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The top 10 surnames cover approximately 10% of the population, while the top 100 surnames cover slightly more than 33%. [ 3 ] This ranking is a result of an August 2008 study by Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company , [ 3 ] which included approximately 6,118,000 customers of Meiji Yasuda's insurance and annuities.
A priest named Mankan (Japanese: 万巻上人) cursed the dragon, and is said to have chained it to the Upside-down Cedar (an underwater rock formation). As a result of this legend, the dragon came to be worshipped as Kuzuryū Daimyōjin (九頭竜大明神, "Great God Nine-Headed Dragon). The expression "send up a white-feathered arrow" has ...
Lists of East Asian surnames include common Chinese, Japanese, and Korean surnames, or family names. List of common Chinese surnames; List of common Japanese surnames;
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Ao is listed 375th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. [1] As of 2008, it is the 261st most common surname in China, shared by 250,000 people. [2] In Japanese, Ao is Japanese surname written 粟 生 in Chinese character.
Japanese-language surnames of Chinese origin (1 P) Pages in category "Japanese-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,987 total.
Ryu Fujisaki (藤崎 竜, born 1971), Japanese manga artist; Ryu Lee, an alternate ring name of the Mexican wrestler Dragon Lee; Ryu Matsumoto (松本 龍, born 1951), Japanese politician; Ryu Shionoya (塩谷 立, born 1950), Japanese politician; Ryu, a member of the musical group Styles of Beyond; Ryutaro Nakahara (Ryu☆), Japanese musician ...
The name Kuraokami combines kura 闇 "dark; darkness; closed" and okami 龗 "dragon tutelary of water". This uncommon kanji (o)kami or rei 龗, borrowed from the Chinese character ling 龗 "rain-dragon; mysterious" (written with the "rain" radical 雨, 3 口 "mouths", and a phonetic of long 龍 "dragon") is a variant Chinese character for Japanese rei < Chinese ling 靈 "rain-prayer ...