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*Pronounced He-Sou-Tow Ee-no-ay|place_of_birth = Katsushika in Tokyo, Japan.|known_for = Creating Hangyodon and Badtz-Maru; his time at Sanrio}}'''Hisato Inoue''' (井上ヒサト; pronounced He-Sou-Tow Ee-no-ay) was a Sanrio staff member who created the characters [[Hangyodon]], [[Donragon]] and [[Badtz-Maru]].
  
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*[[Accyan ga Ichiban]]
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|Residence=Kanagawa Prefecture}}'''Hisato Inoue''' (井上•ヒサト; pronounced He-Sou-Tow Ee-no-ay) was a staff member who created six different Sanrio characters in total; [[Badtz-Maru]], [[Hangyodon]], [[Donragon]], [[Donjarahoi]], [[JungleBikky]], and [[Accyan ga Ichiban]].
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Hisato was born in Katsushika City on July 10th, 1957. He went to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tama_Art_University Tama Art University], one of the top art schools in Japan, and graduated with Graphic Design as his major.
  
Hisato was born in Katsushika City on July 10th, 1957. He went to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tama_Art_University Tama Art University], one of the top art schools in Japan, and graduated with Graphic Design as his major.
   
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Sometime in the 1980s after graduating from Tama Art University, he got hired and worked for Sanrio initially as a position in planning and designing various characters. During his time at the company, Hisato created Hangyodon in 1985 and Badtz-Maru in 1993, who both were incredibly popular and continue to be so today. His final Sanrio character, Donragon however eventually faded into obscurity.
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Sometime in the 1980s after graduating from Tama Art University, he got hired and worked for Sanrio initially as a position in planning and designing various characters. During his time at the company, Hisato created Hangyodon in 1985 and Badtz-Maru in 1993, who both were incredibly popular and continue to be so today. Donjarahoi and Accyan ga Ichiban—his final Sanrio character created in 1994—weren't as well known but still received plenty of attention, merchandise, and even being featured in Sanrio OVAs in the case of the former. However, Donragon and JungleBikky remain fairly obscure due to reasons mentioned on their respective pages.
   
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Hisato left Sanrio in 1995 to start work as a freelancer in Character Design, Celebrity caricature creation, Three-dimensional doll production for media such as postcards, and has created another character unaffiliated with Sanrio named Nemuta who has been in picture books Hisato made.
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Hisato left Sanrio in 1995 to start work as a freelancer in Character Design, Celebrity caricature creation, Three-dimensional doll production for media such as postcards, and has created more characters unaffiliated with Sanrio such as Nemuta who has been in picture books by Hisato. He has also been involved in game development and designing characters for video games including バッドばつ丸 ゴージャスタウンは大さわぎ! where Hisato is credited as a director. His first character he made unaffiliated with Sanrio after his leave was Korasho.
   
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Hisato is also the creator of the toilet humor themed comic/manga series Boo Boo Paradise, which has been given it's own social media accounts on different platforms including Instagram to showcase the comics that also have animated counterparts.
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== Trivia ==
  
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* Hisato Inoue appears as a character in [[Rururugakuen]] known as Professor Inoue who looks similar to how he does in real life.
  
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* Hisato frequently appeared at different Sanrio events where he would interact with fans and sign autographs.
  
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* According to Hisato's Twitter account, he is married to an unnamed spouse.
  
   
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He now resides in Kanagawa Prefecture where Hisato also serves as a part-time lecturer, including at Joshibi University of Art and Design since 2011.
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== Gallery ==
  
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Recently, Hisato has been making animations and drawings using an IPad Air he purchased in early September of 2021<ref>https://twitter.com/HISATOonHashtag/status/1434154408338546691?s=20</ref> which he regularly shares on Twitter and Instagram, and has published videos on his [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEO3AOztlxu-jWDf0EG22Tw Youtube channel] of him creating art with it.<br />
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==Trivia==
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*Hisato Inoue appears as a character in [[Rururugakuen]] known as Professor Inoue who looks similar to how he does in real life.
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**A character resembling Hisato also appears in the OVA ''Hangyodon no Parallel Daisakusen: Mirai Sekai wa Oosawagi,'' as one of the first characters Hangyodon and friends meet in the future.
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*Hisato frequently appeared at different Sanrio events where he would interact with fans and sign autographs.
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*According to Hisato's Twitter account, he is married to an unnamed spouse.
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*Although Hisato has designed merchandise for his own characters, he did not come up with the English taglines that sometimes appeared on them.<ref>[https://twitter.com/antatowataC/status/1317682617018281984?s=20]</ref>
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*Hisato is a fan of the American animated comedy television series [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpongeBob_SquarePants Spongebob Squarepants], which is also popular in Japan.
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*Hisato enjoys collecting merchandise based on his characters (with a focus on the retro goods) which he usually showcases on his social media accounts and provides his thoughts on the items.
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*Hisato is a fan of several different Sanrio characters including [[My Melody]] and [[Peek-a-Boo]] (which he helped with creating a Filing Pocket for).
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*To this day Hisato remains friends with a lot of the old staff who have since left Sanrio including Roko Maeda, the creator of [[Patty & Jimmy]].
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*One of his more recent characters named Bootaro (main protagonist of Boo Boo Paradise) has a character design that Hisato has drawn a lot over the years. You can see this pig design also appear in ''Bad Badtz-Maru no Ore no Pochi wa Sekaiichi'' as a minor character.
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*As a kid, Hisato enjoyed lots of anime and manga such as Astro Boy, Tetsujin 28-go, and Osomatsu-kun.
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*Hisato sometimes takes his family out to see animated films in theaters.
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*Hisato is a fan of the Hong Kong filmmaker, actor, and producer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Chow Stephen Chow], with his favorite movies of Chow's being [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaolin_Soccer Shaolin Soccer] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Fu_Hustle Kung Fu Hustle] because of the humor in the films.
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**As for television, Hisato enjoys watching TBS Sunday Theater and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dten Shōten], with the latter currently being the second-longest running variety TV show in Japan.
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* One of Hisato's favorite memories of working at Sanrio was getting promoted to chief, but felt disappointed he'd been left out at the monthly company meeting taken place around that time. Later that day, Hisato was surprised at his desk by none other than [[Shintaro Tsuji]] and several women who were a part of the [[Strawberry News]] team to congratulate his new position.
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* Even though he no longer works at Sanrio, Hisato still has positive feelings about the company and would work there again.
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* Hisato is fond of characters like Snoopy and Moomin which in his words "grew up against the background of the culture of that country".
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==Gallery==
 
<gallery position="center">
  
<gallery position="center">
 
XO_and_Hisato.PNG|A picture of Hisato standing next to Badtz-Maru, in a section of The Strawberry News where many character creators are featured. Click the image link to view the text translation.
  
XO_and_Hisato.PNG|A picture of Hisato standing next to Badtz-Maru, in a section of The Strawberry News where many character creators are featured. Click the image link to view the text translation.
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Ensemble_JPN.PNG| Image showing various characters such as Myme Myme, Tsool, Buushka, Sumire, and others. Hisato can be seen in the lower right.
  
Ensemble_JPN.PNG| Image showing various characters such as Myme Myme, Tsool, Buushka, Sumire, and others. Hisato can be seen in the lower right.
 
Ensemble_ENG.jpg| Unofficial English translation of previous image.
  
Ensemble_ENG.jpg| Unofficial English translation of previous image.
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Hisato2.jpg| Hisato seen wearing a mask amidst the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic Coronavirus Pandemic]; taken in 2020.
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Hisato3.jpg| Hisato surrounded by Hangyodon merchandise.
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Hisato4.jpg| Hisato underneath Badtz-Maru who is displayed on the ceiling above him.
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Hisato5.jpg| Hisato as a young boy in the 50s/60s.
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20210610 233852.jpg| Hisato's self-made model of himself alongside Hangyodon and Badtz-Maru
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Orange.jpg|Screencap from Hangyodon no Parallel Daisakusen: Mirai Sekai wa Oosawagi
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20210921_033435.jpg| Hisato besides the Hangyodon display at the 2021 Sanrio Exhibition
   
 
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* Photo of Hisato Inoue seen on stage - The Strawberry News no. 328
 
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* Photo of Sanrio staff members that includes Hisato Inoue - The Strawberry News no. 289
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*Photo of Hisato Inoue seen on stage - The Strawberry News no. 328
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* Photo of Hisato during the Sanrio Gallery 1995 event - The Strawberry News Vol. 11 no. 333, released 1995.
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*Photo of Sanrio staff members that includes Hisato Inoue - The Strawberry News no. 289
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*Photo of Hisato during the Sanrio Gallery 1995 event - The Strawberry News Vol. 11 no. 333, released 1995.
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* Google Translation of https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ドンラゴン, which reveals Hisato became a freelancer and more information on his character Donragon.
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*Google Translation of https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ドンラゴン, which reveals Hisato became a freelancer and more information on his character Donragon.
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* [http://www.in-space.net/aisatu.html Hisato Inoue's In-Space page]
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*[http://www.in-space.net/aisatu.html Hisato Inoue's In-Space page]
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*Current page image taken from a 2020 tweet by Hisato - https://twitter.com/antatowataC/status/1319529809916014594?s=20
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*[https://inspacee.wixsite.com/inouehisato Secondary personal site]
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*[https://note.com/hisatoinoue/n/na4b18d9b826e Interview published on Note]
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Revision as of 23:07, 26 October 2021

Hisato Inoue (井上•ヒサト; pronounced He-Sou-Tow Ee-no-ay) was a staff member who created six different Sanrio characters in total; Badtz-Maru, Hangyodon, Donragon, Donjarahoi, JungleBikky, and Accyan ga Ichiban.


Hisato was born in Katsushika City on July 10th, 1957. He went to Tama Art University, one of the top art schools in Japan, and graduated with Graphic Design as his major.

Sometime in the 1980s after graduating from Tama Art University, he got hired and worked for Sanrio initially as a position in planning and designing various characters. During his time at the company, Hisato created Hangyodon in 1985 and Badtz-Maru in 1993, who both were incredibly popular and continue to be so today. Donjarahoi and Accyan ga Ichiban—his final Sanrio character created in 1994—weren't as well known but still received plenty of attention, merchandise, and even being featured in Sanrio OVAs in the case of the former. However, Donragon and JungleBikky remain fairly obscure due to reasons mentioned on their respective pages.

Hisato left Sanrio in 1995 to start work as a freelancer in Character Design, Celebrity caricature creation, Three-dimensional doll production for media such as postcards, and has created more characters unaffiliated with Sanrio such as Nemuta who has been in picture books by Hisato. He has also been involved in game development and designing characters for video games including バッドばつ丸 ゴージャスタウンは大さわぎ! where Hisato is credited as a director. His first character he made unaffiliated with Sanrio after his leave was Korasho.

Hisato is also the creator of the toilet humor themed comic/manga series Boo Boo Paradise, which has been given it's own social media accounts on different platforms including Instagram to showcase the comics that also have animated counterparts.

He now resides in Kanagawa Prefecture where Hisato also serves as a part-time lecturer, including at Joshibi University of Art and Design since 2011.

Recently, Hisato has been making animations and drawings using an IPad Air he purchased in early September of 2021[1] which he regularly shares on Twitter and Instagram, and has published videos on his Youtube channel of him creating art with it.

Trivia

  • Hisato Inoue appears as a character in Rururugakuen known as Professor Inoue who looks similar to how he does in real life.
    • A character resembling Hisato also appears in the OVA Hangyodon no Parallel Daisakusen: Mirai Sekai wa Oosawagi, as one of the first characters Hangyodon and friends meet in the future.
  • Hisato frequently appeared at different Sanrio events where he would interact with fans and sign autographs.
  • According to Hisato's Twitter account, he is married to an unnamed spouse.
  • Although Hisato has designed merchandise for his own characters, he did not come up with the English taglines that sometimes appeared on them.[2]
  • Hisato is a fan of the American animated comedy television series Spongebob Squarepants, which is also popular in Japan.
  • Hisato enjoys collecting merchandise based on his characters (with a focus on the retro goods) which he usually showcases on his social media accounts and provides his thoughts on the items.
  • Hisato is a fan of several different Sanrio characters including My Melody and Peek-a-Boo (which he helped with creating a Filing Pocket for).
  • To this day Hisato remains friends with a lot of the old staff who have since left Sanrio including Roko Maeda, the creator of Patty & Jimmy.
  • One of his more recent characters named Bootaro (main protagonist of Boo Boo Paradise) has a character design that Hisato has drawn a lot over the years. You can see this pig design also appear in Bad Badtz-Maru no Ore no Pochi wa Sekaiichi as a minor character.
  • As a kid, Hisato enjoyed lots of anime and manga such as Astro Boy, Tetsujin 28-go, and Osomatsu-kun.
  • Hisato sometimes takes his family out to see animated films in theaters.
  • Hisato is a fan of the Hong Kong filmmaker, actor, and producer Stephen Chow, with his favorite movies of Chow's being Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle because of the humor in the films.
    • As for television, Hisato enjoys watching TBS Sunday Theater and Shōten, with the latter currently being the second-longest running variety TV show in Japan.
  • One of Hisato's favorite memories of working at Sanrio was getting promoted to chief, but felt disappointed he'd been left out at the monthly company meeting taken place around that time. Later that day, Hisato was surprised at his desk by none other than Shintaro Tsuji and several women who were a part of the Strawberry News team to congratulate his new position.
  • Even though he no longer works at Sanrio, Hisato still has positive feelings about the company and would work there again.
  • Hisato is fond of characters like Snoopy and Moomin which in his words "grew up against the background of the culture of that country".

Gallery

Sources

  1. ↑ https://twitter.com/HISATOonHashtag/status/1434154408338546691?s=20
  2. ↑ [1]
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