Kodomo Challenge [@kodomochallenge] (June 23, 2011). "おはようございます。またお声をいただいたので、お知らせです。しまじろうの名字「しまの」は「縞野」と書きます!「しまじろう」はひらがなです。" [Good morning. Also, since I received your voice, it is let us know. Shimajiro of surname "stripes" is written as "Shimano"! "Shimajirou" is the hiragana.] (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved March 13, 2016 – via Twitter.