@explosion5022
I saw an ID of this Vietnamese kid that is named Mai Quốc Khánh. Funny thing about his name is, his surname “Mai” can be understood as “tomorrow” and his given name “Quốc Khánh” means the National Independence Day. Vietnam Independence Day is on September 2nd and the kid is born on September 1st. So his name literally translates to “National Independence Day Tomorrow”. What’s even more hilarious is that this name sounds perfectly casual to Vietnamese unless we really think about it.
@tikaal
Light Yagami having a "kira"kira name is quite fitting
@Lawarch
The funniest name I saw growing up was this Singaporean man whose name was Batman Bin Suparman. Where his first name was Batman, and his last name Bin Suparman meant Son of Suparman. Meaning that his Dad's names was Suparman and that it took at least two generations for the name to come about.
@genericals
imagine getting named devil, and when finally you could change your name the dad changes it to “bad” then you realize it still has devil inside the word
@GuagoFruit
I always found it funny how the name Hifumi is literally 1 2 3 (in many cases) and somehow that's pretty much accepted as normal.
@ringkunmori
When Shinzo Abe went against kira kira names, I thought he was just being a boomer, and then he picked fucking Pikachu as an example, and that immediately got me on his side.
@0xYINGx0
One of the most ridiculous name I’ve come across during my university years in Japan was 凹凸(テトリス) literally named Tetris. 凹凸 is an actual word though, it means concave convex and basically means unevenness.
@sibeisun5272
As a Chinese, I am fascinated by some of these names and how the Japanese language can juxtapose Han characters with English loanwords. Most of the Kanji have the same meanings in Chinese like 天使 黃熊 宇宙, but it is amazing how Japanese can have so many readings. It is worth mentioning, 黃熊 / Puu probably hasn't aged well for political meme reasons. Haha.
@Ahlurglgr
There's this manga that's called Tonikaku Kawaii. It's main character's name is 星空 that can be read as Hoshizora and translated as Starry Sky. But it's actually Nasa. Yes, because of the NASA
@Tomtom_tiger79
Great video! I’m Japanese and in high school I had classmates named “seven (sebun)” and “eight (eito)”, which are semi-Kira Kira names. They sound pretty natural, so it doesn’t feel weird calling them in Japanese. Someone I know with a strong Kira Kira name would be my distant relative. His name is Human. This isn’t a typo, his name is literally human.
@Japanimal1992
I actually like 月 read as Luna and 宇宙 as Cosmo. There's at least a semblance of connection between the name and meaning. Whereas, names like 黄熊 read as puu is just insane.
@SnoFitzroy
"My name is Tenshi, but it's pronounced Enjeru," sounds to me like the Japanese equivalent of names we in the US would call "a tragedeigh"
@tealegs
I love that as soon as the "Princess Candy" name was mentioned, I laughed and joked to myself that her parents must be filipino. 2 seconds later: "it turns out her mom is from the Philippines" 😅
@Miraiana
I had this one elementary school student whose name was Rin, but the kanji in her name was for "Suzu" (bell), so she explained to me that her family gave her the name because "rin rin" (like ring ring) is the SOUND the bells make. 😄 It's actually kind of cute, but it's confusing as hell. Edit: Wow, thank you everyone for the likes. Also, there are many knowledgeable people as well as native speakers in the replies who explain the kanji and it looks like it's actually a very common name. Thanks for sharing with us. 🤗 I just want to point out that this happened about 7-8 years ago, and I was still new to kanji and how it's read. Now when I read other comments, this name doesn't seem like a kira-kira name, but I believe many people would agree that figuring out the pronunciation would be difficult, especially for beginners. 😅
@SageSimulant
Wait. Yagami Light is Kira. And has a Kira Kira name. How did L not think of this?
@DirtyCasual36
12:00 could've been worse. There was a mother in the philippines who went viral because she named her son "Covid Bryant" because he was born during the week that Kobe died.
@qwertyHannibal
So Hajime used to be called “Prince” in Japanese and is now a musician? So does that make him The Artist Formerly Known As Prince?
@Julietmateus
The whiplash from Angel/Knight being banned and Pikachu allowed, immediately flipping into Angel/Knight being allowed and Pikachu being banned caught me off guard. Japan getting those wildcard mid-season patches irl.
@viveleshistoires4874
The funniest thing about Light Yagami having a « kira kira » name (aside from the obvious pun) is that, given how traditional Soichiro is, and the fact that that Light’s younger sister Sayu has a more usual name, it either means Sachiko chose Light’s name and Soichiro couldn’t deny his wife, or that Soichiro went through a massive hipster phase in his early 30s.
@Japanalysis