Sanrio Characters ranked by popularity (2023)
#6
Hello Kitty (Harō Kiti) is the best-known of Sanrio's fictional characters, created in 1974. Hello Kitty is drawn simply with a trademark red bow. Registered in 1975, Hello Kitty is now a globally known trademark. Hello Kitty has been marketed in the United States from the beginning and has held the position of U.S. children's ambassador for UNICEF since 1983.
#5
My Melody is a little girl rabbit who is always shown wearing either a red or pink hood that covers her ears. She is often portrayed as humble, and rather oblivious. Her birthday is on January 18. My Melody's rival is Kuromi.
#4
Pochacco (po-cha-ko) is one of the many fictional characters produced by the Japanese corporation Sanrio. He is drawn as a white dog with black floppy ears, but no visible mouth. He is often dressed in athletic attire, as he has a sporty and playful personality. Pochacco loves basketball and soccer, and around the mid-1990s he took up skateboarding. He was born on February 29th on a leap year.
Keroppi (Hasunoue Keroppi) (also known as Kerokerokeroppi) is a frog character with large eyes and a V-shaped mouth. Keroppi loves adventure, and his bubbly personality makes him popular. He has a brother called Koroppi and a sister called Pikki.
#3
Kuromi (Kuromi) is the rival of My Melody from the anime Onegai My Melody. She is a white rabbit-like creature, wearing a black jester's hat with a pink skull on the front and a black "imp" tail in the place of a normal rabbit's tail. Goods featuring Kuromi first appeared in Japan in 2005.
#1
Cinnamoroll (Shinamorōru), born on March 6, 2002, on a cloud far up in the sky, is a white and chubby puppy with long ears that enable him to fly. He has blue eyes, pink cheeks and a plump and curly tail that resembles a cinnamon roll. When he was first created by Sanrio in 2002, he was called Baby Cinnamon, but as of 2007, Cinnamoroll's original name "Baby Cinnamon" is no longer being used by Sanrio and is officially called "Cinnamoroll".
#2
Pompompurin (or Pudding Dog) is a good-natured Golden Retriever dog character introduced by the Japanese company Sanrio in 1996. Purin was born on April 16, 1996. His trademark is his brown beret that is always on top of his head.