redriot: we are the lions (2)
kirishima eijirou | 切島鋭児郎 ([personal profile] redriot) wrote in [personal profile] woodswitch 2016-06-30 02:04 pm (UTC)

Hello, mods! I know people ask these kinds of questions as nauseam, but I just wanted to be 100% sure I'm in the clear.

I'm preparing an application for Eijirou Kirishima from My Hero Academia. He's currently studying to become a professional hero, and has selected the hero name "Red Riot." I understand that usually, if a character has a title that's in usage enough to be considered on par with a name, they forget it upon arriving in Koriko. However, since Kirishima is still a student, his classmates generally call him by his name. In (the manga) canon so far, he hasn't really been consistently called "Red Riot." Since it's not really in full conflation with his identity, would it be appropriate for him to still remember that he chose the name "Red Riot," but not remember his real name?

Additionally, I have a follow-up question. I was thinking of using "Rai" as his work name, which, for the sake of fun, would contain the same kanji as the first part of "Riot" in his title. Is this too close? Would "Rai" be appropriate if it were implied that it were spelled phonetically or written with different kanji?

I know there are other MHA characters in the game currently, and I checked around to see if there were any clarifications about their titles/hero names, but I didn't see anything just yet, so I wanted to play it safe. Thank you very much for your time and help!

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