I don't know if anybody shared this, but I thought it'd be nice to know where their names came from. In one of Oda's SBS (c137), he said Nojiko, Kuina, and Tashigi's name came from birds name. So I did some Googling.
Nojiko:
Scientific Name: Emberiza sulphurata
English Name: Japanese Yellow Bunting
Size: L14 W20.5
Season: Summer
Source: http://www.geocities.jp/toriya69/toriya69/…1/nojiko1.html#
Images: http://images.google.co.jp/images?q=Japane…ial&sa=N&tab=wi
Kuina:
Scientific Name: Porzana fusca
English Name: Ruddy Crake
Size: L23 W37
Season: Summer
Source: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~SG4H-HRIZ/dic/kuina/hikuina.html
Images: http://images.google.co.jp/images?hl=ja&lr…%A4%9C%E7%B4%A2
Tashigi:
Scientific Name: Gallinago gallinago
English Name: Common Snipe
Size: 27
Season: August~May
Source: http://www.tbs.co.jp/seibutsu/zukan/bird/htmls/bird_26.html
Images: http://images.google.co.jp/images?hl=ja&lr…%A4%9C%E7%B4%A2
Umi-Aisa:
Scientific Name: Mergus serrator
English Name: Red-breasted Merganser
Size: L59
52 W
86
Season: Winter
Source: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~SG4H-HRIZ/dic/kamo/umiaisa.html
Image: http://images.google.co.jp/images?q=Red-br…ial&sa=N&tab=wi
Kawa-Aisa:
Scientific Name: Mergus merganser
English Name: Common Merganser
Size: L70
60 W96
Season: Winter
Source: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~SG4H-HRIZ/dic/kamo/kawaaisa.html
Image: http://images.google.co.jp/images?q=Common…ial&sa=N&tab=wi
Kourai Aisa:
Scientific Name: Mergus squamatus
English Name: Chinese Merganser
Size: L60
Season: Winter
Source: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~SG4H-HRIZ/dic/…kouraiaisa.html
Image: http://images.google.co.jp/images?q=Chines…ial&sa=N&tab=wi
Miko-Aisa:
Scientific Name: Mergus albellus
English Name: Smew
Size: L44
39 W
70
Season: Winter
Source: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~SG4H-HRIZ/dic/kamo/mikoaisa.html
http://images.google.co.jp/images?q=Smew&h…ial&sa=N&tab=wi