Cinnamoroll

Cinnamoroll (Japanese: シナモロール, Hepburn: Shinamorōru) is a character series created by Sanrio in 2001, with character designs from Miyuki Okumura. The main character, Cinnamoroll, is a white puppy with chubby and pink cheeks, long ears, blue eyes, and a tail that resembles a cinnamon roll. He starred in his own manga series, an anime movie, and various animation shorts.
In its initial run, the series expanded into two official side series: Cinnamoangels (シナモエンジェルス, Shinamoenjerusu) in 2005, which focuses on Azuki, Mocha, and Chiffon and Lloromannic (ルロロマニック, Ruroromanikku) in 2007, which focuses on both Berry and Cherry.
Cinnamoroll is a white dog who lives at Café Cinnamon. He is friends with Chiffon, Mocha, Espresso, Cappuccino and Milk over there. He fell out of the sky when wandering on the clouds and landed near Cafe Cinnamon. Chowder saw him and Ms. Anna picked Cinnamoroll up. Ms. Anna then introduced him to his new friends, Chiffon, Mocha, Espresso, Cappuccino, and Milk.
When he was first created by Sanrio in 2001, he was called "Baby Cinnamon". A year later he was renamed "Cinnamoroll", to remedy problems with the registration of the mark overseas, however, he is now referred to in both ways, and also simply as "Cinnamon". From 2007 original name "Baby Cinnamon" has no longer been used by Sanrio and, and he is officially called "Cinnamoroll". In Japan, he is named "Cinnamoroll" but is still mostly called "Cinnamon".
A movie based on the character titled Cinnamon The Movie (シナモン The Movie, Shinamon THE MOVIE) was produced by Madhouse Studios and was released in Japan on December 22, 2007. The film was double-billed alongside another Madhouse animated film Nezumi Monogatari - George to Gerald no Bōken, and was directed by Gisaburō Sugii. Tohoshinki performed the movie's ending song titled "Together".
Other Cinnamoroll videos include "Zēnbu! Cinnamon", "Cinnamon no Himitsu no Tobira", "ABCinnamon Eigo de Asobo!" and titles in the Sanrio Pokoapoko series.
In March 2023, Sanrio started a YouTube channel for Cinnamon which streams a short anime called Cinnamon Anime Damon (シナモンアニメだもん, Shinamon Anime Damon). It was aired every Fridays.
From September 13 of the same year, the English version began to be distributed on Sanrio's official US YouTube channel, Hello Kitty and Friends.
The series concluded on March 6, 2025, comprising 123 numbered and additional unnumbered episodes; however, they began releasing compilation videos of clips from past episodes on TikTok after the web anime shorts stopped being produced.
In June 2023, two anime series were announced. A short anime series titled I. Cinnamoroll Began streaming on the Cinnamoroll YouTube channel in October 2023, and a cooking television series featuring actor Ken Yasuda, titled Cinnamon to Yasuda Ken no Yurudoki Sūbun Cooking, it premiered on TBS Television October 7, 2023. Around 2024-2025, I. Cinnamoroll was moved to the Hello Kitty and Friends YouTube channel and new episodes release every Friday at 1PM pacific standard time.
In 2005, the stop-motion series "Hello Kitty Stump Village". Cinnamoroll is one of the main characters next to Hello Kitty, My Melody, Pom Pom Purin, and Badtz-Maru. In 2008, animated CGI TV series The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends Cinnamoroll is a minor character, and debuts in an episode called "Cinnamoroll Café" where he is building his own café. But, is too shy to ask for help. He also appears in the 2020 web series, Hello Kitty and Friends: Supercute Adventures hosted on Sanrio's official American YouTube channel where he started out as a minor character in Season 1, before joining the main cast in Season 2 alongside Hello Kitty, Pom Pom Purin, My Melody, Keroppi, Badtz-Maru, Kuromi, and Chococat.
Cinnamoroll is also the host of the boat ride attraction called "Sanrio Character Boat Ride" at Sanrio Puroland and Harmonyland where he invites guests to attend Hello Kitty and Dear Daniel's wedding.
Cinnamoroll quickly became the star of video games. There are four video games that feature him and his friends. The earliest video games were "Cinnamoroll Koko ni Iru yo" which was released in Japan in 2004, and "Cinnamoroll FuwaFuwa Daibouken" which was released in Japan in 2005 and were only for the Game Boy Advance. Nintendo also made two Nintendo DS games called "Cinnamoroll: Ohanashi shiyo! - Kira Kira DE Kore Café" made in 2006, and a Pinball game called "Cinnamoroll: Kurukuru Sweets Paradise" made in 2007. He also made appearances in Hello Kitty games like "Hello Kitty: Big City Dreams", "Hello Kitty Birthday Adventures" and "Loving Life with Hello Kitty & Friends" for the DS and "Hello Kitty Seasons" on the Wii. Cinnamoroll's friends (notably Cappuccino) also appear in certain areas in "Hello Kitty Seasons". Cinnamoroll also appears in Sanrio's first and only Massively multiplayer online role-playing game called Hello Kitty Online as an NPC in certain special quests. The Cinnamoangels also made cameo appearances in Hello Kitty Online as statues in London alone. While Cinnamoroll's friends Mocha and Chiffon can be seen as one of the emoticons in a Cinnamoroll-themed guild. Cinnamoroll also shows up in "Hello Kitty World" for Android and iPhone as one of the characters you unlock once you add a new attraction when you reach a certain level. Cinnamoroll is also one of the racers in "Hello Kitty Kruisers" which is available for the Android, iPhone, Wii U, and Nintendo Switch. Cinnamoroll also had a brief collaboration with Sky: Children of the Light, made by thatgamecompany, where he opened his café for players.
A five-volume manga of the series, titled Fluffy, Fluffy Cinnamoroll (ふわふわ♥シナモン, Fuwafuwa ♥ Shinamon) was written by Chisato Seki and illustrated by Yumi Tsukirino. It was published in Japan from 2004 to 2007 by Shogakukan and serialized in the monthly magazine Pucchigumi. In 2008, three special volumes of the manga came out in Japan called "Fluffy, Fluffy Cinnamoroll Color Edition" (カラー版 ふわふわ♥シナモン Karāban Fuwafuwa Shinamon) which had all the pages for each manga in color and has brand new stories. In 2005, a spin-off manga series that focused on The Cinnamoangels was made from 2005 - 2008 called "Puri Kawa Shinamonenjerusu!!" (プリ☆かわ☆シナモンエンジェルス!!) which focuses on Mocha, Chiffon, and Azuki doing various activities and trying to attract boys. Viz Media started translating the manga in 2011 and was released to English-speaking countries in 2012.
A novel adaptation titled Cinnamoroll: Cinnamon's Wonderland Trip (シナモロール シナモンのふしぎ旅行, Shinamorōru Shinamon no Fushigi ryokō) was released by Kadokawa Shoten under the Tsubasa Bunko label on September 15, 2014, which stars Cinnamoroll and Poron going through various adventures along with doing time traveling.
Cinnamoroll has a series of three travel picture books called "Cinnamon Travel Ehon" (シナモントラベルえほん). Another Japanese Cinnamoroll book is "Cinnamon ga Ippai!, labeled as an "official fan book"."
Cinnamoroll merchandise includes Build-a-Bear plush toys, Converse shoes, and crossover merchandise with Hikaru Midorikawa.
Characters of the series also appeared in various Sanrio Puroland and HarmonyLand lives shows, parades, and events. Following their debut in 2007 with their first musical Cinnamon's Door of Secrets (シナモンのひみつの扉, Shinamon no Himitsu no tobira).
Cinnamon was featured in a music video with the Japanese rock girl band Scandal. In June 2012, Sanrio teamed up with MasatakaP to create an animated video coinciding the character's 10th Anniversary using the MikuMikuDance software. The video is handled by MastakaP for the animation while Intetsu, the Bassist of the band Ayabie handles the music. A downloadable version of Cinnamon for use with MikuMikuDance software was available by Sanrio until August 31, 2012. In October 2012, the OSTER project announced an album called "Cinnamon Trip!!", which was released in Japan on December 12, 2012. There are 9 songs in the album, each sung by Cinnamoroll and his friends including the Cinnamoangels and Lloromannic. Each song has its own theme, such as Mocha's song "Petit Paris" which takes place in Paris, France, and "Hawaiian Angels" which takes place in Hawaii and is sung by the Cinnamoangels.
Cinnamoroll was the second most successful Sanrio character in 2005, after Hello Kitty. The popularity of Cinnamoroll and minor characters kicked off in 2005 with a "spinoff" called The Cinnamoangels which features Cinnamoroll's friend Mocha, Chiffon, and Azuki. In 2011, Cinnamoroll got his own blog on the Japanese blogging and social networking website Ameba. In 2012, Cinnamoroll celebrated his 10th anniversary. To celebrate Cinnamoroll's 10th Anniversary Tokyo's Haneda Airport had a Cinnamoroll showcase showing fan-taken photos and some original Cinnamoroll pictures. There is also a Cinnamoroll statue that can be seen outside Bandai Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.
Cinnamoroll's official Twitter account experienced cyberbullying in 2015. A group of Twitter users started responding to the account's tweets with offensive comments regarding the character in March 2015, and the disruption worsened in May. On May 11, a tweet from the official Twitter saying: "Chiffon: "Morning! Cinnamon doesn’t want to come all the way out this morning, so I’ve come out instead. I will protect Cinnamon, so I hope all his friends will look after him too." was posted, referring to the continuous bullying due to haters. In response, Sanrio blocked the culprits.
Cinnamoroll was voted number 1 in the Sanrio Character Rankings 2017–2018, and again in 2020–2024.