A transmitting cell phone 10 according to the present invention is
provided with a character image DB 11, a user designator 12, a character
image generator 13, and a communicator 17. A plurality of character
images are preliminarily stored in the character image DB 11. The user
designator 12 designates an expression or movement of a character image
to be transmitted to a receiving cell phone 20. The character image
generator 13 acquires one character image out of the plurality of
character images stored in the character image DB 11 and uses the
character image to generate a character image with the expression or
movement designated by the user designator 12. The communicator 17
transmits the generated character image to the receiving cell phone 20.