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History
The four original LINE Friends, Cony, Brown, Moon and James first appeared in two packs of free stickers, Brown, Cony, Moon and James after LINE launched in 2011, during the time after the 3/11 Earthquake. They became popular immediately because of their hilarious emotions and adorable looks.

Later, in 2013, three other characters: Boss, Jessica and Sally joined the team. Then in 2014, Leonard was introduced and appeared in LINE TOWN and soon Edward was introduced by publishing a pack of stickers: Special Edition and the team was finally seem to be formed.

In 2016, in order to celebrate LINE's 5th anniversary, LINE Corporation announced Brown's younger sister, Choco, as a new member of LINE Friends, which surprises the fans. Then her boyfriend Pangyo was introduced in LINE×Apps for Earth when it was promoting the message "Protect the Environment" of this pack of stickers.

The characters of Line Friends
The characters of Line Friends are borrowed from ordinary characters that can easily be remembered around us.

The characters are:

Introduction
When Naver developed a messenger Line (라인), the Line was a basic messenger capable of talking only. Since then, developers have started to think about finding a way to deliver emotions in a effective way on messenger, and as a result of that thinking, 'stickers' are born. When 'sticker' was created as a means of expressing emotions on NHN (Naver) for the first time on the line messenger, they did not think that the protagonists of this sticker were characters. However, as people began to ask about the name and relationship of the sticker, the sticker gradually became a character. As the "sticker" becomes a character, the amount of sticker on the line has increased, and the discussion for monetization begins naturally. To monetize a character, a story or concept was necessary, so NHN produced characters' relationships, series, and stories.

Types
In addition to items such as game s and emoticon s, more than 5,000 products are sold including design stationery, clothing, fashion accessories, kitchenware, home decor, toys, and mobile phone cases. Line Friends launched products which collaborate with various brands such as Moleskine, L'Occitane, LAMY, Mulla.

(1) LINE TOWN
An animation that depicts the daily life of line friends.

(2) Line Offline Salaryman (line friends - Moon's company life)
It is an animation which shows the life of the company.

Mobile Game
Line pop

Line Pop 2

Line bubble

Line Bubble 2

Line rush

Line Disney's Thumbsome

Line Fighters

Line dozer

Line Brown Farm

Line Stage

Line Rangers

More
Kidult culture

Line Friends Online Store

Line Friends Facebook

Line Friends Twitter

Line Friends Instagram

Line Friends Youtube