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This is something that I've been noticing for years now that I want to address. I've noticed that in the submitted names section, a good number of the names in the Japanese name section are names from anime and manga. I specifically mean names that were created for anime and manga but not actually used on real Japanese people. Just because a character from Japanese pop culture has a name doesn't mean it's a Japanese name. For example, there are anime characters with names like Light (Light Yagami) and Death (Death the Kid), but real Japanese people do not give these names to their children. It's basically the equivalent of an American naming their kid Spider-Man.

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I think names originating from anime and manga belong under Popular Culture, not Japanese. Obviously, if it's used in real life, it can also be listed under Japanese, but if it exists only in anime or manga, it should Popular Culture. Listing them as Japanese could give uninformed people the idea that they're real Japanese names.

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Anyone else notice this under the Japanese submitted names section?