cute text faces

◕3◕ >‿‿◕ ﾟ▽ﾟ ^-^* ≧∇≦ ,,#ﾟДﾟ･ω･ (ﾟДﾟ|||) (￣(エ)￣)

and many many more at hiroette.com

the difference about northern American’s emoticons are vertical and in Japanese they do it sideways like all those above. In japan they called those “顔文字” (かおもじ – kaomoji).

“In the middle of June, goo Ranking surveyed its readers by means of a public internet questionnaire on what emoticons, or smilies, they often used in mail from their personal computers.” and here is the result (via what japan thinks.com)

Ranking results

Q: What 顔文字, kaomoji, emoticons do you often use in mail sent from your personal computer?
Rank Emoticon Score Emotion
1 （＾_＾） or （＾_＾）v, etc 100 Laughing
2 (>_ 66.4 Troubled
3 (^_^;) 54.4 Troubled
4 (ToT) 53.3 Crying
5 m(_ _)m 52.9 Apologising
6 (^^ゞ or (^^;) 38.3 Shy
7 （￣ー￣） 20.6 Grinning
8 (≧∇≦)/ 18.9 Joyful
9 （￣□￣；） 18.9 Surprised
10 (#^.^#) 18.8 Shy
11 （*´▽｀*） 16.1 Infatuation
12 (ーー;) 15.4 Worried
13 (*^▽^*) 15.0 Joyful
14 ＿|￣|○, orz, OTL, etc 13.7 Depressed
15 (＾▽＾) 11.1 Laughing
16 キタ━━━(゜∀゜)━━━!!!!!, (゜∀゜), etc 11.1 I think it is “I’m here!!!”, but I just don’t really know!
17 (´･ω･`) 10.3 Snubbed
18 （　ﾟ Дﾟ） 8.8 Shocked
19 （・∀・） 7.7 Laughing
20 (Ｔ▽Ｔ) 7.1 Crying
21 (*￣m￣) 6.8 Dissatisfied
22 （　´∀｀） 6.0 Laughing
23 （⌒▽⌒） 5.3 Laughing
24 （＾ｖ＾） 4.9 Laughing
25 ヽ（´ー｀）┌ 4.7 Mellow
26 （’-’*) 4.1 Laughing
27 (’A`) 3.8 Snubbed
28 （゜◇゜） 2.1 Surprised
29 (*°∀°)=3 2.1 Infatuation
30 ∩( ・ω・)∩, ( ・ω・), etc 1.3 Joyful