3 Reasons To Love (and Use) Kaomoji

Keyboard Fonts Buddy
3 min readJan 17, 2023

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Table flip! Have you ever encountered emoticons such as these? Or maybe, you’ve come across this one: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The shrug and table flip kaomoji are some of the popular kaomoji. You can even use it on Messenger by typing “ / ”. Kaomoji is also referred to as Japanese emoticons. These emoticons originated from Japan and were made to express emotion through chats and texts.

Previously, classic emoticons with noses such as “ :-) “ and “ :-D” became popular. Japan decided to level up these emoticons by using Katakana to create these Kaomoji. They didn’t want their tone in texting to be misunderstood, so they made Kaomoji. Plus, kaomoji doesn’t have to be looked at sideways, unlike the classic emoticons.

If you aren’t using kaomoji in your conversations yet, what’s stopping you?

If it’s because you don’t know where you can find kaomoji to use, Keyboard Fonts Buddy has over 10 kaomoji categories for you to choose from.

But if you haven’t decided on whether you want access to kaomoji yet because of other reasons, then let’s first talk about some of the reasons you will love and want to use kaomoji.

  1. Kaomoji is cute.

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Aren’t these kaomoji cute? It’s so fun to use them when greeting your friend or family members. It makes a conversation more lively and you are better to express how you’re feeling even without the other person seeing your face.

Japanese believe that the eyes are the mirror of the soul. That’s why kaomoji have very distinguished eyes, such as these ones:: o( ❛ᴗ❛ )o ٩(◕‿◕。)۶

Using kaomoji can elevate any simple conversation into a great one. Express yourself through cute kaomoji (^ ‿ ^)

2. Kaomoji is entertaining to use.

Kaomoji categories aren’t only for positive emotions, there are also for goofy, sad, angry, neutral, and other types. From feelings that express love ♡\( ̄▽ ̄)/♡, to emoticons that express sadness (っ˘̩╭╮˘̩)っ. You can even use kaomoji that expresses fear 〣( ºΔº )〣. The list goes on and on. It’s so entertaining to use kaomoji in conversation especially since there are many choices of categories and emotions you can use.

3. Kaomoji help deliver a brand message with humor and lightness.

If your brand audience is millennials and people around that age range, your brand should be up-to-date with the latest trends, and relatable. Imagine seeing this on a brand’s posts:

“Hi, guys! ( ̄▽ ̄)ノ

We have a unique surprise for you coming SOON. ヽ(°〇°)ノ”

Isn’t that such a humorous and light thing to see? It can encourage people to interact more with your brand by using kaomoji.

Before, people had to use Japanese settings on their mobile device’s keyboard in order to find kaomoji to use. But now, there are numerous keyboard apps that offer kaomoji categories in their app.

Keyboard Fonts Buddy has a range of kaomoji categories for you to choose from

From anger and love emoticons to animal emoticons, Keyboard Fonts Buddy has you covered. By downloading Keyboards Font Buddy, not only will you get a variety of kaomoji categories to choose from, but you can also find symbols and emoji categories to use as well.

Keyboard Fonts Buddy is a keyboard app that aims to help you express yourself better by using a variety of cool fonts, emojis, and kaomoji on your social media. You can download the app by clicking this link, or by searching for Keyboard Fonts Buddy in the App Store.

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