Recently, children’s names have been varying in Japan. Parents try to name their babies more modern, more sophisticated and more different names from others. I think it’s good, because the variety of the name is also one of children’s personalities. However, there are some parents who go too far.
18 years ago, there was a stupid father who tried to name his son “Akuma” that means “devil” in English. The reasons he did so were that by this name his son would attract many people and he wished his son would be a bold ambitious person. Of course the name wasn’t good, because his son might been teased in school due to his name and would give almost all people a bad impression in some situations like job interviews. I don’t remember well but maybe the name was refused in the court.
Then the other day, I was astounded by an article. The article said, a parent named their son “Pikachu”, the most famous character in Japan, the hero of “Pocket Monster”. It’s really awful. When he grows up, he will write his name “Pikachu” on his resume. When he got aged, he will be called uncle or grandfather”Picachu”. It’s really peculiar.