History OneSteveLimit / AnimeAndManga

*** [[spoiler:A far more important Nika is later introduced as well...]]

* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' has two Momos, two Kyokos, and four Makis (though one of them is actually a nickname and spelled "Makkii", while another [[spoiler:is a baby [[NearAndDearBabyNamig specifically named after one of the others]]]]). One of each of the Momos and Kyokos are only listed in the class ranking, and one of the Maki's appears in a single scene. Interestingly, said second Kyoko also shares a surname with [[spoiler:Kaguya's mother]], though there's no indication that they're related.

* ''Anime/YugiohSevens'' plays around with this before ultimately averting it. After finding evidence of a lost Goha sibling named Yuuga, the protagonists wonder if it might be their friend Yuuga Ohdo. It turns out to be a coincidence, and Yuuga Goha would go on to become an AR villain.

* Borderline case with Present Mic’s given name Hizashi and Midoriya’s absent dad Hisashi. The Japanese of the names is likely the same but they’re Romanized with slightly different spellings.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has Setsuna Tokage, a member of Class 1-B of U.A. while the spinoff series, ''Manga/MyHeroAcademiaVigilantes'' has a character named Rapt Tokage, who's a punk. Given that they both have reptilian-themed Quirks, they may be related, but it's never officially confirmed whether they are.

** And now there's Sakura in their new manga, ''Manga/{{Gate 7}}'', who doesn't seem to have anything in common with any of their [[CloningBlues other Sakuras]].

* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' has both a [[{{Delinquents}} Nick]] and a [[KnowledgeBroker Nicholas]], as well as a [[Creator/NorioWakamoto Gustave]] and a [[TheBrute Gustavo]] and a [[{{Delinquents}} Goose]].

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'': There's only one Haruhi. When Kyon asks about her in the movie ''Disappearance'', only one character can remember a Haruhi from years ago. This is a name so common in Japan that it doesn't get a JustForFun/OneMarioLimit in spite of the series popularity, but in her world, she really is that special.

* ''Manga/Bleach'' has two [[filler]] characters named Koga. Go Koga is one of the Bounts in the Bount filler arc, and Koga Kuchiki is Byakuya and Rukia's uncle, who was sealed away for betraying Soul Society, and is released to become one of the major villains of the Zanpakuto Rebellion filler arc.

** There are a few Menmas. One is an amnesiac ninja from a [[Part 1 filler arc]], whom Naruto names Menma due to finding him while harvesting bamboo. Another is the BigBad of the ''Road to Ninja'' movie, Menma Namikaze.

** Ace's cover story, where he's hunting down Blackbeard (real name Marshall D. Teach), once has him run into a similar looking but completely unrelated Dr. Blackbeard, who he mistook for Teach, kicked in the face, and was throw into a river by the townsfolk this angered.

* While the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' manga alone, as a sheer result of a huge-ass cast with [[AllThereInTheManual databooks]] giving practically every character seen for even a moment a name, has only two exceptions (both one of Danzo's bodyguards and the host of the 7-tailed beast are named "Fu," both of whom you can use in ''VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStorm3''. Also father and son 3rd and 4th Raikage are both named Ay), if you go multi-media there are several characters with repeated names. For example, both Sasori's puppet armor (and thus the person [[spoiler:he made it from]]) and the BigBad of the sixth movie/third Shippuden movie are named "Hiruko", a subject of Orochimaru's cursed seal experiments and the main villain of the Three Tails filler arc are named "Guren", a minor filler character is named "Yagura", which later turned out the name of the former Three Tailed beast host and [[spoiler:the Fourth Mizukage]], and both there are two unrelated Fuma Clans (one from a filler arc, one mentioned to be where [[spoiler:Pain's first Animal Path came from]]). However, the Japanese spellings of these characters names are different. There was a filler character called Jiroubo in addition to the canon Jiroubo. Also Matsuri was used as the name of Gaara's student/fangirl and a girl in Konohamaru's academy class. In the anime, Sabu for some reason had his name changed to Kin, which was the name of one of the Sound Village genin.

* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' has two Momos, two Kyokos, and three Makis (though one of them is actually a nickname and spelled "Makkii"). One of each of the Momos and Kyokos are only listed in the class ranking, and one of the Maki's appears in a single scene. Interestingly, said second Kyoko also shares a surname with [[spoiler:Kaguya's mother]], though there's no indication that they're related.

** On the GirlOfTheWeek front, we have Maria from ''[[Anime/LupinIIIMysteryOfTheHemingwayPapers Mystery of the Hemingway Papers]]'' and Mariya from ''[[Anime/LupinIIICrisisInTokyo Crisis in Tokyo]]''. There's also Laura, Zenigata's [[CartwrightCurse ill-fated love interest]] from a ''Part II'' episode, and Lara from ''[[Anime/LupinIIISecretOfTwilightGemini Secret of Twilight Gemini]]''.

** On the GirlOfTheWeek front, we have Maria from ''[[Anime/LupinIIIMysteryOfTheHemingwayPapers Mystery of the Hemingway Papers]]'' and Mariya from ''[[Anime/LupinIIICrisisInTokyo Crisis in Tokyo]]''. There's also Laura, Zenigata's [[CartwrightCurse ill-fated love interest]] from a ''Part II'' episode, and Lara from ''[[Anime/LupinIIISecretOfTheTwilightGemini Secret of the Twilight Gemini]]''.

** On the GirlOfTheWeek front, we have Maria from ''[[Anime/LupinIIIMysteryOfTheHemingwayPapers Mystery of the Hemingway Papers]]'' and Mariya from ''[[Anime/LupinIIICrisisInTokyo Crisis in Tokyo]]''.

* A variation happens in ''LightNovel/AccelWorld''. Every Duel Avatar's name, which includes a color followed by another word is unique, so everyone finds it odd that Black Vise, the second-in-command of the Acceleration Research Society, happens to have the same color as heroine Black Lotus(aka Kuroyukihime). [[spoiler:It turns out that "Black Vise" is a fake name, and it's an alternate identity assumed by Ivory Tower, a high-ranking member of the White Legion.]]