The First Emoji (dec 31, 1998 – may 15, 1999)
Description:
The first emoji was created by Shigetaka Kurita who was part of the team working on NTT DoCoMo's I-mode mobile Internet platform. He created the first 180 emoji's based on the expressions of other people that he observed and of other things in the city.Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 31, 1998
may 15, 1999
~ 4 months and 15 days