Since DoCoMo's i-Mode emoji set derived from a Japanese visual style commonly found in manga and anime, combined with kaomoji, they symbolise facial expressions. Despite the media referring to Kurita as the father of the emoji, the Tears of Joy emoji cannot be traced back to his early work.

Kurita's set contained colored images, but none of the 176 emojis represented emotions. The first popular set was designed by NTT DoCoMo employee Shigetaka Kurita in 1999, after he sketched illustrations to be used in text messages. Softbank's J-Phone launched in 1997, but due to the limited adoption of the product, it was not popular. Two competing companies, NTT DoCoMo and Softbank created the first two emoji sets.

In general terms, emoji development dates back to the late 1990s in Japan.

The Oxford Dictionary recognised the emoji as its Word of the Year in 2015 due to its common usage. The emoji is one of the most commonly used emojis in the Emoticons Unicode block. The emoji is used in communication to portray joking and teasing on messaging platforms including Apple's iMessage and Meta's WhatsApp, as well as social media websites such as Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, and Instagram. It is also known as Tears of Joy emoji, lol emoji, joy emoji, laughing emoji, cry-laugh emoji, crying laughing emoji, or the laughing crying emoji. Since the emoji has evolved from numerous different designs pre-unicode, it has different names and meanings in different regions and cultures. While it is broadly referred to as an emoji, since it is used to demonstrate emotion, it is also referred to as an emoticon. Emoji featuring laughing crying face Appearance on Twemoji, used on Twitter, Discord, Roblox, the Nintendo Switch, and moreįace with Tears of Joy (😂) is an emoji that represents a crying with laughter facial expression.

The roblox man face is overused