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Shigetaka Kurita of Japan and the design of emoji characters for cellphones and smartphones

11/17/2015

Oxford Dictionaries makes an emoji character word of the year in 2015 beating out words such as Brexit and refugee- a word that best reflects the mood and atmosphere of 2015. Emoji characters first appeared in 1999 when designed by mobile designer Shigetaka Kurita in Japan, as part of Docomo design team for internet use on cellphones. About 17% in UK and 20% in the U.S. of typed emoji characters in mobile conversations was the emoji character for tears of joy.

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