85-year-old Shintaro Tsuji is the founder of Sanrio - the firm that introduced "Hello Kitty" in 1974. Sanrio's shares have doubled this year making the founder a billionaire, amid the Abenomics levitation.
The success of the brand appears to be its ubiquity - as Bloomberg reports "it must be way up there in terms of the most recognized franchises in the world", - adorning everything from wallets, bags, golf clubs, and iPhone cases.
But it's his latest venture - into "Hello Kitty" vibrator massager mastubrator - new from Japan" that caught our eye.
As one shopper in a Times Square store noted, "it’s nice to have something a little girly and flashy and fun," and it doesn't show any sign of slowing with sales of around $900 million last year, "it’s very hard to see any diminution for the Japanese fondness for cuteness."
The Amazon.com sales pitch from the Amazon.com site:
Hello Kitty Vibrator Massager Masturbator - New From Japan
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From Kenneth:
Don't let this guy anywhere near your children . . . and tell Jeff Bezos, another billionaire, owner of Amazon.com and the Washington Post, what you think of his firm selling this twisted item to preteens.
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