# Shigetaka Kurita

> Shigetaka Kurita  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.

*Japanese interface designer and inventor of the emoji from NTT Docomo (born 1972)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/shigetaka-kurita

## Identity
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1972-05-09
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 52.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 8.5 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 12.1 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 47.2 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/sigekun (@sigekun)

## Sources
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e621bdba-7666-4db8-9047-42ab69d70a89)
- [شيجيتاكا كوريتا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7)
- [শিগেতাকা কুড়িটা](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE)
- [Shigetaka Kurita](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigetaka_Kurita)
- [Shigetaka Kurita](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigetaka_Kurita)
- [Shigetaka Kurita](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigetaka_Kurita)
- [Shigetaka Kurita](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigetaka_Kurita)
- [栗田穣崇](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A0%97%E7%94%B0%E7%A9%A3%E5%B4%87)
- [Shigetaka Kurita](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigetaka_Kurita)
- [Курита, Сигэтака](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%8D%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0)
- [Shigetaka Kurita](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigetaka_Kurita)
- [Shigetaka Kurita](https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigetaka_Kurita)
- [Сігетака Куріта](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0)
- [栗田穰崇](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A0%97%E7%94%B0%E7%A9%B0%E5%B4%87)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29657254)

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