Shigetaka Kurita
Japanese interface designer and inventor of the emoji from NTT Docomo
- Born
- 9 May 1972, Gifu Prefecture
- Age
- 54
Shigetaka Kurita (born May 9, 1972, Gifu Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese interface designer often cited for his early work with emoji sets. Many refer to him as the creator of the emoji, a claim that has been corrected and clarified in recent years. He was part of the team that created one of the first emojis used solely for communication, a heart-shaped pictogram that appeared on an NTT DoCoMo pager aimed at teenagers. It went on to become the Red Heart emoji.
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