In the Japanese entertainment industry, many artists will give themselves a "stage name" when they debut, on the one hand, it may be because the real name is too grounded, on the other hand, it may be to better remember the public.
Recently, the Japanese website goo conducted a vote to let Japanese netizens choose "artists who originally thought it was their real name but actually had a stage name", so which one surprised everyone the most? Let's take a look at the results of the votes.
(Side-by-side) 9th place Fast water heavy road
Real name: Omote Naomichi
It is said that because he felt that the surname "table" was too rare, he changed his surname to "Sushui".
(Tied) 9 Junji Inagawa
Real name: Yoshihiko Hijikawa
Junji Inagawa is a modern Japanese terrorist director and screenwriter whose adaptations are mostly realistic in content and plot, but full of fantasy, and have a unique reputation in the Japanese horror film industry. His real name is Ryohiko Inagawa, and he feels good.
8 Foosh
Real name: Shodai Fukushi
At that time, because his real name was similar to the name of Shota Matsuda, the predecessor of the same firm, he changed his name to "Aoki" that was more in line with the image.
7 Junichi Ishida
Real name: Taro Ishida
Jun Ishida, whose real name is Taro Ishida, is a Japanese male singer and actor. He has starred in the movies "Moment of Infidelity" and "Tracking the Extreme".
6-bit Haruka Ayase
Real name: Tatemaru-tate
Before her debut, the manager thought that her surname "Tateshimaru" was too difficult to pronounce, and "Tateshimaru" was a rare surname in Japan, and the use of the original name may cause her family to be harassed, so she decided to take a stage name. The way the stage name was born was publicly decided by netizens on the Internet, and the name "Ayase Haruka" was finally chosen.
5th Shoko Nakagawa
Real name: Toko Nakagawa
Originally, Shoko Nakagawa's mother wanted to name her "Nakagawa Hakko", but when the family went to submit the birth application, they were told that the word "rose" could not be used for names, so the family also had a fierce argument with the person in charge!
In the end, the angry family had no choice but to write the hiragana "Nakagawa 薔子" "Nakagawa しょうこ". Because I was very angry, I wrote a lot when I wrote "ょ", so "しようこ" was registered.
4-digit Hirose Suzu
Real name: Oishi Suzuka
Hirose's sister Alice Hirose, whose original name was Yuko Oishi, followed her sister Alice Hirose into the same firm when she was 14 years old, and then followed her sister Hirose's last name, Hirose, who retained the suzu character in her real name and wrote it as hiragana.
3rd Satomi Ishihara
Real name: Kuniko Ishigami
The origin of the stage name is said to be that the surname is taken from "rough diamond", and the two Kanji for "rough" are changed in order to become "Ishihara". The name was originally intended to be "聡美", but because there were too many strokes, it was replaced by the hiragana "さとみ". "さとみ" can be translated both as Satomi and Rimi.
2 bits Ryoma Takeuchi
Real name: Akira Takeuchi
Takeuchi Liang's real name is Takeuchi Ridge, pronounced as (たけうちりょう), because he felt that the Chinese character "liang" was more consistent with his refreshing image, so he changed "ling" to the same pronunciation as "cool", and added a "true" character.
1st Masanori Sugata
Real name: General Sugao
Sugata Shoko's real name is SugaSei Dai-shogun, it is said that the real name is not used because it is related to the family's work, Sugata Shoko's father SugaSei Shin is a well-known broadcast journalist in the Kansai region, but also engaged in management consultants, Sugata Shoko's office considered to weaken the influence of his father, and the name of the shogun is slightly inconsistent with the image of the fresh meat actor, so he decided to debut as Sugata Shoko's stage name.
Above, who do you think has a stage name that resembles its real name? In addition, do you know the real names of the following artists?
You, Natsui
Yuki Amami-Yuri Nakano
Horikita Maki-Marina Hara
Yuki Shibasaki-Yukie Yamamura
Kiritani Mirei- Saya Matsuno
Mizuhara Noriko—Daniel Noriko
Hitomi Kuroki-Tomoakiko Iji
Koda Raimi- Kanda Rai Miko
Ringo Shiina-Yumiko Shiina
Eita--Eita Nagayama
Haruaki Miura-Haruki Sasamoto
Sasaki Sonosuke--Hideaki Sasaki
Hiroshi Mizushima – Tomohiro Saito
Kuroki Akisa - Shimabukuro May
Rola —Eri Sato
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