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Which Member Has the Coolest Name?

Discussion in 'General AKB48 Discussion' started by araishikeiwai, Oct 11, 2014.

  1. WeRiseOrFall

    WeRiseOrFall Kenkyuusei

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    Habu Mizuho, since Habu also means viper.
    Yabushita Fu, reminds me of Foo fighters (both the band and the UFO).
    Kai Kokoa sounds like Sea Chocolate, the sweet sailor she is.
    Nakada Kana, yet another palindrome.
     
  2. dutchie

    dutchie Stage48 Admin Staff Member Stage48 Admin

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    峯岸みなみ
    You mean ... if you use hiragana なかだかな but not so much in romanji 'anak adakan' ;)
    technically it isn't a palindrome but a kaibun 回文 .. but that's splitting hairs
     
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  3. Pured

    Pured Kenkyuusei

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    yabukinako
    I don't know about "coolest", but I found this to be most interesting:
    名前の由来。「お姉ちゃんの名前はパパが決めたので私の名前はママがきめました!!!パパが「必ず『子』をつけてほしい」と言ったそうです。ママの時代の人は3文字が多くて、どうしても2文字がいいと思ってたらしくて。。。50音順に「あこ、いこ、うこ、、、」って言って『なこ』の瞬間にひらめいたそうです!そして、漢字は矢吹〇子の〇に当てはまるのが、8画が最高の人生を送れると本で読み、〇を『奈』に決めたそうです!!!!!」
    "Dad chose sister's name, so mum chose mine. 3-letter names were rampant, so she wanted a 2-letter name, and my dad wanted "ko" in it. My mum then said Ako, Iko, Uko, Eko, Oko, ... until she got to Nako and thought it sounded good."​
    Yabuki Nako: https://imgur.com/zBBoMdF
    Yabuki Neko: https://imgur.com/H3muUwt
    Kabuki Nako: https://imgur.com/MaNU3K6
    Kabuki Neko: https://imgur.com/5sZjTam
     
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  4. David61

    David61 Under Girls Stage48 Donor

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    Komiyama Haruka
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    Also don't know about "coolest" but this young lady who spent just 2 days as an official member of MNL48 has a name which strongly suggests to me that her parents are big fans of a certain French-Canadian diva: :D

    http://stage48.net/wiki/index.php/Celinedion_Dionisio
     
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  5. iainus

    iainus Future Girls

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    Sakaki Miyu
    I like Furuhata Nao. Or as I call her "Furry hat! Now!"
     
  6. ysa73

    ysa73 Future Girls

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    Rissen Airi
    gyoten yurina
    the two words of gyoten 行天 literally means 'walk/travel' and 'sky/heaven'

    SKYWALKER slick.gif
     
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  7. dutchie

    dutchie Stage48 Admin Staff Member Stage48 Admin

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    which Skywalker? .... アナキン?;)
     
  8. AloNeko

    AloNeko Member

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    Vader >=< father? hmm, isnt idea for jedi from Nippon?
     
  9. dutchie

    dutchie Stage48 Admin Staff Member Stage48 Admin

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    well, as it happens 'vader' is the Dutch word for 'father' (and the pronunciations is similar to father) the English pronunciation of 'Vader' is similar to Dutch 'veder' which is an archaic form for 'veer' meaning ... 'feather' ...
    And yeah, it's pretty well known Lucas used 隠し砦の三悪人 'The hidden fortress' by Kurosawa Akira as inspiration.
    (with the 2 farmers being replaced by c3po and r2d2)
     
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  10. Heelo

    Heelo Kenkyuusei

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    I liked Tojima Hana's name. I thought it had a nice ring to it.
     
  11. Bekti

    Bekti Kenkyuusei

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    iriyamaanna
    Murakawa vivian, sometimes I confuse Vivian or Bibian
     

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