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A '''list of Sanrio staff'''. As of March 31, 2021 there are "646 employees in the company" (excluding contract workers), but the definition of that is not explained in the source.<ref>[https://www.sanrio.co.jp/english/corporate/about_s/profile/ Sanrio Japan corporate profile]</ref> | A '''list of Sanrio staff'''. As of March 31, 2021 there are "646 employees in the company" (excluding contract workers), but the definition of that is not explained in the source.<ref>[https://www.sanrio.co.jp/english/corporate/about_s/profile/ Sanrio Japan corporate profile]</ref> | ||
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==Directors== | ==Directors== | ||
*[[Shintaro Tsuji]]: Founder and chairman (also Executive Officer, Executive Producer, Advisor, Honored) | *[[Shintaro Tsuji]]: Founder and chairman (also Executive Officer, Executive Producer, Advisor, Honored) | ||
*[[Tomokuni Tsuji]]: President and Chief Exective Officer | *[[Tomokuni Tsuji]]: President and Chief Exective Officer | ||
*[[Takahide Nakaya]]: Director | *[[Takahide Nakaya]]: Director | ||
*[[Kosho Nomura]]: Director (also Managing Executive Officer) | *[[Kosho Nomura]]: Director (also Managing Executive Officer) | ||
*[[Jiro Kishimura]]: Director (also Managing Executive Officer) | *[[Jiro Kishimura]]: Director (also Managing Executive Officer) | ||
*[[Yu Sasamoto]]: Outside Director (Independent) | *[[Yu Sasamoto]]: Outside Director (Independent) | ||
*[[Masae Yamanaka]]: Outside Director (Independent) | *[[Masae Yamanaka]]: Outside Director (Independent) | ||
*[[David Bennett]]: Outside Director (Independent) | *[[David Bennett]]: Outside Director (Independent) | ||
*[[Takemi Hiramatu]]: Outside Corporate Auditor (Independent) | *[[Takemi Hiramatu]]: Outside Corporate Auditor (Independent) | ||
*[[Kazuo Ohashi]]: Outside Corporate Auditor | *[[Kazuo Ohashi]]: Outside Corporate Auditor | ||
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*[[Miyuki Okumura]] (Executive Officer) | *[[Miyuki Okumura]] (Executive Officer) | ||
*[[Eiji Fukuda]] (Executive Officer) | *[[Eiji Fukuda]] (Executive Officer) | ||
*[[Kanji Tokuda]] (Executive Officer) | *[[Kanji Tokuda]] (Executive Officer) (former) | ||
*[[Yoichiro Kadomoto]] (Executive Officer) | *[[Yoichiro Kadomoto]] (Executive Officer) | ||
*[[Akihiro Tamura]] (Executive Officer) | *[[Akihiro Tamura]] (Executive Officer) | ||
*[[Kazuhide Yoneyama]] (Executive Officer) | *[[Kazuhide Yoneyama]] (Executive Officer) | ||
*[[Seiichiro Mine]] (Executive Officer) | *[[Seiichiro Mine]] (Executive Officer) | ||
*[[Hideki Morita]] (Executive Officer) | *[[Hideki Morita]] (Executive Officer) | ||
*[[Sadanori Shibata]] (Executive Officer) | |||
*[[Tatsuya Yamashita]] (Executive Officer) | |||
*[[Shuuhei Yamada]] (Executive Officer) | |||
==Producers/Co-Producers== | ==Producers/Co-Producers== | ||
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==Freelance== | ==Freelance== | ||
*[[Setsuko Tamura]]: She illustrates girls' media like magazines and manga magazines/serializations. Has shared comics and essays for [[The Strawberry News]] since 1975. | *[[Setsuko Tamura]]: She illustrates girls' media like magazines and manga magazines/serializations. Has shared comics and essays for [[The Strawberry News]] since 1975. | ||
==Other== | |||
*[[Keno]]: Event planning for [[Sanrio Festival]]s. | |||
==Former staff== | ==Former staff== | ||
{{incomplete|1=Missing known staff}} | {{incomplete|1=Missing known staff}} | ||
*[[Ado Mizumori]] (artist): Created [[Mii-tan]] circa 1965- in a collaboration with Sanrio founder Shintaro Tsuji. Also a celebrity 1960s cartoonist known for her [[Ado Mizumori's children characters|previous fictional children characters]]. | |||
*[[Hisato Inoue]] (artist): He created [[Badtz-Maru]], [[Hangyodon]], [[Turfy]] (design only) and many other characters. Also has worked for [[Inspace]] and [[Imagineer]] for [[Sanrio Timenet]]. | *[[Hisato Inoue]] (artist): He created [[Badtz-Maru]], [[Hangyodon]], [[Turfy]] (design only) and many other characters. Also has worked for [[Inspace]] and [[Imagineer]] for [[Sanrio Timenet]]. | ||
*[[Eriko Teranishi]]: Known for arts, crafts, children, cooking, living products | *[[Eriko Teranishi]]: Known for arts, crafts, children, cooking, living products | ||
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*[[Yuko Shimizu]]: Original designer of Hello Kitty in 1974.<ref>清水美知子 (2009年3月31日). “関西国際大学研究紀要第10号,2009年,101-116『いちご新聞』にみる〈ハローキティ〉像の変遷”. 関西国際大学機関リポジトリ. 2016年9月20日閲覧。 (i.e. [[The Strawberry News]], reference text [https://ja.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E6%B8%85%E6%B0%B4%E4%BE%91%E5%AD%90&action=history via Japanese Wikipedia].)</ref> | *[[Yuko Shimizu]]: Original designer of Hello Kitty in 1974.<ref>清水美知子 (2009年3月31日). “関西国際大学研究紀要第10号,2009年,101-116『いちご新聞』にみる〈ハローキティ〉像の変遷”. 関西国際大学機関リポジトリ. 2016年9月20日閲覧。 (i.e. [[The Strawberry News]], reference text [https://ja.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E6%B8%85%E6%B0%B4%E4%BE%91%E5%AD%90&action=history via Japanese Wikipedia].)</ref> | ||
*[[Yonekuba Setsuko]]: Hello Kitty's second designer | *[[Yonekuba Setsuko]]: Hello Kitty's second designer | ||
*[[Yoshio Furuhashi]]: Corporate Auditor | |||
*[[Shoji Omori]]: Outside Corporate Auditor | |||
*[[Saburo Miyauchi]]: Director | |||
*[[Kazuyoshi Fukushima]]: Director (also Senior Managing Executive Officer) | |||
==Not staff or former staff but relevant== | ==Not staff or former staff but relevant== | ||
===[[Bird Co., Ltd.]]=== | |||
*[[Shomei Yoh]]: A Japanese visual artist, picture book editor and poet. He has an art museum named after him called the Yoh Shomei Art Museum.<ref>[https://www.yohshomei.com/english Yoh Shomei official website]</ref> He has provided cover art for [[The Strawberry News/No. 138 (December 15, 1980)]] and [[The Strawberry News/No. 146 (April 15, 1981)]]. In 1977, he was the grand prize winner of the third [[Sanrio Art]] contest.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20181209165710/http://www.mammo.tv/interview/archives/no068.html #068 学校に行きたくない人は、行かなくたっていいんだよ。 - 葉 祥明 さん（絵本作家） mammo.tv]</ref> | |||
===[[Disney]]=== | ===[[Disney]]=== | ||
*[[Bob Moore]](?): Formally worked for [[Disney]] and worked on creating semi-Sanrio character [[Turfy]]. | *[[Bob Moore]](?): Formally worked for [[Disney]] and worked on creating semi-Sanrio character [[Turfy]]. | ||
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===Freelance=== | ===Freelance=== | ||
*[[Katsutoshi Fujioka]] (formally worked for Imagineer, [[Square]] and Timenet) | *[[Katsutoshi Fujioka]] (formally worked for Imagineer, [[Square]] and Timenet) | ||
===[[Imagineer]]=== | ===[[Imagineer]]=== | ||
*[[Jirou Koumoto]] (music composer of [[Sanrio Timenet]], [[Hello Kitty no Beads Koubou]]) | *[[Jirou Koumoto]] (music composer of [[Sanrio Timenet]], [[Hello Kitty no Beads Koubou]]) | ||
===[[Timenet Co., Ltd.]]=== | ===[[Timenet Co., Ltd.]]=== | ||
*[[Hiroshi Soya]]: Illustrator of the off-color manga [[Bouken Jikuu Timenet]] based on Sanrio Timenet; very loosely relevant. | *[[Hiroshi Soya]]: Illustrator of the off-color manga [[Bouken Jikuu Timenet]] based on Sanrio Timenet; very loosely relevant. | ||
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A list of Sanrio staff. As of March 31, 2021 there are "646 employees in the company" (excluding contract workers), but the definition of that is not explained in the source.[1]
For subsidiaries, see the Sanrio article.
Sources: Sanrio English Corporate Profile (as of June 24, 2021)
If a staff member is missing, check if they are not already mentioned in another section. Please add them to their most important otherwise better known section (e.g. Yuko Yamaguchi falls under third artist for Hello Kitty).
Directors
- Shintaro Tsuji: Founder and chairman (also Executive Officer, Executive Producer, Advisor, Honored)
- Tomokuni Tsuji: President and Chief Exective Officer
- Takahide Nakaya: Director
- Kosho Nomura: Director (also Managing Executive Officer)
- Jiro Kishimura: Director (also Managing Executive Officer)
- Yu Sasamoto: Outside Director (Independent)
- Masae Yamanaka: Outside Director (Independent)
- David Bennett: Outside Director (Independent)
- Takemi Hiramatu: Outside Corporate Auditor (Independent)
- Kazuo Ohashi: Outside Corporate Auditor
Executive Officer and Directors
- Takahide Nakaya (Managing Executive Officer, Director)
- Saburo Miyauchi (Managing Executive Officer, Director)
- Yoichiro Shimomura (Managing Executive Officer)
- Yuko Tsuji (Managing Executive Officer)
- Kazuaki Tanimura (Managing Executive Officer)
- Kiyoshi Saito (Managing Executive Officer)
- Yasuyuki Otsuka (Managing Executive Officer)
- Wataru Nakatsuka (Managing Executive Officer)
- Satoru Shimizu (Executive Officer)
- Miyuki Okumura (Executive Officer)
- Eiji Fukuda (Executive Officer)
- Kanji Tokuda (Executive Officer) (former)
- Yoichiro Kadomoto (Executive Officer)
- Akihiro Tamura (Executive Officer)
- Kazuhide Yoneyama (Executive Officer)
- Seiichiro Mine (Executive Officer)
- Hideki Morita (Executive Officer)
- Sadanori Shibata (Executive Officer)
- Tatsuya Yamashita (Executive Officer)
- Shuuhei Yamada (Executive Officer)
Producers/Co-Producers
Character Soft
Mr. Men and Little Miss
Mr. Men Holding
Snoopy
Freelance
- Setsuko Tamura: She illustrates girls' media like magazines and manga magazines/serializations. Has shared comics and essays for The Strawberry News since 1975.
Other
- Keno: Event planning for Sanrio Festivals.
Former staff
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- Ado Mizumori (artist): Created Mii-tan circa 1965- in a collaboration with Sanrio founder Shintaro Tsuji. Also a celebrity 1960s cartoonist known for her previous fictional children characters.
- Hisato Inoue (artist): He created Badtz-Maru, Hangyodon, Turfy (design only) and many other characters. Also has worked for Inspace and Imagineer for Sanrio Timenet.
- Eriko Teranishi: Known for arts, crafts, children, cooking, living products
Artists
- Miyuki Okumura: Created Cinnamoroll
- Yuko Yamaguchi (real name Yuko Sakiyama) (also Managing Executive Officer from August 2020, and is a former General Manager)[2][3]: Third and current designer of Hello Kitty
Unknown if former
- Yuko Shimizu: Original designer of Hello Kitty in 1974.[4]
- Yonekuba Setsuko: Hello Kitty's second designer
- Yoshio Furuhashi: Corporate Auditor
- Shoji Omori: Outside Corporate Auditor
- Saburo Miyauchi: Director
- Kazuyoshi Fukushima: Director (also Senior Managing Executive Officer)
Not staff or former staff but relevant
Bird Co., Ltd.
- Shomei Yoh: A Japanese visual artist, picture book editor and poet. He has an art museum named after him called the Yoh Shomei Art Museum.[5] He has provided cover art for The Strawberry News/No. 138 (December 15, 1980) and The Strawberry News/No. 146 (April 15, 1981). In 1977, he was the grand prize winner of the third Sanrio Art contest.[6]
Disney
Creatures, Inc. (Ape)
- Hirokazu Tanaka: He is the president of Creatures, Inc., formally Ape which produced various Sanrio media and video games.
Freelance
- Katsutoshi Fujioka (formally worked for Imagineer, Square and Timenet)
Imagineer
- Jirou Koumoto (music composer of Sanrio Timenet, Hello Kitty no Beads Koubou)
Timenet Co., Ltd.
- Hiroshi Soya: Illustrator of the off-color manga Bouken Jikuu Timenet based on Sanrio Timenet; very loosely relevant.
- Sakuramaru Yamada: Another illustrator of Bouken Jikuu Timenet
- Yoshikazu Miyao: Space-Net package and manual art (very loosely relevant)
- Motonobu Kawashima Space-Net package and manual art
References
- ↑ Sanrio Japan corporate profile
- ↑ Bloomberg profile
- ↑ Sanrio Corporate Profile
- ↑ 清水美知子 (2009年3月31日). “関西国際大学研究紀要第10号,2009年,101-116『いちご新聞』にみる〈ハローキティ〉像の変遷”. 関西国際大学機関リポジトリ. 2016年9月20日閲覧。 (i.e. The Strawberry News, reference text via Japanese Wikipedia.)
- ↑ Yoh Shomei official website
- ↑ #068 学校に行きたくない人は、行かなくたっていいんだよ。 - 葉 祥明 さん（絵本作家） mammo.tv
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