Hello Kitty (Japanese: ハロー・キティ Hepburn: Harō Kiti), also known by her full name Kitty White (キティ・ホワイト Kiti Howaito), is a fictional character produced by the Japanese company Sanrio, created by Yuko Shimizu and currently designed by Yuko Yamaguchi. Sanrio depicts Hello Kitty as a female gijinka (anthropomorphization) of Japanese Bobtail with a red bow and, notably, no mouth.