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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
Goro Akechi (明智 吾郎, ''Akechi Gorō'') gets his name from {{Wp|Kogoro Akechi}} (明智 小五郎, ''Akechi Kogorō''), a fictional detective in stories by {{Wp|Edogawa Ranpo}} who was heavily based on Sherlock Holmes. Similar to how Akechi investigates the [[Phantom Thieves of Hearts]], Kogoro Akechi's main recurring adversary was "{{Wp|The Fiend with Twenty Faces}}", a gentleman thief inspired by {{Wp|Arsène Lupin}}. This is mirrored by [[Ren Amamiya|the protagonist]]'s initial [[Persona (Concept)|Persona]] being [[Arsène]], and his use of the [[Wild Card]] ability through taking on different Personas as masks. | |||
Akechi's surname may also be a reference to {{Wp|Akechi Mitsuhide}} (明智 光秀), a 16th-century samurai general who notoriously betrayed and assassinated his master, ''{{Wp|daimyō}}'' {{Wp|Oda Nobunaga}}. Goro Akechi plays a similar role as the "traitor" of the Phantom Thieves. (Incidentally, [[Shinya Oda]]'s name is derived from that of Nobunaga.) | |||
While the family name 明智 ''Akechi'' is written the same way as the word ''meichi'', which means "great wisdom" or "sagacity", it appears to derive from a less auspicious older name <i>Akuchi</i>, meaning "bad soil" (悪土) or "bad land" (悪地).<ref>{{Cite Web|quote=語源は、あくち（悪土、悪地）からきており、佳名に転じたとされる。|translquote=Etymologically, the name Akechi is widely considered to have been changed from Akuchi (spelled "bad soil" or "bad land"), to be more auspicious.|author=myoji-yurai.net|url=[https://myoji-yurai.net/searchResult.htm?myojiKanji=%E6%98%8E%E6%99%BA]|archive=|published=4 January 2023|retrieved=24 November 2023|site=【名字】明智 (Surname: Akechi)|type=}}</ref> | |||
{{Names | {{Names | ||
|ja= 明智 吾郎 ''Akechi Gorō''<br/>クロウ ''Kurou'' | |ja= 明智 吾郎 ''Akechi Gorō''<br/>クロウ ''Kurou'' | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||