[risingstar3110]

Originally Posted by LiberLibri

白虎 (white tiger). Guardian of West. The names of main characters in the anime are taken from Chinese myth.

Another question if you don't mind.
If 虎 pronounce as Tora (as in 上下山虎子 (Kageyama Torako) )
How come 白虎 pronounce as Hyakko?

Oh wait, let me put it this way: how do you call a (let's see.....) a "black tiger" in Japanese? Actually any colour is fine i just want to see the different. Or does it means "white tiger" and "tiger" were identified as two different kind of animals, so have different name?


Thank in advance