3 Emoji Facts <br />for World Emoji Day 1. Shigetaka Kurita <br />is viewed as the <br />'Father of Emoji.' The Japanese designer created the first emojis in 1999 for a program where users were limited to 250 characters in an email. Kurita, to 'The Guardian', 2016 2. The most popular emojis <br />vary from country to country. In the U.S., Canada and the U.K., <br />the "despairing crying face" is most used. 3. The father <br />of emoticons <br />dislikes emojis. Remember when you had to <br />type this, instead of an emoji? :) Carnegie Mellon science professor, <br />Scott Fahlman, created this version of digital emotion on a 1982 message board. He dislikes emojis, however. Fahlman, to the 'Independent', 2012
