Wakabayashi Yasushi
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Wakabayashi Yasushi
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Wakabayashi Yasushi is a Japanese designer, known as the creator of the first Kaomoji. He used (^_^) to replicate a facial expression. Despite not creating the design until 1986, a number of years after the American Scott Fahlman, it is believed that the concepts evolved completely independently of each other. This is despite them both using ASCII characters. It kickstarted a movement in Japan, which later spread to other parts of the world. It was frequently used in anime in the 90s and 2000s.
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Japanese designer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakabayashi_Yasushi
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2024-01-17T00:17:42Z
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