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Asian fashion dolls are fashion doll
Fashion doll

Fashion dolls are dolls designed to be dressed and redressed to reflect fashion trends or occasionally fantasy play. The dolls are typically made of Polyvinyl chloride or another plastic, and are manufactured both as toys and as collectibles....
s that are made by Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
n manufacturers or primarily targeted to an Asian market. Some have received international attention, such as with Momoko Doll
Momoko Doll

is a 1/6 scale Japanese fashion doll, roughly similar in size to Robert Tonner's Tiny Kitty Collier.Momoko was created in 2001 as a side project by a Japanese software company called Petworks....
, and in 2005 the first first annual Dollstyle convention was held in Tokyo
Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
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Many of these dolls have Asian or anime
Anime

is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
 style features. Clothing lines may include Asian themes and in some cases Asian names (such as "Momoko" or "Taeyang").






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Asian fashion dolls are fashion doll
Fashion doll

Fashion dolls are dolls designed to be dressed and redressed to reflect fashion trends or occasionally fantasy play. The dolls are typically made of Polyvinyl chloride or another plastic, and are manufactured both as toys and as collectibles....
s that are made by Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
n manufacturers or primarily targeted to an Asian market. Some have received international attention, such as with Momoko Doll
Momoko Doll

is a 1/6 scale Japanese fashion doll, roughly similar in size to Robert Tonner's Tiny Kitty Collier.Momoko was created in 2001 as a side project by a Japanese software company called Petworks....
, and in 2005 the first first annual Dollstyle convention was held in Tokyo
Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
.

Many of these dolls have Asian or anime
Anime

is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
 style features. Clothing lines may include Asian themes and in some cases Asian names (such as "Momoko" or "Taeyang"). Some Asian fashion dolls are dominated by Western dress, such as with Momoko Doll
Momoko Doll

is a 1/6 scale Japanese fashion doll, roughly similar in size to Robert Tonner's Tiny Kitty Collier.Momoko was created in 2001 as a side project by a Japanese software company called Petworks....
's lineup, Pullip
Pullip

Pullip is a collectible fashion doll. It was created by the Korean company Cheonsang Cheonha and marketed by JUN Planning of Japan. Since the release in 2003, other types of dolls were added to the Pullip line: the male doll Namu, male doll Taeyang, younger girl Dal, and miniature versions of Pullips called Little Pullip....
's wardrobe, or the extensive Jenny fashions. More traditional Asian dress is also represented, such as with kimono-centric Annz dolls. A number of other dolls also dress in kimonos such as Jenny, Momoko, Pullip, etc.

Examples of Asian fashion dolls

  • Annz (Japanese) by Annz Project
  • Azone dolls by Azone (:ja:????????????)
  • Blythe by Takara
    Takara

    Takara Co., Ltd. was a Japanese toy company founded in 1955, that merged with another prominent Japanese toy company, Tomy Co., Ltd., on March 1, 2006....
    , formerly by Kenner
    Kenner

    Kenner Products was a toy company founded in 1947 by three brothers, Albert, Phillip, and Joseph L. Steiner, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ohio, United States, and was named after the street where the original corporate offices were located....
  • Dollfie
    Dollfie

    Dollfie is a playscale vinyl doll that is produced by Volks, located in Japan.Dollfie is a highly-poseable hybrid of fashion doll and action figure, first created in 1997....
     by Volks
    Volks

    is a Japan-based corporation that produces garage kits and mecha kits as well as the Dollfie, Super Dollfie and Dollfie Dream lines of dolls. The company's headquarters is in Kyoto, with some 30 shops worldwide, and annual sales of about $50 million, as of 2008....
  • Jenny
    Jenny (doll)

    is a 10? inch fashion doll produced by Japanese toy company Takara since 1982. The doll was originally known as the Takara Barbie, but became "Jenny" in 1986 after Takara ended their licensing agreement with Mattel....
     by Takara
    Takara

    Takara Co., Ltd. was a Japanese toy company founded in 1955, that merged with another prominent Japanese toy company, Tomy Co., Ltd., on March 1, 2006....
  • Licca-chan
    Licca-chan

    , full name , is a very popular dress-up doll series introduced in Japan on 1967-07-04 by Takara, enjoying the same kind of popularity in Japan as the Barbie series does in the United States of America....
     by Takara
    Takara

    Takara Co., Ltd. was a Japanese toy company founded in 1955, that merged with another prominent Japanese toy company, Tomy Co., Ltd., on March 1, 2006....
  • Momoko Doll
    Momoko Doll

    is a 1/6 scale Japanese fashion doll, roughly similar in size to Robert Tonner's Tiny Kitty Collier.Momoko was created in 2001 as a side project by a Japanese software company called Petworks....
     by Petworks and Sekiguchi
  • Obitsu by Obitsu (:ja:??????)
  • Pullip
    Pullip

    Pullip is a collectible fashion doll. It was created by the Korean company Cheonsang Cheonha and marketed by JUN Planning of Japan. Since the release in 2003, other types of dolls were added to the Pullip line: the male doll Namu, male doll Taeyang, younger girl Dal, and miniature versions of Pullips called Little Pullip....
     from JUN Planning
  • Sonokong dolls by Sonokong
    Sonokong

    Sonokong Co, Ltd. is a South Korea toy and game, entertainment company, established in 1974. It is one of the largest toy maker in the world. Sonokong is a publisher of some of the world's most popular Anime, Film production....


See also

  • Fashion doll
    Fashion doll

    Fashion dolls are dolls designed to be dressed and redressed to reflect fashion trends or occasionally fantasy play. The dolls are typically made of Polyvinyl chloride or another plastic, and are manufactured both as toys and as collectibles....
  • Ball-jointed doll
    Ball-jointed doll

    A ball-jointed doll is any doll that is articulated with ball and socket joints. In contemporary usage when referring to modern dolls, and particularly when using the acronyms BJD or ABJD, it usually refers to modern Asian ball-jointed dolls....