List of Sanrio characters

This is a list of some characters from Sanrio, a Japanese company specializing in creating cute characters. Beginning in 1962, Sanrio sells and licenses products branded with these characters and has created over 400 characters, with the most successful and best known being Hello Kitty.These are some of the most popular characters. For more Sanrio characters, see the Characters category.Contents1 Badtz-Maru2 Charmmy Kitty3 Chococat4 Cinnamoroll5 Dear Daniel6 Hello Kitty7 Jewelpet8 Keroppi9 Kuromi10 Little Twin Stars11 Mimmy12 My Melody13 Pochacco14 PompompurinBadtz-Maru Bad Badtz-Maru (バッドばつ丸, Baddo batsu maru) is a male penguin with spiky hair. His birthday is April 1 (April Fool's Day). He is one of the few Sanrio characters that is marketed to both males and females. In Japanese, "badtz" (batsu) is a term for "X", the cross signifying a wrong answer. "Maru" means circle or "O", and signifies a correct answer. Thus, his name figuratively means "wrong-correct," and is frequently...