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The 'Kei' Factor: They're all similar?
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This is something that i've been wondering for a while now. And i thought 'Hey, lemme ask the people at Gendou' In a lot of animes, the main male character always has 'Kei' as part of his name. examples: 'Kei' Kusanagi - Onegai Teacher 'Kei'taro Urashima - Love Hina 'Kei'ichi Morisato - Ah! my Goddess 'Kei'ta Ibuki - black God/Kurokami And that's just a few of them, I'm sure there are more from animes that i haven't watched yet. Now, I'm sure this has been mentioned before. And I'm sure people that are into Japanese culture more then i am know the reasoning behind these similar namings. I just thought I'd bring it up. As it has been bothering me. |
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Re: The 'Kei' Factor: They're all similar?
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on 2009-07-16 22:21:02 |
I guess you need to watch a lot more anime then. 
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Kei certainly seems to be a common name. But then it's just like how English names like John or Daniel are really common. So what?
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It don't really matter about the similarities in thew names , and thus it does not bother me , even a lil' (My family name is one of the most common names found among most Chinese out there :/) And don't forget , 'Kei' is not the only common name Japanese anime male characters use , how about Ryu ? Or Ryo and Gin ? It's somehow pointless to talk about this any longer for me ..... so I'll make this clear . These days , name does not really matter anymore (or should I say it's not the only important thing that's a person knows about you) , it's how you distinguish yourself from the rest who somehow had the similar name to yours . |
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Re: The 'Kei' Factor: They're all similar?
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on 2009-07-17 13:52:40 |
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Kei is just a part of a Japanese name. According to Wikipedia, it can be written in kanji all of these ways: åœ, "square jewel" æµ, "blessing" æ…§, "wise" æ…¶, "jubilation" 敬, "respect" ä½³, "excellent" æ¡‚, "Japanese Judas-tree" å•“, "disclose" It can also be part of a female name or stand alone as a female, like Keiko from Yu Yu Hakusho or Battle Royale, or Yasuda Kei from Morning Musume. |