- "And-a one! And-a two! And-a you know what to do!"
- —Keroppi prepares to play his trumpet during the episode Keroppi Faces the Music in Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures.
Keroppi (けろけろけろっぴ, Kerokerokeroppi) is a character created by Sanrio, designed by Tomoe Iwata, and the main protagonist of the Keroppi universe. He is a small friendly green frog with large eyes who usually wears a green or stripped shirt and is known for his "V"-shaped mouth when he smiles (though it can be the standard "U"-shape when he is really happy). One of Sanrio's older chief characters, Keroppi was created in 1987 and made his first appearance the following year. His birthday is July 10th and he lives in Donut Pond. Similar to Hello Kitty, Keroppi is also known to have many family members to resemble himself, and has a girlfriend named Keroleen. His best friend is Den Den, a snail, though in Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures, Keroppi is also very close with Badtz-Maru.
When Keroppi made his debut, he was met with critical acclaim, and is currently well-liked among fans.
Appearance[]
Keroppi is one of the smaller characters, about the same size as My Melody or Fifi but still larger than Cinnamoroll. He is a green frog with big eyes. His mouth is typically V-shaped when closed, but certain scenes may give him different mouth shapes, such as the typical arch. His outfit consists of a red and white one-piece. He is usually seen with pink spots on his cheeks.
Fictional background[]
Keroppi's family name is Hasunoue, which means "on lotus" in Japanese. His full name "Kerokerokeroppi" is a two-layered pun: it directly translates from Japanese to English as "morning glory," but "kero" means "ribbit" as well. He enjoys swimming, baseball, playing with boomerangs, and singing. He lives with Pikki, his sister, Koroppi, his brother, his mother (a housewife and a professional chef), and his father (a doctor) in a house on the edge of Donut Pond, where a Wooden bridge connects the side of the pond and the island in the center.
Keroppi's Friends and Family[]
- Pikki - the only girl of the Hasunoue triplets. She helps the mother in the restaurant. (In North American dubs, her name is Kevin).
- Kokero is Keroppi’s baby brother.
- Koroppi - The youngest of the triplets, and everyone mixes him up with Keroppi. (In North American dubs, his name is Curtis).
- Keroppa - Keroppi's father. He's a doctor and can cure anyone.
- Keroma - Keroppi's mother. She is a very good cook and owns a small restaurant.
- Kerojee - Keroppi's grandpa.
- Kerobah - Keroppi's grandma.
- Keroleen - Keroppi's girlfriend, is a natural peacemaker. She likes collecting clothes and cooking.
- Ganta - Keroppi's biggest-sized friend, who can transform himself into a rock. Though he thinks he is strong, he is afraid of the dark and heights. His name is Junk in the North American dubs.
- Kyorosuke - Keroppi's tallest and thinnest friend, can see things over half a mile away. He can swim underwater. In the North American dubs, his name is Soak.
- Noberun - He is a deep thinker and loves doing experiments. He is not much of an athlete. His name is Newton in the North American dubs.
- Keroppe - Keroppe was born on June 22nd near Gourd Pond; however, he had recently moved near Donut Pond. Keroppe tends to be very soft-spoken, relaxed and likes to daydream (often for days!), nap, and go on walks. Keroppe's cousins are Keroppi, Koroppi, and Pikki while his mom helps grow veggies for use in Keroma's restaurant. Keroppe is skilled at making boats out of flowers and plants with his handmade masks being quite popular. He tends to be a target of many practical jokes.
- Den Den - A Snail and Keroppi's good friend.
- Teru Teru - A sunshine doll who can predict weather and loves to collect ribbons. Her name is Ruby in the North American dubs.
- Chippi - Keroppi's little cousin, who loves strawberries.
- Keropatnic - Keroppi's teacher.
Media Appearances[]
Keroppi stars in various Hello Kitty & Friends and Hello Kitty's Animation Theater episodes based on the character. He also makes in appearance in Hello Kitty Super Style!.
In Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures, Keroppi is depicted as good-natured but clumsy or forgetful at times. In this media, he owns and runs a grocery store called the Mini-Mart in Sanrio Town and lives independently in a house, both modeled after himself, implying an older age. He also has a strong friendship with Badtz-Maru as well as Kuromi, My Melody's rival.
Several classic Japan-only Sanrio video games released on Nintendo's Famicom (NES) and Super Famicom (SNES) such as Kero Kero Keroppi no Daibouken features the character. Interestingly, one game for the latter console, Kero Kero Keroppi no Bōken Nikki: Nemureru Mori no Keroleen, is an RPG title similar to the popular Final Fantasy or Pokémon franchises. Keroppi also makes an appearance in Hello Kitty Island Adventure.
Ranking in the Sanrio Character Ranking[]
In the 2013 Sanrio Character Ranking, if Keroppi reaches the top 5, a frog chorus will be created, and so is a new frog. However, he failed to reach that rank, as Hello Kitty was the winner. Keroppi himself did manage to win the rankings in 1990, though he often ends up at or below the top 10. Strangely, his best positions occurred only during his early days.
- 1989: 2nd place
- 1990: 1st place
- 1991: 2nd place
- 1992: 7th place
- From 1993 to 1997, he was below top 10.
- 1998: 9th place
- From 1999 to 2009, he was below top 10.
- 2010: 12th place
- 2011: 7th place
- 2012: 7th place
- 2013: 12th place
- 2014: 13th place (2nd place in Group D)
- 2015: 17th place
- 2016: 13th place
- 2017: 12th place
- 2018: 11th place
- 2019: 11th place
- 2020: 11th place
- 2021: 15th place
- 2022: 11th place
- 2023: 12th place
- 2024: 7th place
- 2025: -- (rankings ongoing)
Official description (2001)[]
Keroppi was born on July 10th. He lives with his brother, sister and parents in a big house on the edge of Donut Pond, the largest and bluest pond around. Keroppi and his friends share his love for playing games, especially baseball and boomerangs. But most often he is seen with his little snail friend, Den Den, always tagging along and usually a little behind. [1]
Trivia[]
- Despite his supposed "ace" role, Keroppi has been shown playing the trumpet badly in the "Keroppi Faces the Music" episode of Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures.
- A year before Keroppi's debut in 1988, a contest was held during the rainy season to vote on possible designs for a new frog character. The design that would eventually become Keroppi ended up winning.
- Keroppi stars in Sam to Chip no wa Hachamecha Dai Race as a racer.
- Keroppi cameos with Hello Kitty and Badtz-Maru in the first few minutes of the crossover 2018 film Ready Player One.
- Keroppi's name comes from "KeroKero", ("ケロケロ") a Japanese onomatopoeia for the noise frogs make.
- With the exception of Hello Kitty, Keroppi stars in more video games than other Sanrio characters.
- Keroppi is revealed to be a gamer in Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures, though he is not as skilled as Badtz-Maru and perhaps Kuromi.
The extremely rare Keroppi couch (alongside wallpaper and floor) as seen in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
- Keroppi, along with a handful of other popular Sanrio characters, makes a cameo appearance as a multiple furniture items in the mobile app video game Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp of Nintendo's Animal Crossing series from a special limited-time event in 2021 and 2023 called "Pocket Camp X Sanrio", due to a partnership of Sanrio with Nintendo, with each costing a high amount of Leaf Tickets. The couch in particular is the rarest. Unfortunately, like other exclusive items, they are no longer legitimately available in the Pocket Camp Complete version, therefore items based on the character can only be seen with players who managed to obtain them beforehand or through hacking (as they are still in the game's code).
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf on the Nintendo 3DS formerly featured the same furniture to unlock via Welcome amiibo, but this game is currently shut down like Pocket Camp.
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the Nintendo Switch, however, continues to feature Sanrio-based content.
- In 2016, an Animal Crossing: New Horizons villager based off of Keroppi (a rabbit named Toby) was available by scanning his respective amiibo card. This same character also appears in Pocket Camp.
- Occasionally, Keroppi can be seen depicted with visible eyelashes, despite being canonically male.
- Keroppi shares his birthday with Hisato Inoue.
- Keroppi's full name Keroppi Hasunoue shares the ending-noue as well.
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- Keroppi shares some similarities with Slippy Toad from Nintendo's Star Fox series in that both are anthropomorphic frogs known to be clumsy.
Gallery[]
Merchandise[]
Electronic Games[]
- Kero Kero Keroppi no Bouken Nikki
- Kero Kero Keroppi no Daibouken I
- Kero Kero Keroppi no Daibouken II
- Keroppi to Keroriinu no Splash Bomb!
- Keroppi Day Hopper 1995 from Big Top Productions Mac / Windows PC
- Kero Kero Keroppi: Uki Uki Party Land (1995)