A few words about Japanese emoticons
Kaomoji (顔文字) is a popular text emoticons style initially emerged in Japan and later successfully proven all over the world. Unlike regular emoticons, there is no need for kaomoji to be read sideways. So they look much more natural.
There is a great variety of Japanese emoticons. Having evolved from anime and manga, they are capable of transmitting all set of emotions, a variety of actions, objects, and more.