropologist Christine R. Yano, who has studied Hello Kitty extensively, mentioned that Sanrio corrected her when she referred to Hello Kitty as a cat, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Maybe Putin can convince Hello Kitty's creators that he's not hacking away at Ukraine and the computers of JP Morgan Chase, because no one else is buying his line. According to NATO, 1,000 Russian ...

Hello Kitty is not a cat. She's a cartoon character. She is a little girl. She is a friend. But she is not a cat. She's never depicted on all fours. She walks and sits like a two-legged creature.