Line #1 OneSteveLimit/AnimeAndManga


1	Franchises with their own pages:
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3	* ''OneSteveLimit/{{Pokemon}}''
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7	* ''Manga/SevenSeeds'' has Hana first think it's being {{subverted\|Trope}} as she reads the name "Takashi" in Mark's ApocalypticLog and thinks it's just a coincidence, since it's also her father's name. It's later played straight, as the Takashi mentioned really is her father.
8	* A variation happens in ''Literature/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.]]
9	* ''Manga/{{Adolf}}'' has three title characters: Adolf Kaufmann, German diplomat's kid; Adolf Kamil, the son of a German baker, and [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler that one]].
10	* In ''Anime/ArabianNightsAdventuresOfSinbad'', there are 2 characters named Ali Baba: Sinbad's friend and a former desert raider, and the leader of the forthy thieves. The two are frequently confused with each other.
11	* ''Manga/{{ARIA}}'': The animation features Alicia and Alice which are the same name (Italian/English). It never was brought up.
12	* ''Manga/CesareIlCreatoreCheHaDistrutto'' is about Cesare Borgia and the people surrounding him in real-life European history, so of course it has a lot of Johns/Juans/Giovannis. It averts this by having Cesare's brother, who in real life was called Juan when in Spain and Giovanni when in Italy, always called Juan, so as not to be confused with Giovanni de'Medici, who plays a much larger role in the story. The problem comes when Cesare's cousin, another Juan Borgia, enters the picture. The story solves it by having [[TheWatson main character]] Angelo ask if this Juan is Cesare's brother, and having them explain that he's not. He also goes by the nickname Silencio, and he is almost never called Juan. He's known to history as Cardinal Juan Borgia the Younger, because there was a ''third'' Juan Borgia around in real life. There are also several Giulianos, but one is a small child, one is Giovanni's assassinated uncle who only appears in flashbacks, and one is [[UsefulNotes/PopeJuliusII the archenemy]] of Cesare and his father, so they aren't likely to be confused.
13	* This is actually a plot point in the first episode of ''Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries''. [[spoiler: Patty Lowell is believed to be the heir to the Lowell family fortune but the real heir is actually a woman who also has the name Patty Lowell. The older Patty tricked her rivals into thinking the younger Patty was the true heir so they'd focus all their efforts on killing the girl while the woman could claim her fortune unopposed.]]
14	* ''Manga/Classi9'': This trope is the reason why most of Class S- is on LastNameBasis, there are two students named Franz, Liszt and Haydn.
15	* ''Manga/SchoolRumble'' has the Japanese {{Delinquent\|s}} Kenji Harima (or, in the Japanese surname-first style, "Harima Kenji") and the American exchange student Harry [=McKenzie=] -- names which, when pronounced with a Japanese accent, sound nearly identical. Naturally, one of them is often confused for the other in conversation, and HilarityEnsues.
16	** Also, one of the main girls is called "Suou", she briefly dates a boy called "Asou", nobody seemed to care how similar-sounding their names where.
17	* ''Manga/RaveMaster'' has two characters named Musica, because the author liked the name and couldn't decide which of the concepts to use. Also, there were two main characters named Gale; one [[spoiler: the main character's father]] and one [[spoiler: [[DiscOneFinalBoss the primary antagonist for the first half of the series]]]]. When the latter was named, he was initially assumed to be the former.
18	* ''Manga/{{Nana}}'''s two main characters are Nana Komatsu and Nana Osaki. [[SevenIsNana "Nana" as in "Seven"]], that is. Nana O. promptly nicknames Nana K. "Hachi" (which can mean "eight", and is also a reference to the famous dog UsefulNotes/{{Hachiko}} due to her clingy personality).
19	** And later on there are two Misatos and two Rens.
20	* In ''{{Manga/Gantz}}'' there are Kei Kurono and Kei Kishimoto. Less confusing than other examples by the fact that Kurono is a lecherous teen boy, and Kishimoto is a sweet but depressive busty girl. Not to mention that each one is of opposite gender.
21	* ''Anime/DenNohCoil'' has two characters with same-sounding given names, Okonogi Yuko and Amasawa Yuko. They get different nicknames (Yasako and Isako) quickly.
22	* ''Manga/GakuenAlice'' has two characters with the same name: Misaki, a teacher and Misaki Harada, a middle school student, both of which are major characters.
23	* ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' has a main character by the name of Tomoya with a primary female character by the name of Tomoyo. Only a one-letter difference.
24	** And also Tomo, her half sister in the [[GaidenGame sort of]] sequel.
25	* ''Manga/KoiKoi7'' has two characters named Yayoi Asuka. One is a pink-haired [[TheDitz ditz]], the other is an [[EyepatchOfPower eyepatch-wearing]] silver-haired ruthless type. Once the latter Yayoi is [[FountainOfYouth rebooted]], she then goes by "Gantai-chan" (literally "Eyepatch-chan").
26	* ''Manga/GetBackers'' has a Kaoru Haruki, a Haruki Emishi and a Kaoru Ujiie.
27	* In an episode of ''Anime/ExcelSaga'', the heroine Excel puts up fliers around the city in an effort to find her missing partner Hyatt. In the next episode, one of the fliers is found by two girls named Mikago Hyatt and Excel Kobayashi, who misunderstand and think they're wanted for auditions for a band. These two show up again in another episode as guests on a TV show to sing the ''Excel Saga'' theme song.
28	* ''Manga/ShadowStar'' has the major character [[ShrinkingViolet Akira]] [[CherryBlossomGirl Sakura]], and minor characters [[SexySecretary Aki Sato]] and [[AlphaBitch Aki Honda]]. None of them are ever mixed up with one another, and it's really just as well - especially given Aki Honda's nature.
29	* ''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.
30	* The Creator/{{CLAMP}} metaseries does this very confusingly. There's [[spoiler:[[Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle Syaoran and Sakura]], their son, Syaoran, his girlfriend, Sakura, and the latter two's clones, Syaoran and Sakura.]] Played with in that everyone with the same name looks exactly alike. [[spoiler:Except for the Syaoran that DOESN'T look alike them, Li Syaoran AKA [[Manga/XxxHOLiC Watanuki Kimihiro]]]].
31	** Making that worse, the latter pair [[spoiler: ARE the aforementioned parents. And if we take them at their word that the Tsubasa multiverse includes all Clamp universes, there's also Cardcaptor's Sakura and Syaoran.]] Head hurting yet?
32	*** But oh it gets better! [[spoiler: The non-clone Syaoran and Sakura, who imply several times during the series that their names are pseudonymous are in the final chapter both revealed to be named Tsubasa.]]
33	** 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 other Sakuras.
34	* ''Manga/CaseClosed'' uses this in some mysteries for added... mystery. Not to mention they have a huge list of minor characters, so every once in awhile names are going to HAVE to cross with each other. For example, [[Characters/CaseClosed the series' character sheet]] listed two one-shot chatacters called Hiroki, and there's at least one more not listed there.
35	** Hilariously used in a recent case where one suspect was also named Kudo Shinichi (aka the main character.)[[spoiler: Then he was promptly murdered.]] StatusQuoIsGod
36	* ''Literature/{{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]].
37	* In ''Manga/ArataTheLegend'', both main characters are named Arata. They're generally distinguished between each other by refering to TheHero by his last name, Hinohara. In Japanese, the reader can distinguish between the two in the dialogue by whether or not "Arata" is written with kana or kanji; Hinohara's name is written with the latter, and any character in either world that knows about the nature of the switch will have their dialogue use the correct kanji/kana when referring their respective Arata.
38	* The sheer number of characters in ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'' means that names end up being repeated. There are three Hiroshis (Wakato, Yagyuu and Chinen), two Hikarus (Amane and Zaizen), two Kentarous (Aoi and Minami) and so on. Luckily the majority of them are on a LastNameBasis. (Note also that many of these names are homophones, but written with different kanji.)
39	* ''Anime/{{Monster}}'' has two Martins, two Adolfs, and two Karls. There are also three different Ottos, although one is a story-book character within the series.
40	* 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 its share of exceptions.
41	** 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''.
42	** The Third and Fourth Raikage, who are father and son, are both named Ay
43	** 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".
44	** A subject of Orochimaru's cursed seal experiments and the main villain of the Three Tails filler arc are named "Guren."
45	** 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]].
46	** 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.
47	** There was a filler character called Jiroubo in addition to the canon Jiroubo.
48	** Matsuri was used as the name of Gaara's student/fangirl and a girl in Konohamaru's academy class.
49	** In the anime, Sabu for some reason had his name changed to Kin, which was the name of one of the Sound Village genin.
50	** 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 Uzumaki.
51	* In ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'', the Kyoshin Poseidons have two Hiroshis on their team (Hiroshi Ohira and Hiroshi Onishi).
52	* ''Anime/MyOtome'' has two recurring characters named Mikoto, one an {{Expy}} of the ''Anime/MyHime'' character of the same name, the other is Queen Mashiro's pet cat. [[spoiler:There actually is a connection between them.]]
53	* ''Manga/OnePiece'' isn't extremely keen on following the One Steve Limit, possibly because it's hard to think of a unique name for every single one of all those characters:
54	** The series has a couple people named John: Zoro's old friend and fellow BountyHunter Johnny, Marine John [[OurGiantsAreBigger Giant]], one of the Zombie Generals of Thriller Bark was named Captain John, and the G8 {{filler}} arc features a Marine Vice Admiral named Johnathan.
55	** 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 and kicked in the face. This resulted in the angry townspeople throwing Ace into a river.
56	** It has also has two Jones's - Hody Jones and Davy Jones himself.
57	** Scotch is the name of both the pirate X Drake battles on one of Kaido's islands as well as one of the Yeti Cool Brothers.
58	** If you take Filler into consideration, certain filler characters share names with significant canon characters, such as the filler Marine Drake and X Drake, as well as Luffy in a Greek dub where he was also called Drake, a filler pirate Bonney and Jewelry Bonney, and so on.
59	** Holding the record for ''One Piece'', there are four characters named Billy: A pirate in Loguetown, a bandit in Alabasta, a cook working for the Marines, and an electric bird in Merveille. All of them are non-canon, meaning the manga could produce an official Billy at any moment.
60	** ''One Piece'' also has several characters called "Marie" or similar (the nurse Marie, Boa "Mari" Marigold, the housewife Maria Negikuma, the diva Maria Napole, and Kaido's underling Black Maria) and "Catherine" or similar (Baroque Works agent Miss Catherine, pirate Catarina Devon and waitress Gatherine).
61	** There's also two "Scarlet"s: A perverted gorilla from Shiki's pirate crew in the [[Anime/OnePieceFilmStrongWorld tenth movie]], and the former crown princess of Dressrosa, who also happens to be [[spoiler:Rebecca's mother]]. However, the latter's name is slightly different in that it is spelled "Scarlett", with two "t"s.
62	** In English, there's two characters named Carrot; a young boy from Usopp's Pirates, and a young female rabbit Mink introduced way later. This doesn't apply to the Japanese version, where their names are different. To avoid confusion, the former Carrot is usually referred to by his Japanese name Ninjin, while the Mink is referred to as Carrot.
63	** There's also three characters named Sora: a mermaid who works in the Mermaid Café in Fishman Island, a fictional Marine hero from their propaganda strip ''Sora, Warrior of the Sea'', and [[spoiler:Sanji's mother]].
64	** A close example: There's "Axe-Hand" Morgan, ex-captain in the Marines whom Luffy defeated in East Blue; and "Big News" Morgan'''s''', president of the ''World Economic Journal'' and an oft-invited guest at Big Mom's tea parties. The similarities are not as pronounced to the Japanese readers as "Morgan" is spelled "Mōgan" in katakana, while "Morgans" is spelled "Moruganzu".
65	** They are two women with the name Tsuru: A veteran Vice Admiral and a tea house owner in Wano. Though the latter is referred to as "O-Tsuru," as by Fedual Japanese Honorifics for women.
66	** There are two characters named Minatomo: one is a joke character Oda created early in the series, the other is a carpenter in Wano. Many initially thought they were the same person until Oda clarified that they were different, though are related, meaning Minatomo is their family name.
67	** There's two Kaku: One introduced as a shipwright in Water 7 and a minor gangster in Wano. There's also a random civilian in Water 7 named Kakukaku and one of Kin'emon's katana is named Kakusan.
68	* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' has pairs of monsters with the same names that are distinguished by their levels--Rapidmon (Armor) from the ''[[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 Digimon 02]]'' movie and Rapidmon (Ultimate) from ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', and Kumamon (Rookie), originally Bearmon, from ''VideoGame/DigimonWorld3'' and Kumamon (Hybrid), originally [[http://wikimon.net/Chakkumon Chakkumon]], from ''Anime/DigimonFrontier''. When two digimon are different enough but of the same name ''and'' level, fans list the year the new one was introduced to draw a distinction such ''[[Anime/DigimonAdventure Adventure]]'' and ''Adventure 02''s Agumon and ''[[Anime/DigimonDataSquad Savers]]''' Agumon (2006).
69	** Some are fixed by DubNameChange. There are two digimon named Deathmon who are completely unrelated. The dub names the new one ''Ghoul''mon to distinguish them. Then there are two digimon named Deathmeramon, who are only superficially related. The Dub changes the new one to ''Skull''meramon.
70	** ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'': The newest additions to TheTeam are a pair with very similar names: Meiko and Meicoomon. They call each other by even more similar nicknames, "Mei" and "Mei-chan", respectively.
71	** There are two {{mons}} in the Digimon franchise known as Hackmon, one is a Digimon from the main series and one is an Appmon that appeared in ''Anime/DigimonUniverseAppMonsters''.
72	* ''Manga/{{Miyuki}}'' has two girls named Miyuki. Both are love interests for the protagonist. [[spoiler:One of them is his stepsister.]] Confusion between the two does become a bit of a plot point.
73	* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' has Kurama's little stepbrother Shuuichi, which is same as Kurama's human name.
74	* ''Franchise/{{Lupin III}}'':
75	** The final episode of ''Anime/LupinIIIPartII'' prominently features a young GadgeteerGenius named Maki Oyamada, who is manipulated into using her technological prowess to help some criminals. Decades later, the special ''Anime/LupinIIIBloodSealEternalMermaid'' would feature a feisty TagAlongKid named Maki, who wants Lupin to make her his criminal apprentice. Additionally, a chapter of [[Manga/{{Lupin III}} the manga]] had an occult expert named Professor Maki [[spoiler: who wound up being Lupin himself [[DisguisedInDrag in disguise]]]].
76	** There's recurring bad guy Kyosuke Mamo and the titular ancient villain of ''Anime/TheMysteryOfMamo''.
77	** A memorable ''Part II'' episode featured Camilla, the vampire sister of Jesus Christ. An unrelated sky pirate named Carmilla would later appear as a supporting character in ''[[Anime/LupinIIIPrincessOfTheBreeze Princess of the Breeze]]''.
78	** 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/LupinIIITheSecretOfTwilightGemini The Secret of Twilight Gemini]]''.
79	** [[Anime/LupinIIITheItalianAdventure The fourth anime series]] co-stars a blonde female thief named Rebecca Rossellini, not to be confused with the blonde female thief Rebecca "Becky" Lumbert from ''Anime/LupinIIIStolenLupin''.
80	** Ami is the name of both one of the supporting characters in ''Anime/LupinIIITravelsOfMarcoPoloAnotherPage'' and one of the major new characters in ''Anime/LupinIIIPart5''.
81	* ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'''s Izumi and Isumi, are mixed up by fans often, but haven't yet had the issue within the story. Until the story, they apparently had little interaction and even their social groups are separated, so it might never come up.
82	** Most of the male characters have similar-sounding names, but given the UnwantedHarem style of the story, they're never likely to come to even meet.
83	* ''Anime/GhostSweeperMikami'' has two Orihime; one's a weaver for spirits and gods, the other is the legendary star goddess whose doomed love affair the Tanabata festival celebrates. Still, since they're both practically one-shots (the former, after her first appearance, is only referred to by name once or twice afterwards, and the latter ''is'' a one-shot), there's no risk of confusion whatsoever.
84	* Manga/{{Bakuman}} has two Hattoris, who are apparently not related. Akira Hattori is the main characters' editor, while Yujirou Hattori is [[TheRival Eiji Nizuma]] and Shinta Fukuda's editor. Yujirou is typically [[FirstNameBasis referred to by his first name]] to keep them separate, and when he calls Akira by his [[LastNameBasis last name]], Akira thinks to himself that he has the same last name.
85	* ''Literature/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.
86	* PlayedWith in ''Ichinensei ni Nacchattara''. The people who knew Iori as a teenager and see him as a first grader don't suspect anything, because [[ThisIsReality teenagers turning into children is impossible]] and they assume that "Iori-chan" just happens to have the same name as someone they know. Of course, both Ioris are the same person. Later, [[spoiler: when Iori has gone past the DespairEventHorizon]] he questions whether or not he ever was a teenager or had just received memories of someone with the same name, a la ''Comicbook/SwampThing''. [[ZigZaggingTrope Of course, this is not the case]] and he gets better.
87	* In ''Manga/{{Sketchbook}}'', cat lover Sora encounters a new stray cat and decides to call him Haa. Her brother then points out that there's already a cat with that name around, so she comes up with a new one. She also names all [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calico_cat Calico's]] "Mike", after the Japanese name for Calico "Mikeneko", resulting in "Mike the 2nd", "Mike the 3rd", etc. Eventually neither Sora, nor the cats themselves can remember who's who.
88	* In ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', there's [[DarkMagicalGirl Kyouko]] and Kyousuke, both recurring characters. This may not look identical, but since "-ko" and "-suke" are gender-specific name suffixes, their name were practically homophonous. So, when a character called 杏子 was introduced after Kyousuke, people ''thought'' her name would be pronounced ''Anko'' because of this trope.
89	* ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'' has two characters named Ryou. One is a delinquent at Keima's school, and the other is [[AlphaBitch Nora's]] human partner.
90	* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' oddly has Ikari as the last name for two main characters (father and son) and a secondary character whose first name is Hikari.
91	* Subverted in ''Manga/{{X1999}}''. One character is named Seishirou Sakurazuka. Another one is named Seiichirou Aoki- and is referred to as Aoki, probably in order to avoid confusion.
92	* In the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' manga, there are two characters named Buck in the English version, one with the last name Montana and one with the last name Wheatley. Their names are both [[PunnyName puns]]; Montana's refers to his ''buck'' tooth, while Wheatley's refers to his occupation as president of a ''buck''wheat company. Years later, ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'' introduces Bucky Whet, the heir to a soba shop, whose name is also [[PunnyName a pun on buckwheat]].
93	* The YuriGenre manga ''Manga/LonelyWolfLonelySheep'' revolves around two woman named Kakimoto Imari developing a bond after they meet at a clinic. Their name is written the same way, they were born in the same year, and their birthdays are one day apart.
94	* ''Anime/ReadOrDie'' has a character named Maggie who's Drake's daughter. Meanwhile, in sister series ''Read or Dream'', one of the main characters is Maggie Mui. Naturally, when crossover series Anime/RODTheTV came out this trope came into effect (Drake even has a double take when Maggie Mui introduces herself.)
95	* ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness'' has Hisoka Kurosaki and [[spoiler:his dead older half sister also named Hisoka which is quite sad when it is implied that Hisoka's father Nagare seemed to have cared more about his daughter than he did about his son]]
96	* ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaINNOCENT'' reveals in a later chapter that there are actually [[DecompositeCharacter two characters]] meant to represent Precia's CatGirl {{Familiar}} Rynith in this [[HighSchoolAU Grade School AU]]: Rynith the 2nd, the ordinary cat of the Testarossa family, and Rynith Lanster, the occasional housekeeper of the Testarossa family and [[RelatedInTheAdaptation older sister]] of Teana.
97	** ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'' introduces Sieglinde Jeremiah's ancestor, Wilfried. Her nickname is Ried, but why not Fried? Because it's the nickname of [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikerS Caro's dragon]].
98	* The TV anime version of ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' has two Enricos: Stivaletti and Maxwell.
99	* In ''{{Manga/Saki}}'', there are two cases.
100	** Hiroko Murosashi and Hiroko "[[InSeriesNickname FunaQ]]" Funakubo. The two never interact, though, as the former is one of Nodoka's kohai from Takatobara Junior High, and the latter is a second-year player from Senriyama who is the coach's niece and Hiroe and Kinue's cousin.
101	** Yoshiko Yasukouchi, a player for Shindoji, and Yoshiko Kainou, a professional mahjong player.
102	** While the viewer knows that Saki and Teru are sisters, many people in universe believe that it's just a coincidence that they happen to have the same last name, since they go to different schools in different prefectures. It also doesn't help that Teru [[IHaveNoSon refuses to admit that Saki is her sister]].
103	* Played with in ''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic''. Someone tells Aladdin the name of the leader of the local thieves group, which is the same as a friend of his. Aladdin brushes this off as a coincidence, and the person who told him admits that the name is pretty common. [[OneSteveLimit Unfortunately...]]
104	* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'''s head writer Katsuyuki Sumizawa seems fond of the name "Catherine", the anime and its related stories contain no less than five different women with that name or variations thereof: the anime has Trowa's adoptive sister Cathy Bloom and Relena's mother Katrina, the prequel manga ''Episode Zero'' has Quatre's mother Katherine, and the sequel novel ''Frozen Teardrop'' introduces Sally Po's daughter Kathy and Quatre's younger sister Katherine (presumably named for her mother)[[note]]There are also FlashBack chapters focusing on a Katrina Peacecraft which may either be Relena's previously-mentioned mother or possibly her grandmother, but which it is remains unclear due to the fact that no English-speaking fans are willing to translate the novel[[/note]].
105	* ''"This note will not take effect unless the writer has the person's face in their mind while writing his/her name. Therefore, people sharing the same name wil not be affected."'' - Rule #2 of the ''Manga/DeathNote''.
106	* There are technically two "Hiroyuki's" in ''Manga/WanderingSon''. CoolBigSis Yuki's birth name is shared with Nitori's father.
107	* Used as a plot point in ''Manga/InsideMari''. Mari shares the name of [[spoiler:Yori's older sister]].
108	* The two protagonists of ''Manga/ASilentVoice'' have very similar names. They're a boy named Shouya and a girl named Shouko.
109	* This trope has actually led to the occasional DubNameChange in foreign adaptations of ''Franchise/DragonBall'', such as the English dub changing Shen's name to "Hero" since they had already named the Crane Hermit "Master Shen", or the French dub changing Mr. Satan to Hercule since Piccolo was already named "Satan Petit Coeur".
110	** The Italian dub is very confusing. For some reason, it features ''three'' people named Satan. First, the Ox-King gets mysteriously named "Al Satan" during his first appearance, a name which is never mentioned again for him. It is mentioned however when Demon King Piccolo appears, as ''he'' gets called "Al Satan" too. Because why not. Then of course in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' we have Mr. Satan, the character known in the English-speaking world as Hercule.
111	** Two Saiyan characters are named "Panbukin" (a pun on "Pumpkin") in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': the short bald Saiyan who the Z-Fighters fight in the Pendulum Room in a {{filler}} episode, and the stocky member of Bardock's squad in the special ''Anime/DragonBallZBardockTheFatherOfGoku''. In English, they both got {{Dub Name Change}}s to Scarface and Shugesh respectively.
112	** The trope is briefly averted in an episode of the first series where a police officer asks a lost Goku which Bulma is he looking for.
113	** The ''Dragon Ball: Adventure Special'' revealed that Ranfan, a contestant in the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament, has a husband named Trunks, which would much later be the name of Bulma and Vegeta's KidFromTheFuture.
114	** Also, Vegeta's father was King Vegeta, and it was also the name of the Saiyan race home planet. This is rarely an issue, however, as King Vegeta and Planet Vegeta were destroyed by Frieza a long time ago and so they're only referenced, or appear in flashbacks.
115	** With ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', there is now a second character named "Black". Although "Goku Black" is an InSeriesNickname given by the good guys (his real name is [[spoiler: Zamasu]]), Adjutant Black's name is either a CodeName or his real name.
116	** In the anime only, there had been Maron, a girl Krillin dated, and later Marron, Krillin's daughter. Fans have joked about the implications of his daughter being named after an ex.
117	* The two main females in ''Anime/TokyoMagnitude8'' have similar names: Mirai and Mari.
118	* Played with in ''Manga/{{Fuuka}}''; [[spoiler:the title is referring to ''two'' different Fuukas. However, one of them has already died by the time we meet the other]].
119	* Enforced in ''Manga/Brave10''. Traditionally the Sanada Ten Braves include two figures named Unno Rokuro and Mochizuki Rokuro. When [[KidSamurai Mochizuki Rokuro]] shows up in story, it's immediately clear how confusing having two Rokuros will be, so he volunteers for a rename, claiming Rokuro's a lame name anyway[[labelnote:*]]essentially "sixth son"[[/labelnote]]. This annoys [[RightHandHottie Unno Rokuro]], but before he can react Yukimura jumps in to acknowledge "there's only one Rokuro for me" and gives the kid the name Benmaru instead.
120	* In ''Anime/YuriOnIce'', there are two characters named Yuri: Japanese Yuri Katsuki (the main character) and Russian Yuri Plisetsky. Yuri Katsuki's sister Mari nicknames the Russian Yuri "Yurio" to avoid confusion, which he isn't too fond of.
121	* In ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'', there is the main heroine Princess Elizabeth Liones, and Meliodas' deceased lover Elizabeth, who is usually referred to as Liz. [[spoiler:It is later revealed that the princess is Liz's reincarnation.]]
122	* The anime of ''Manga/TigerMask'' has ''five'' wrestlers named after the tiger: Tiger Mask, Big Tiger, Black Tiger, King Tiger and Tiger the Great.
123	** Being fully of {{Legacy Character}}s, the sequel ''Anime/TigerMaskW'' has a new Tiger Mask and King Tiger, plus Big Tiger the Second, Tiger the Black, Tiger [[spoiler:the Great]] the Third, and the newly-debuted gimmicks of Tiger the Dark and Spring Tiger. {{Lampshaded}} in one episode, where Nagata, in a tag team with Tiger Mask, called out "Tiger!" and both Tiger Mask and the opposing team, composed by Big Tiger the Second and Tiger the Black, turned to hear what he wanted.
124	* In ''Anime/FutureCardBuddyfight'', the main character's little sister is named Hanako Mikado. Hanako is also the name of a VillainOfTheWeek, a CuteGhostGirl haunting a bathroom in Aibo Academy (which is a reference to the Japanese urban legend of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanako-san Hanako-san]]).
125	* Symbolic example in ''Anime/MichikoAndHatchin:'' after the title characters are separated, Hatchin winds up in the care of another woman also named Michiko, and chooses to stay with her, because she seems a lot nicer. Until she tries to sell Hatchin and a bunch of other children as {{Sex Slave}}s, of course.
126	* In ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby'', there are two characters named Miki: Miki Makimura (who existed in the original ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'') and Miki Kuroda, who are friends and both members of the track team. The latter is nicknamed "Miko" to avoid confusion with the former. The nickname turns out to be the source of Miko's insecurities since it serves as a reminder that she's AlwaysSecondBest to Miki, whom she envies and wishes to beat in at least one track event. In Japanese it's played with, since while their names sound the same they're written differently (Miki's name is written in kanji while Miko's name is in katakana).
127	* In ''Manga/WanganMidnight'', Akio Asakura buys the infamous Devil Z and finds out that its deceased previous owners, all of which died driving the car in horrific accidents, all had names that are also read as "Akio Asakura" (if reading in Western order), the key difference being the characters used for the names. This contributes to the belief that the car has a mind of its own, as if everyone with that same name reading is drawn to drive it, only to be "rejected" and killed behind the wheel.
128	* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' sometimes doubles-up on names used for minor characters. Examples include Abel [[note]]That soldier with goggles and Abel Reiss, one of Rod Reiss's kids[[/note]], Dirk [[note]]A Survey Corps soldier and Dirk Reiss, another one of Rod's kids[[/note]] as well as a Tom, Tomas ''and'' Thomas[[note]]All Survey Corps soldiers[[/note]].
129	** There's also Ymir who happens to have the same name as the arguably most important person/deity/being to have lived in the world of [=AoT=], due to a cult passing her off as Ymir herself. Also later in the story is revealed that Eren was named after his father's friend.
130	* Happens in the movie to ''Anime/TomicaHyperRescueDriveHeadKidouKyuukyuuKeisatsu'', due to it having a crossover with ''Anime/ShinkansenHenkeiRoboShinkalion''. Drive Head has a character named Hayato Isurugi, and the protagonist of Shinkalion is Hayato Hayasugi. However, the Drive Head character is given a very small role in the movie, and typically goes by a LastNameBasis anyway.
131	* ''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 [[NearAndDearBabyNaming 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.
132	** However, ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' was later confirmed to take place in the same universe as ''Manga/OshiNoKo'', both manga having an Ai as a major character.
133	* The titular characters, ''plural'', of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' are this trope distilled. Each one of the eight parts stars a different character named Jojo. Somewhat zig-zagged in that every Jojo after the second are typically referred to by their full names rather than their nickname (since that's the point where multiple Jojos start appearing in the same part), but Jojos #7 and #8 were named after their predecessors Jonathan Joestar (#1 and #7) and Josuke Higashikata (#4 and #8). Jojo #7 goes by 'Johnny', and the Japanese spelling of Josuke-8 is different than that of 4.
134	** Also, Josuke-8 was, in-universe, named after another character's dog, also named Josuke, and coincidentally, with Norisuke Higashikata IV before the latter changed it.[[note]]Norisuke's original name, while also being pronounced 'Josuke', was also spelled differently than either Gappy or Part 4's Josuke[[/note]]
135	** ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'' has two Dans- Steely Dan/[[DubNameChange Dan of Steel]] and Daniel J. D'Arby, elder of the D'Arby brothers.
136	* In ''Manga/YuriIsMyJob'', there seem to be two Mitsukis- Mitsuki Ayanokouji(whose family name is an alias on the job) is Hime's coworker, who dislikes her, while Mitsuki Yano is Hime's former friend, who exposed her as a chronic liar and ruined her reputation. It turns out that both Mitsukis are the same person, much to Hime's shock.
137	* ''Anime/Danganronpa3'', like ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' above, has a Kyouko (Kirigiri, from [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc the first game]]) and a Kyousuke (Munakata, who debuts in the anime).
138	* By the end of ''Manga/IllBoyIllGirl'', there are exactly three "Shou Yamai"s: [[spoiler:the Boy (the "Shou" is written as "Life" in kanji), the Girl (the "Shou" is written as "death" in kanji), and the disease named after them (pronounced "Yamai-shou" in Japanese).]]
139	* Zigzagged in ''Manga/KarakuriCircus'' with three characters (a puppet and two Automaton) sharing the name with the popular mask of CommediaDellArte Arlecchino. Namely, the first uses its French name Arlequin, the second uses the Italian one (Arlecchino) and the last one uses the English Harlequin.
140	* The heroine of ''Manga/SengokuKomachiKurouTan'' is Ayanokouji Shizuko and she introduces herself as such to UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga. Seeing as the Ayanokouji clan exists, he checks with them to see she is a part of that family or if they know anything about her. Seeing as she came from the future, they obviously didn't.
141	* In ''Anime/TokyoGodfathers,'' three homeless people find an abandon baby and name her "Kiyoko." During their subsequent adventures, they encounter two more Kiyokos, one a bride and one a nurse [[spoiler:who is also Gin's estranged daughter]]. This ties into the general theme of {{Contrived Coincidence}}s that [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane hint at divine guidance]].
142	* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' :
143	** The original 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.
144	** 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.
145	* ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'': Discussed and subverted. Sherlock has the misfortune of meeting ''three'' different Williams in the series, but they all use different nicknames (Liam, Bill, and Billy, although "Liam" was gifted to him by Sherlock himself). Sherlock has an exasperated moment upon meeting Billy, commenting "Jeez, ''another'' William?"
146	* ''Manga/SleepyPrincessInTheDemonCastle'': The eponymous Princess is named Aurora, but she typically goes by her [[MiddleNameBasis middle name, Sya Lis]] ([[EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep when she isn't just called "the Princess", anyway)]], as several other members of her family, including her mother and aunt, are also named Aurora.
147	* In ''Manga/TerraforMars'', Joseph Newton is a mighty super soldier who's enamored with the female lead, Michelle Davis. However, it is revealed that in the past he went out of his way to ruin the relationship of a friend with a girl who happened to also be named Michelle. He never comments about this, but it serves to emphasize how his crush on Davis, even if seemingly sincere, is no good news.
148	* ''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 ArcVillain.

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