Thread 283096367

How do japanese people named after anime characters deal with it? They must be mocked all the time. I guess it would even be worse when a name that already existed became associated with anime like Naruto and Sasuke. I couldn't imagine being a naruto during the height of its popularity. It's like those kids in the west named after Game of Thrones characters.

nobody is named nardo, sauce or sack

>>283096367 (OP)
Naruto is a damn food, no one is named after him

>>283096436
Pretty sure Toriyama's son is named Sasuke.

>>283096651
Sasuke is a real name. So is Sakura.

>>283096651
>Pretty sure Toriyama's son is named Sasuke.
Poor kid never had a chance.
>>283096663
Yeah but those names are associated with Naruto now especially Sasuke.
>>283096454
There are most likely some narutos running around in Japan

>>283096367 (OP)
They name their kids Mario Luigi and Peach, obviously

>>283096454
Okay Ringo

>>283096731
only outside of Japan.
that's like saying you can't name your kid Michael because people will think you named him after Michael Jordan.

>>283096731
Sakura is a very common name that's in a ton of anime and manga. A Japanese person named Sakura is probably no more mocked than someone in the US with the same name as a big character in media even if it's a name used in a ton of other stuff. What I think more about is how many Japanese names are just normal words, which fits Sakura too. It's apparently common in a lot of languages other than English (not the common English names aren't similar if you look at their origins but these days they're removed from their original meanings by a lot) but it seems it could be confusing.

>>283098276
Sakura isn’t any different than being named Willow, Rose, etc.