Softbank Emojis
750 emojis rendered in Softbank's design.
- A Button (Blood Type) on Softbank A Button (Blood Type)
- Ab Button (Blood Type) on Softbank Ab Button (Blood Type)
- Airplane on Softbank Airplane
- Alarm Clock on Softbank Alarm Clock
- Alien on Softbank Alien
- Alien Monster on Softbank Alien Monster
- Ambulance on Softbank Ambulance
- American Football on Softbank American Football
- Anchor on Softbank Anchor
- Anger Symbol on Softbank Anger Symbol
- Angry Face on Softbank Angry Face
- Angry Face With Horns on Softbank Angry Face With Horns
- Ant on Softbank Ant
- Antenna Bars on Softbank Antenna Bars
- Anxious Face With Sweat on Softbank Anxious Face With Sweat
- Aquarius on Softbank Aquarius
- Aries on Softbank Aries
- Artist Palette on Softbank Artist Palette
- Astonished Face on Softbank Astonished Face
- Atm Sign on Softbank Atm Sign
- Automobile on Softbank Automobile
- B Button (Blood Type) on Softbank B Button (Blood Type)
- Baby on Softbank Baby
- Baby Angel on Softbank Baby Angel
- Baby Chick on Softbank Baby Chick
- Baby Symbol on Softbank Baby Symbol
- Back Arrow on Softbank Back Arrow
- Backhand Index Pointing Down on Softbank Backhand Index Pointing Down
- Backhand Index Pointing Left on Softbank Backhand Index Pointing Left
- Backhand Index Pointing Right on Softbank Backhand Index Pointing Right
- Backhand Index Pointing Up on Softbank Backhand Index Pointing Up
- Backpack on Softbank Backpack
- Balloon on Softbank Balloon
- Banana on Softbank Banana
- Bank on Softbank Bank
- Bar Chart on Softbank Bar Chart
- Barber Pole on Softbank Barber Pole
- Baseball on Softbank Baseball
- Basketball on Softbank Basketball
- Battery on Softbank Battery
- Beaming Face With Smiling Eyes on Softbank Beaming Face With Smiling Eyes
- Beans on Softbank Beans
- Bear on Softbank Bear
- Beating Heart on Softbank Beating Heart
- Beer Mug on Softbank Beer Mug
- Bell on Softbank Bell
- Bento Box on Softbank Bento Box
- Bicycle on Softbank Bicycle
- Bikini on Softbank Bikini
- Bird on Softbank Bird
- Birthday Cake on Softbank Birthday Cake
- Biting Lip on Softbank Biting Lip
- Black Circle on Softbank Black Circle
- Black Medium-Small Square on Softbank Black Medium-Small Square
- Black Medium Square on Softbank Black Medium Square
- Black Nib on Softbank Black Nib
- Black Small Square on Softbank Black Small Square
- Blossom on Softbank Blossom
- Blowfish on Softbank Blowfish
- Blue Book on Softbank Blue Book
- Blue Circle on Softbank Blue Circle
- Blue Heart on Softbank Blue Heart
- Boar on Softbank Boar
- Bomb on Softbank Bomb
- Bookmark on Softbank Bookmark
- Bookmark Tabs on Softbank Bookmark Tabs
- Books on Softbank Books
- Bouquet on Softbank Bouquet
- Bowling on Softbank Bowling
- Boy on Softbank Boy
- Bread on Softbank Bread
- Person With Veil on Softbank Person With Veil
- Bridge At Night on Softbank Bridge At Night
- Briefcase on Softbank Briefcase
- Broken Heart on Softbank Broken Heart
- Bubbles on Softbank Bubbles
- Bug on Softbank Bug
- Bullet Train on Softbank Bullet Train
- Bus on Softbank Bus
- Bus Stop on Softbank Bus Stop
- Bust In Silhouette on Softbank Bust In Silhouette
- Cactus on Softbank Cactus
- Calendar on Softbank Calendar
- Camera on Softbank Camera
- Cancer on Softbank Cancer
- Candy on Softbank Candy
- Capricorn on Softbank Capricorn
- Card Index on Softbank Card Index
- Carousel Horse on Softbank Carousel Horse
- Carp Streamer on Softbank Carp Streamer
- Castle on Softbank Castle
- Cat Face on Softbank Cat Face
- Cat With Tears Of Joy on Softbank Cat With Tears Of Joy
- Cat With Wry Smile on Softbank Cat With Wry Smile
- Chart Decreasing on Softbank Chart Decreasing
- Chart Increasing on Softbank Chart Increasing
- Chart Increasing With Yen on Softbank Chart Increasing With Yen
- Check Box With Check on Softbank Check Box With Check
- Check Mark Button on Softbank Check Mark Button
- Chequered Flag on Softbank Chequered Flag
- Cherries on Softbank Cherries
- Cherry Blossom on Softbank Cherry Blossom
- Chestnut on Softbank Chestnut
- Chicken on Softbank Chicken
- Chocolate Bar on Softbank Chocolate Bar
- Christmas Tree on Softbank Christmas Tree
- Church on Softbank Church
- Cigarette on Softbank Cigarette
- Cinema on Softbank Cinema
- Circled M on Softbank Circled M
- Circus Tent on Softbank Circus Tent
- Cityscape At Dusk on Softbank Cityscape At Dusk
- Cl Button on Softbank Cl Button
- Clapper Board on Softbank Clapper Board
- Clapping Hands on Softbank Clapping Hands
- Clinking Beer Mugs on Softbank Clinking Beer Mugs
- Clipboard on Softbank Clipboard
- Clockwise Vertical Arrows on Softbank Clockwise Vertical Arrows
- Closed Book on Softbank Closed Book
- Closed Mailbox With Lowered Flag on Softbank Closed Mailbox With Lowered Flag
- Closed Mailbox With Raised Flag on Softbank Closed Mailbox With Raised Flag
- Closed Umbrella on Softbank Closed Umbrella
- Cloud on Softbank Cloud
- Club Suit on Softbank Club Suit
- Clutch Bag on Softbank Clutch Bag
- Cocktail Glass on Softbank Cocktail Glass
- Collision on Softbank Collision
- Computer Disk on Softbank Computer Disk
- Confetti Ball on Softbank Confetti Ball
- Confounded Face on Softbank Confounded Face
- Construction on Softbank Construction
- Construction Worker on Softbank Construction Worker
- Convenience Store on Softbank Convenience Store
- Cooked Rice on Softbank Cooked Rice
- Cookie on Softbank Cookie
- Cooking on Softbank Cooking
- Cool Button on Softbank Cool Button
- Copyright on Softbank Copyright
- Coral on Softbank Coral
- Couple With Heart on Softbank Couple With Heart
- Cow Face on Softbank Cow Face
- Credit Card on Softbank Credit Card
- Crescent Moon on Softbank Crescent Moon
- Cross Mark on Softbank Cross Mark
- Cross Mark Button on Softbank Cross Mark Button
- Crossed Flags on Softbank Crossed Flags
- Crown on Softbank Crown
- Crutch on Softbank Crutch
- Crying Cat on Softbank Crying Cat
- Crying Face on Softbank Crying Face
- Crystal Ball on Softbank Crystal Ball
- Curly Loop on Softbank Curly Loop
- Currency Exchange on Softbank Currency Exchange
- Curry Rice on Softbank Curry Rice
- Custard on Softbank Custard
- Cyclone on Softbank Cyclone
- Dango on Softbank Dango
- Dashing Away on Softbank Dashing Away
- Delivery Truck on Softbank Delivery Truck
- Department Store on Softbank Department Store
- Diamond Suit on Softbank Diamond Suit
- Diamond With A Dot on Softbank Diamond With A Dot
- Bullseye on Softbank Bullseye
- Disappointed Face on Softbank Disappointed Face
- Divide on Softbank Divide
- Dizzy on Softbank Dizzy
- Face With Crossed-Out Eyes on Softbank Face With Crossed-Out Eyes
- Dog Face on Softbank Dog Face
- Dollar Banknote on Softbank Dollar Banknote
- Dolphin on Softbank Dolphin
- Door on Softbank Door
- Dotted Line Face on Softbank Dotted Line Face
- Dotted Six-Pointed Star on Softbank Dotted Six-Pointed Star
- Double Exclamation Mark on Softbank Double Exclamation Mark
- Doughnut on Softbank Doughnut
- Down Arrow on Softbank Down Arrow
- Down-Left Arrow on Softbank Down-Left Arrow
- Down-Right Arrow on Softbank Down-Right Arrow
- Downcast Face With Sweat on Softbank Downcast Face With Sweat
- Downwards Button on Softbank Downwards Button
- Dragon Face on Softbank Dragon Face
- Dress on Softbank Dress
- Droplet on Softbank Droplet
- Dvd on Softbank Dvd
- E Mail on Softbank E Mail
- Ear on Softbank Ear
- Ear Of Corn on Softbank Ear Of Corn
- Eggplant on Softbank Eggplant
- Eight O’clock on Softbank Eight O’clock
- Eight-Pointed Star on Softbank Eight-Pointed Star
- Eight-Spoked Asterisk on Softbank Eight-Spoked Asterisk
- Electric Plug on Softbank Electric Plug
- Elephant on Softbank Elephant
- Eleven O’clock on Softbank Eleven O’clock
- Empty Nest on Softbank Empty Nest
- End Arrow on Softbank End Arrow
- Envelope on Softbank Envelope
- Envelope With Arrow on Softbank Envelope With Arrow
- Ewe on Softbank Ewe
- Red Exclamation Mark on Softbank Red Exclamation Mark
About Softbank Emojis
Emojis have become an intrinsic part of our daily communication. So much so it’s hard to imagine there was ever a time before the characters graced our screens. But they have an origin story, and Softbank emojis were a big part of that. Softbank Mobile, a telecommunications company based in Japan, was one of the first companies to implement emoji sets in the late 1990s to their phones.
SoftBank, known as J-Phone at the time, released the SkyWalker DP-211SW mobile phone which had the world’s first emoji set. The set included 90 emoji characters, among them one of the most surprisingly popular characters in the Unicode Standard, the Pile of Poo emoji. Softbank emoji sets went through several changes after that. Each update had different colors, different designs, and sharper details.
See the timeline for a more comprehensive list of Softbank emoji updates:
- Softbank 2006 was released on January 1, 2006. It featured a distinct 15 x 15 pixel-art designs with additional detail or shading on several items.
- Softbank 2010 was released on January 1, 2010. In use from 2010 to 2013, the non-animated emoji set had sharper images and a higher resolution.
- Softbank 2014 was released on January 1, 2014, and discontinued in 2016. It had a total of 726 characters.
SoftBank And Apple Connection
If one were to look at SoftBank’s emojis and Apple’s emojis, one would easily notice the overall similarity between the two groups. This is because SoftBank and Apple have always had a close relationship- SoftBank used to be the exclusive iPhone partner for Apple in Japan. SoftBank was also the only carrier to have the iPhone 3G available to their customers at that time. Given this, it was always important for Apple’s emojis to look nearly the same as SoftBank’s emojis.
In 2016, SoftBank announced it would no longer be producing their own emoji designs. The mobile carrier informed the public that it would switch to using Google emoji designs from then on. The last known emoji set purely produced by SoftBank was its 2014 version.