Sanrio’s Popular Twin Unit! Introducing Little Twin Stars

Every year, Sanrio holds its original character popularity poll, the Sanrio Character Ranking, and this year as well many characters have entered. This time we’ll be introducing the characters Little Twin Stars.

Little Twin Stars, as their name suggests, are the personification of twin stars and are a unit of a brother and sister who are twins. Since their creation in 1975, they have become known as characters with longevity who, along with Hello Kitty and My Melody, have continued to support Sanrio for many years. By the way, Kiki is the younger brother and Lala is the older sister.

At the time of their creation, they didn’t each have their own name, but names were taken by Sanrio in 1976 in the monthly publication Ichigo Shimbun, and ultimately Kiki was decided for the boy and Lala for the girl. Nowadays, the Little Twin Stars are perhaps better known by their nickname, KikiLala, which is a joining of both their names.

In recent years, there have been collaborations between Little Twin Stars and various brands in the world of fashion and sweets which has established an unshakable popularity for Little Twin Stars particularly among females in their teens and 20s. The currently ongoing Kiki & Lala Cafe at Shibuya Parco, for example, is so successful there is routinely a line out the door until late at night.

Though they have reached second place twice before in the Sanrio Character Ranking, they have yet to experience total victory. This year as well they are up against rivals from the same generation including Hello Kitty and My Melody, as well as underclassmen like Pompompurin and Cinnamoroll. An intense battle is anticipated.

● Comment from Little Twin Stars:
“Thank you for always being so kind to KikiLala. Because of everyone’s support, Kiki and Lala are quickly maturing into beautiful and bright stars. We want to shine even more and sprinkle happy stardust on everyone, so we ask for your support from here on as well☆”

Vote for Little Twin Stars here!

Sanrio Character Ranking Official Site

This is a Tokyo Otaku Mode original article.

© 1976, 2014 Sanrio Co. Ltd.
© 1976, 2014 Sanrio Co. Ltd.

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