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in reply to a message by Doesra
Stage names can be almost anything, so it's difficult to answer that question. The 17th-c. swordmaker Goto Teijo obviously did assume that name and was a man. I just don't know if Teijo is ever actually given to babies.
BTW, whether or not a Japanese name ends with -o has nothing to do with gender. Both male and female names can end with any vowel.
BTW, whether or not a Japanese name ends with -o has nothing to do with gender. Both male and female names can end with any vowel.
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I thought so because the ending jo is feminin. But o seems to be different?
Well if you should hear something `bout a male japanese Teijo, it would be great if you could post it here :-)
Well if you should hear something `bout a male japanese Teijo, it would be great if you could post it here :-)
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Just thought I would add, that Goto Teijo wrote his name with the kanji "tei": "degree, extent" and "jo": "power" (in the mathematical sense, like powers of 10). So Teijo would not have to be written with the kanji for "woman," it's just that the vocabulary word meaning "virtuous woman" would come to mind when a Japanese person heard this name.
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