Hello Kitty has the looks, and more. "Characters must have certain qualities, like an oversized round face ... with her 3-year-old daughter, Hina. "Happy birthday!" THE 2000s: THE COOL FACTOR ...

Japan’s Hello Kitty, the moon-faced, mouthless white cat, celebrated her 30th birthday on Monday ... I want people to be happy when they see her,” Yamaguchi has said in a Sanrio book.