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Originally Posted by erneiz_hyde
When Working! aired, I didn't really pay attention to why the cross-dressing Souta was nicknamed "Kotori". So I recently saw the kanji of Takanashi Rikka from this season's chuu2koi. I was perplexed that in her family name (小鳥飛) none of the kanji used can be read remotely as "Takanashi", but I can certainly see the "Kotori"
(小鳥) in there.
Turns out, 小鳥飛 => 小鳥が飛ぶ (the small bird flies). Which means its enemy, the hawk/falcon isn't around (鷹無し) => たかなし (Takanashi).
Are there any more names that is read uniquely like this?
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To find out whether a family name exists in reality and how it's read, you can use this:
http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~suzakihp/index40.html