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Name Kaguya
Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese
Pronounced Pron. Kag-U-yuh, KAH-GOO-YAH
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Meaning & History
Meaning "radiant night".The name originates from the japanese story "Tale of the bamboo cutter." Where a bamboo cutter finds a girl in a bamboo stalk and adopts her. When she grows up she is extremely beaustiful and five princes ask for her hand in marriage. She rejects them all and sends them out on impossible missions. The emperor also asks for her hand but she rejects him as well. In the end Kaguya is taken back to the moon were she was born as the princess of the moon.
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From a Japanese tale. It is often used in anime and other popular culture. Examples include, but are not limited to, Kaguya (InuYasha), and Kaguya (Touhou).
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From a Japanese tale. It is often used in anime and other popular culture. Examples include, but are not limited to, Kaguya (InuYasha), and Kaguya (Touhou).