Hello Kitty Trivia
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49 free Hello Kitty trivia questions with answers — pop culture quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
41 free Hello Kitty trivia questions with answers. Hello Kitty has been on coin purses, jumbo jets and Fender guitars for half a century, and this quiz covers the whole story: the designer who drew her in 1974, the Lewis Carroll book that gave her a name, the official biography that puts her in a London suburb with a twin sister, why she has no mouth, and the 2014 fuss over whether she is a cat at all. It also takes in the rest of Sanrio, from founder Shintaro Tsuji's silk company to Puroland, the annual Character Ranking, and favourites like My Melody, Kuromi, Keroppi, Cinnamoroll, Pompompurin, Gudetama and Aggretsuko. The first questions are for anyone who has owned a Hello Kitty pencil case; the later ones will test the collectors who know her grandparents' names and her superhero alter ego. It works for a kids' party, a kawaii-themed quiz night or a solo test of your Sanrio knowledge. Every answer has been checked against Wikipedia and Sanrio's official character profiles, and each question shows an explanation and its citation once you answer.
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Q 01Who was the original designer who created Hello Kitty?
Yuko Shimizu
Yuko Shimizu left Sanrio only two years after drawing her, to start a family, so the Kitty that conquered the world was shaped by other hands.
Q 02According to Sanrio's official profile, what is Hello Kitty's family surname?
White
White: her full name is Kitty White, and in 2014 Sanrio caused a stir by describing Kitty White as a little girl rather than simply a cat.
Q 03Where does Hello Kitty's official backstory say she lives?
A London suburb
A London suburb: Hello Kitty arrived in the 1970s, when Britain was in fashion in Japan and stood for an idealised childhood, so Sanrio made her English.
Q 04What is the name of Hello Kitty's twin sister?
Mimmy
Mimmy is written as Kitty's opposite: shy and bashful where her twin is outgoing, and happiest with her embroidery and patchwork.
Q 05Hello Kitty's November birthday makes her which star sign?
Scorpio
Scorpio: her official birthday is November 1, and the first Hello Kitty Con, a four-day party for her 40th anniversary, was held around that date in 2014.
Q 06According to her official profile, how tall is Hello Kitty?
Five apples
Five apples is her official height, and Sanrio never lets her grow up: Kitty is a perpetual third-grader, still at school decades after her 1970s debut.
Q 07What reason has Sanrio given for Hello Kitty having no mouth?
So fans can project their feelings
So fans can project their feelings: Sanrio says a mouthless Kitty looks happy when you are happy and sad when you are sad, and has also said she 'speaks from the heart'.
Q 08Hello Kitty's original designer took the name Kitty from a cat in which classic book?
Through the Looking-Glass
Through the Looking-Glass: Alice's Kitty is the black kitten she scolds in the opening chapter, a mischief-maker quite unlike Sanrio's well-behaved namesake.
Q 09According to her official profile, Hello Kitty dreams of becoming a poet or a what?
A pianist
A pianist: she already has a gift for music, one of her best subjects at school, and playing the piano is listed with baking cookies as her favourite hobby.
Q 10Sanrio's 2014 remark that Hello Kitty was 'not a cat' was first made to whom?
An anthropologist
An anthropologist: Christine Yano was scripting a museum retrospective when Sanrio corrected her, though the company later said that calling Kitty 'not a cat' went too far.
Q 11Hello Kitty's boyfriend, introduced in 1999, is called what?
Dear Daniel
Dear Daniel is Kitty's childhood friend, who left for Africa with his photographer father and travelled the world before coming back to her.
Q 12Hello Kitty's superhero alter ego, Ichigoman, takes her name and look from which fruit?
A strawberry
A strawberry: ichigo is the Japanese word for it, and as Ichigoman she fights monsters born from wicked hearts in a red suit with strawberry ears.
Q 13Hello Kitty's pet cat, Charmmy Kitty, is what breed?
Persian
Persian: Charmmy was a present to Kitty from her papa, and got her name simply because she was so charming.
Q 21In the 1990s, Sanrio re-marketed Hello Kitty to teenagers and adults as what kind of brand?
A retro brand
A retro brand: women who had carried Kitty pencil cases at eight were sold her satchels and make-up mirrors at twenty, and her popularity in Japan hit its peak.
Q 22Sanrio's founder ran it for 60 years before handing over to which relative?
Grandson
Grandson Tomokuni Tsuji took over at 31 because the founder's son had died in 2013, ending the 92-year-old's six decades in charge.
Q 23Sanrio was founded in 1960 under a name taken from which fabric, its first product?
Silk
Silk: the Yamanashi Silk Center changed course after its founder noticed that rubber sandals sold better with a cute picture on them, and cute design became the business.
Q 14Hello Kitty reached America in 1976, when Sanrio opened its first overseas Gift Gate shop in which state?
California
California: the shop opened in San Jose, and Kitty spread first through Chinatowns and Japantowns before reaching American department stores.
Q 15Which international organisation named Hello Kitty a children's ambassador, first for the US in 1983?
UNICEF
UNICEF made her its children's ambassador to the United States in 1983 and to Japan in 1994, years before Japan's own government gave her an official role.
Q 16In 2008 the Japanese government made Hello Kitty its ambassador of tourism to which two places?
China and Hong Kong
China and Hong Kong: Japan's tourism ministry had never before picked a fictional character, and chose her because she was wildly popular with young women there.
Q 17Which airline launched a Hello Kitty-painted passenger jet in 2005?
EVA Air
EVA Air painted an Airbus A330 with Sanrio characters in 2005, down to pink boarding passes and luggage tags, and the idea stuck: it later added more Kitty jets.
Q 18The Hello Kitty electric guitar that Fender's Squier brand launched in 2005 is which model?
Stratocaster
Stratocaster: Squier sold the Hello Kitty Strat in pink or black with her face on the pickguard, pitching a rock legend's guitar at young girls.
Q 19The 2023 game Hello Kitty Island Adventure won Game of the Year on which platform?
Apple Arcade
Apple Arcade named it Game of the Year at Apple's 2023 App Store Awards, and the cosy island sim stayed exclusive there until ports to Switch, PC and PlayStation 5 in 2025.
Q 20What was the 1987 American TV cartoon starring Sanrio's mouthless cat called?
Furry Tale Theater
Furry Tale Theater aired on CBS, with Kitty and friends acting out spoofs of fairy tales, though one critic complained her head was so huge she could hardly walk.
Q 24Which American comic-strip character did Sanrio license in Japan before creating its own?
Snoopy
Snoopy and other licensed characters cost Sanrio royalties, so its founder hired his own artists to draw characters the company would own, and its home-grown cast followed.
Q 25Which British children's characters did Sanrio buy the rights to in 2011?
The Mr. Men and Little Miss
The Mr. Men and Little Miss joined Sanrio in December 2011, a turnabout for a company whose founder had created his own characters to avoid paying royalties to outsiders.
Q 26Sanrio Puroland, the indoor Hello Kitty theme park, is in which Japanese city?
Tokyo
Tokyo: Puroland opened in Tama, in the west of the capital, in 1990, designed for Sanrio by an American firm, Landmark Entertainment, with every ride and show under one roof.
Q 27Sanrio's annual Character Ranking, held since 1986, is decided by what?
A fan vote
A fan vote: the poll began on the pages of Sanrio's own newspaper and now takes online ballots from around the world, crowning a favourite character every year.
Q 28When Sanrio's rabbit My Melody first appeared, she was dressed as which fairy-tale character?
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood: hence the hood, which her official profile calls her treasure, a present made by her grandmother.
Q 29My Melody's rival wears a black jester's hat decorated with what?
A pink skull
A pink skull marks her as the cast's troublemaker, but her profile gives the game away: behind the tough look she is girly, keeps a diary and reads romance novels.
Q 30What kind of animal is Keroppi?
A frog
A frog: 'kero' is how a croak sounds in Japanese, and Keroppi was popular enough in the early 1990s to rival Hello Kitty herself in merchandise.