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oceanizer

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: L5952 W86
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: L7060 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: L4439 W70
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

Carly

… It's a good thing the ladies aren't actually modeled after the birds :lol:

Cap'n Carter

The Tashigi bird is the best.

Buccaneer

"Ruddy Crake" just has to be the worst name in existence.

This would also explain "Nico Robin" =P

oceanizer

I wonder… Is the island Nojiko lived (Arlong's island) Natsu-jima (summer) or Haru-jima (spring)? I hope it'll be Natsu-jima since Nojiko is most active during that time o.o

... Or was it even in Grand Line?

jadiesama

Originally posted by oceanizer@May 31 2005, 07:59 PM
**I wonder… Is the island Nojiko lived (Arlong's island) Natsu-jima (summer) or Haru-jima (spring)? I hope it'll be Natsu-jima since Nojiko is most active during that time o.o

... Or was it even in Grand Line?
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i don't believe it was in the Grand Line. I thought it was in East Blue.

joekido the Second

What about Aisa?

Cap'n Carter

Cocoyashi was in East Blue, hence why Arlong is classified as an East Blue villain.

oceanizer

Ah, okay.
Is Aisa a bird name, too? I'll add it now.

Edited: Miko-Aisa is cute o.o!

Originally posted by Carly@May 31 2005, 05:15 PM
… It's a good thing the ladies aren't actually modeled after the birds :lol:
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I'm sad that they aren't!

Mergansers are neat; they have serrations in their beaks that look like horrible pointy teeth.

igalsfy

what's also interesting is that Bellemere is probably for "belle mere" in french and it is how you call the new wife of your dad, you know, so it's for your new mother(kinda).

the meaning isn't exactly the same, because for nami and nojiko, it's just a new mother, without that "dad link", but oda did well once again because i think it's clear that it is why he shose this name.

hard to explain myself clearly but i hope you understood… <_<

megakazul

people have probably brought this up already but I can't resist:

Nico "ROBIN"