Japanese last names with dark meanings

japanese last names with dark meanings
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Surnames with scary kanji

Japanese last names with dark meanings

Surnames with the word “鬼(ogre Oni)”

Japanese last names with dark meanings

Oni are imaginary monsters based on Buddhism. They take the form of a human being, with horns on their heads, mouths slit horizontally and sharp fangs, and naked, with loincloths of tiger skin strapped around their waists. They are rough in nature and hold gold bars in their hands. It is said that red and blue demons live in hell. Or, it refers to such a person.

鬼頭kithou (head of an ogre)

It is said that the name “Onigashira” is derived from the legend of cutting off the heads of demons (bad guys, bandits, pirates, etc.) and from the mountains and rocks that resemble demons’ heads.

鬼塚Onizuka (mound of ogres)

Onizuka is said to come from oni (ogre) and mound. A mound is a grave made of earth heaped up from the surrounding ground.

鬼澤Onizawa

It is said to have originated in Onizawa, Onuki-mura, Kashima-gun, Hitachinokuni, which is now Ibaraki Prefecture.

There is a legend that it is a stream with demons, and there is a theory that it originated from a hated stream.

Last name not to be looked up

Japanese last names with dark meanings

大赤見ooakami

The last name exists in Hokkaido, Ishikawa, and Osaka prefectures, and there are only about 30 people in Japan. Also, the origin of the last name unknown!

This last name is said to be a “last name that should not be looked up.”

The person who has this last name  was taught by his father that he should not look up about ooakami by his father.

However, when he was told that, he felt compelled to look into it, and one day he looked into his family name.

After that, the following strange phenomena occurred around her.

When she was moving, a large piece of ice fell on her car.

When he woke up at night, an old woman came to his feet and chanted, “Please die with me.When I went to my grandfather’s house to sort out his affairs, a black haze appeared the moment I opened the door.

He also heard from his father that “men of the Great Akami die prematurely from generation to generation,” and it seems that he had a very near-death experience.

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