Forum:Meaning of names

As much as I love information on the meaning of characters name, apart from Ichigo, Kubo never explained the meaning of the characters names. As such, they are speculation and are currently being removed from the articles. (Your help and co-operation in this process would be much appreciated). However, I just love those tidbits of info so much! So I am dumping all the removed info here for all our speculative pleasure. Tinni 14:10, October 24, 2009 (UTC)


 * "Ichimaru" literally means "the well-rounded one," which fits his captain stats. (Every stat is 80)


 * Matsumoto's first name, Rangiku, can be translated to "rangaku" which in japanese terms, means western medicine. However, the most common translation divides the name into the words "Ran" and "Giku", "Ran" meaning distortion or a large number and "Giku" meaning Chrysanthemum a word which is spoken as "kiku" usually.


 * "Unohana Retsu" translates to English means Veteran Flower Sorceress. This referring to her being one of the oldest captains, skilled at flower arrangement and her strong healing abilities.


 * Kurosaki (黒崎), literally means "dark destination."


 * Karin is a homonym for Japanese quince, a name of a fruit, which matches Ichigo's name being a homonym for strawberry and Yuzu's name being a homonym for citron.


 * Orihime is another name for the Vega star and the weaver celebrated during Tanabata

Some more that I've found from outside the wikia --Yyp 14:55, October 24, 2009 (UTC).
 * "Kuchiki Rukia" comes from Kubo Tite mis-hearing the Latin name of a variant of the cosmos plant. He also says Rukia means light. (See talk page for his full response when asked about the meaning of her name).


 * "Byakuya" means 'winter night'.


 * Chōjirō Sasakibe: Sasa can mean bamboo or stab.


 * "Shiba" can mean rock or eagle.


 * "Ganju" can mean resolve or waves.