{"id":5460,"date":"2026-04-06T22:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T05:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=5460"},"modified":"2026-04-06T22:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T05:00:04","slug":"mcdonalds-japan-adds-new-hello-kitty-and-pompompurin-drinks-to-the-menu-for-a-limited-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=5460","title":{"rendered":"McDonald\u2019s Japan adds new Hello Kitty and Pompompurin drinks to the menu for a limited time"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sanrio characters add sweetness to first-ever McDonald\u2019s smoothie and frappe collaboration, complete with a Japanese idol commercial.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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As Japan\u2019s hardest working feline, Hello Kitty\u2019s work is never done<\/strong>, with a long list of companies vying to join forces with her for limited-edition releases<\/a> that feature her kawaii charm.<\/p>\n

Now, McDonald\u2019s<\/strong> is enlisting Hello Kitty\u2019s powers for a new collaboration that sees her appearing on a smoothie<\/strong>, which the chain describes as a first for McDonald\u2019s<\/strong>. Another first is Pompompurin<\/strong> on a<\/strong> Frappe<\/strong>, with cute details that\u2019ll have Sanrio fans racing out to their nearest branch on release day.<\/p>\n

\u25bc The promo poster reads, \u201cWanna come drink something sweet at McDonald\u2019s?<\/strong>\u201c<\/p>\n

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The answer to that question is a very firm \u201cyes\u201d, not just because the new drinks look so darn cute but because they\u2019re filled with tasty ingredients too. The Hello Kitty Juicy Ichigo Smoothie<\/strong> (\u201cichigo\u201d means \u201cstrawberry\u201d) boasts a perfect balance of sweetness and tartness, offering a juicy and satisfying experience reminiscent of strawberry gelato.<\/p>\n

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Packed with the sweet, tangy, fruity flavour of strawberries, this smoothie has a vibrant colour inspired by Hello Kitty\u2019s trademark red ribbon.<\/p>\n

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The Pompompurin Creamy Pudding Frappe<\/strong> is filled with the sweet flavours of purin (pudding), in honour of the character\u2019s namesake dessert.<\/p>\n

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Custard is the standout ingredient in this beverage, with the rich flavour of egg yolk and milk contrasting beautifully with the slightly bitter caramel sauce and smooth whipped cream topping.<\/p>\n

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\u25bc All the ingredients combine to create the taste of drinking real pudding\u2026or Pompompurin, depending on where your mind goes.<\/p>\n

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\u25bc The new drinks, with their respective star ingredients behind them.<\/p>\n

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The smoothie will be on the menu for 450 yen (US$2.81) while the frappe will retail for 490 yen. If you purchase a meal set, you can add one of the drinks for an additional 200 yen.<\/p>\n

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To sweeten the deal, McDonald\u2019s has enlisted another familiar face for the campaign:\u00a0Japanese singer and former You\u2019ll Melt More!<\/strong> idol group member Ano<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Ano appears in a new commercial for the two drinks, dressed in her \u201cmizuiro\u201d (\u201clight blue\u201d) member colour, which once spurred a fashion trend amongst her fans.<\/p>\n

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In the commercial, Ano sings a cute parody of Kishidan\u2019s \u201cOne Night Carnival\u201d, a famous song from the Heisei era (1989-2019).<\/p>\n\n

\u25bc For reference, Kishidan\u2019s 2001 hit, \u201cOne Night Carnival\u201d.<\/p>\n\n

The main lyric in Ano\u2019s version for McDonald\u2019s is \u201cIchigo to purin ga mune no oku pomu pomu to oto tateru, kawaii<\/em>\u201c, which means \u201cStrawberries and pudding go \u2018pom-pom\u2019 deep in my chest \u2013 so cute<\/strong>\u201c.<\/p>\n

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\u25bc \u30dd\u30e0\u30dd\u30e0 = Pom Pom<\/p>\n

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Ano adds some of Kishidan\u2019s signature moves to the clip as a cute throwback to the original song, which is all about yankee<\/a> (delinquent) youth culture.<\/p>\n

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Though Hello Kitty and Pompompurin aren\u2019t known for being delinquents, they certainly don\u2019t mind bending the rules when it comes to defying expectations, having teamed up with the likes of Japanese rock star Yoshiki<\/a>, from legendary band X Japan, and even Evangelion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u25bc As for Ano, she has a reputation for being an unconventional idol who\u2019s been known to dive into audiences and scream when she performs.<\/p>\n

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The only we\u2019ll be screaming for is more when the new drinks are released around Japan for a limited time from 10 April.<\/p>\n

Source, images: Press release<\/em>
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Sanrio characters add sweetness to first-ever McDonald\u2019s smoothie and frappe collaboration, complete with a Japanese idol commercial.\u00a0 As Japan\u2019s hardest working feline, Hello Kitty\u2019s work is never done, with a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}