Since 1986 Sanrio has held the annual Sanrio Character Ranking poll where fans can vote on their favorite characters. Sanrio hosts two theme parks in Japan featuring their characters, Sanrio Puroland in Tama, Tokyo, and Harmonyland in Hiji, Ōita, Kyūshū. Notable designers of Sanrio characters include Yuko Shimizu, original designer of Hello Kitty, Yuko Yamaguchi, lead designer for most of Hello Kitty's history and Miyuki Okumura, original designer of Cinnamoroll. Beginning with Jewelpet in 2008, Sanrio started collaborating with Sega Toys in creating characters intended to become media franchises. The characters subsequently appeared in media such as books, animation and video games. Typical merchandise featuring the characters include clothing, accessories, toys and stationery. Sanrio began creating characters to increase sales of its merchandise. Most Sanrio characters are anthropomorphized animals, a few are humans or anthropomorphized objects. Their most successful and best known character, Hello Kitty, was created in 1974. Sanrio sells and licenses products branded with these characters and has created over 450 characters. This is a list of characters from Sanrio, a Japanese company specialized in creating kawaii (cute) characters. Various Sanrio characters, from left to right, top to bottom: Bad Badtz-Maru, My Melody, Cinnamoroll, Charmmykitty, Hello Kitty, Usahana, Shinkansen, Keroppi, Pochacco, Little Twin Stars, Pompompurin, Corocorokuririn, Minna no Tabo
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