{"id":49516,"date":"2025-06-28T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=49516"},"modified":"2025-06-27T17:09:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T08:09:52","slug":"hello-kitty-company-sanrio-receives-business-idea-from-8-year-old-shareholder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/nongaming-news\/hello-kitty-company-sanrio-receives-business-idea-from-8-year-old-shareholder\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Kitty company Sanrio receives business idea from 8-year-old shareholder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japanese entertainment company Sanrio, the <em>kawaii<\/em> powerhouse behind Hello Kitty, Kuromi, Cinamoroll and many other beloved characters, held their 65th annual shareholder\u2019s meeting on June 26, 2025. Oddly enough, among the attendees was an 8-year-old elementary schooler. After other shareholders in attendance shared her exchange with Sanrio executives online the Japanese side of X was quite amused by the adorable and frankly impressive business idea she shared at the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30b5\u30f3\u30ea\u30aa\u682a\u4e3b\u7dcf\u4f1a\u304a\u308f\u3063\u305f\u301c<br>\u4eca\u5e74\u306e\u9762\u767d\u304b\u3063\u305f\u8cea\u7591\u3092\u30e1\u30e2\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yZdAet2dka\">pic.twitter.com\/yZdAet2dka<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u3042\u304d\u3088\u3057 (@akiyoshi_69) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/akiyoshi_69\/status\/1938120168309465551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8211; I am in the second grade of primary school. I love Hello Kitty. I want you to make a hotel around the Puroland or Harmonyland areas. The name should be Sanrio Kawaii Hotel. I want you to make it because I would be happy to be surrounded by the characters after I finishplaying [at the park]. I also want a big bath and a pool on the roof.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8211; It isn\u2019t impossible! Please keep supporting us!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(Note: Puroland and Harmonyland are Sanrio\u2019s official theme parks, located in Tokyo and Oita prefecture respectivelly. Puroland is also considered one of the most popular theme parks in Japan)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010\u30b5\u30f3\u30ea\u30aa\u682a\u4e3b\u7dcf\u4f1a\u306e\u682a\u4e3b\u304b\u3089\u306e\u8cea\u554f\u3011<br><br>Q\uff1a\u5c0f\u5b662\u5e74\u751f\u3067\u3059\u3002\u30cf\u30fc\u30e2\u30cb\u30fc\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9\u3060\u3051\u3067\u306a\u304f\u30d4\u30e5\u30fc\u30ed\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9\u306e\u8fd1\u304f\u306b\u3082\u30db\u30c6\u30eb\u3092\u4f5c\u3063\u3066\u307b\u3057\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002\u540d\u524d\u306f\u300c\u30b5\u30f3\u30ea\u30aa\u304b\u308f\u3044\u3044\u30db\u30c6\u30eb\u300d\u3002\u30d7\u30fc\u30eb\u3084\u5927\u304d\u3044\u304a\u98a8\u5442\u3082\u3064\u3051\u3066\u307b\u3057\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002<br><br>\u5973\u306e\u5b50\u3001\u7d19\u306b\u30d7\u30ea\u30f3\u30c8\u3057\u3066\u305f\u306e\u4e00\u751f\u61f8\u547d\u8aad\u3093\u3067\u305f\u3002\u4f1a\u5834\u304c\u7b11\u9854\u306b\u5305\u307e\u308c\u3066\u305f\u3002<\/p>&mdash; FIRE\u3081\u3056\u3059\uff81\uff6c\uff9d@\u5039\u7d04\u7cfb\u9ad8\u914d\u5f53\u6295\u8cc7\u5bb6 (@fire_mezasu_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fire_mezasu_\/status\/1938121207091749213?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to another post, the little girl had her speech printed on a piece of paper, and she tried her best to read everything correctly. The news went viral on X and other websites, with many users and Sanrio fans enamored by the idea of a Kawaii Hotel, acknowledging that it is, in fact, a great idea. Interestingly enough, while there are some Sanrio-themed rooms in different hotels across Japan, as of currently, there is no official Sanrio hotel, which, given how widespread Sanrio\u2019s content is throughout all aspects of life in Japan, does come as a bit of a surprise.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u5916\u304b\u3089\u5931\u793c\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002\u3046\u3061\u3082\u6570\u5e74\u524d\u307e\u3067\u682a\u4e3b\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002\u5b50\u4f9b\u306b\u672a\u6210\u5e74\u53e3\u5ea7\u4f5c\u3063\u30660\u624d\u304b\u3089\u5bb6\u65cf\u7dcf\u51fa\u3067\u682a\u4e3b\u3084\u3089\u305b\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3060\u3044\u3066\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u307e\u305f\u3001\u682a\u4e3b\u3060\u3068\u682a\u4e3b\u7dcf\u4f1a\u306e\u65e5\u306b\u30b5\u30f3\u30ea\u30aa\u30d4\u30e5\u30fc\u30ed\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9\u306b\u7121\u6599\u3067\u5165\u308c\u305f\u308a\u3068\u306a\u306b\u304b\u3068\u304a\u5f97\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>&mdash; \u5b89\u4e95\u771f\ud83c\udf76 (@yasui_makoto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yasui_makoto\/status\/1938187682385207380?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some X users were also shocked to hear that an 8-year-old can even own shares in a company. However, while some problems may rise when it comes to actual investments, there is no law in Japan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seturitu-hiroba.jp\/14692273714719\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">that forbids minors<\/a> from being company shareholders. A former Sanrio shareholder shared that they used to own the company\u2019s shares as a family, and that included their newborn child. Being a Sanrio shareholder apparently comes with many perks as well. For example, on the day of the shareholder\u2019s meeting, the shareholders have free entrance to the theme park \u2013 which may sound tempting to parents with small children.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8-year-old Hello Kitty lover and Sanrio shareholder goes viral on X for her adorable business proposal for the company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":49522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,65],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-49516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nongaming-news","tag-non-gaming-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hello Kitty company Sanrio receives business idea from 8-year-old shareholder - 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