My Sweet Piano

Japanese Name

マイスウィートピアノ

(Mai Suwīto Piano)

Alternate Names

Piano

ピアノちゃん(Piano-chan)

ヒツジ(Hitsuji which means sheep in Japanese)

My Melody's Friend Piano

Birthday

July 6th

Gender

Female

Universe

My Melody Universe

Hometown

Maryland

Species

Sheep

Appearance

Light pink soft coat; Light pink ears that hang down; Round tail; Yellow oval nose; White face, hands, feet

Charm Point

Fluffy pink wool

Personality

Hobbies

Playing the piano

Skills

Making flower crowns and necklaces

Likes

Meringue cookies, baby pink

Description

She is kind and girly

Quote

They can say only sheep noises like "Ah Baa Meh", "Baa Meh", and Pokyru."

Family and Friends

Friends

My Melody, Flat, Mogura, Tori, Risu, Araiguma, Kitsune, Kuma

Creation

Debut

1976 (as Hitsuji), 2005 (renamed Piano)

Voiced By

Junko Takeuchi

My Sweet Piano (マイスウィートピアノ, Mai Suwīto Piano) is a Sanrio character who debuted in 1980 as Hitsuji and was renamed Piano in 2005.

My Sweet Piano is My Melody's best friend (alongside Hello Kitty). She is a sheep with soft pink fur covering her low ears, a round tail, white skin, and a yellow oval nose. In Onegai My Melody she cannot speak, only communicating through sheep noises. However, Piano is capable of speaking in other media, such as Hello Kitty Seasons and Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures. Her personality is described as soft, kind, and girly. Her birthday is July 6th.

History[]

In 1980, five years after My Melody debuted, Sanrio decided to create a sheep character as a friend of My Melody. Piano was originally known as "Hitsuji" or "Hitsuji-san", which roughly translates to "Miss Sheep" or "Sheep".

In 2005, Sanrio asked readers of its monthly Strawberry News to suggest a new name for her, and the selection of the name "Piano" was announced in 2005. Its standalone goods were also using the name "My Melody's Friend Piano", were released.

The first solo merchandise with the character under the full name "My Sweet Piano" was released in 2008.

In Onegai My Melody, their appearance had flowers on her head and a straight tail, while on their goods, they had a rounded tail, similar to My Melody.

Ranking in the Sanrio Character Ranking[]

Piano first appeared in the 2013 Sanrio Character Ranking. During the same ranking that year, if she was 80th place or lower, she would be shown. In the 2023 country/region statistics, she ranked 7th in The Chinese Mainland and 10th in Italy.

2013: 16th place
2014: 15th place
2015: 16th place
2016: 16th place
2017: 17th place
2018: 17th place
2019: 17th place
2020: 20th place
2021: 18th place
2022: 18th place
2023: 18th place
2024: 17th place

Media[]

TV[]

Onegai My Melody (2005-2009)

Web[]

Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures (background only; season 2-present)

Trivia[]

In Onegai My Melody, she is voiced by Junko Takeuchi, who is also the voice of Kuromi in the anime series. Junko's voice for Piano was also later used for Sanrio Puroland's parade show, Miracle Gift Parade.