declan_murphy@hotmail.com wrote:
> etaka wrote:
>
> > Given his own rendition of his real name and the fact it is not Tomioka
> > Maikeru, Tomioka Masaru, or some such, it would seem that Maikeru for
> > some reason has chosen to declare to the Japanese government that he is
> > American and not a Japanese.
>
> Or that he just filled in the ARC form using his name as written on his
> passport, instead of pulling kanji out of his arse. Had he written
> tomioka he may well have received his ARC with that name written on it,

Same point. If he has an ARC, then he is NOT Japanese, as what he gave
on TV as his "real" name, Michael Anthony Sheridan, or his own
rendition of his name as "Maikeru Sheridan", two names in katakana, on
his website, would suggest. His "real" (US birth or Japanese
registered) name does not appear to be "Tomioka", at least not in
kanji, and not in the order of his professional name "Maikeru Tomioka".
Perhaps it was his mother's maiden name.

Maybe he copied the name as it appears on his US passport for his ARC,
if any, or, as has been suggested by myself and others in other cases,
the Japanese stuck to the name as it appears in his passport no matter
what he may have chosen for himself. I have seen the ARC of a Korean
man (successful construction company owner and karate instructor, not
stereotypical pachinko parlor or restaurant operator) who is for some
reason allowed to pass with a Japanese name of at least four kanji (I
do not know why Chinese or Korean names seem to have three. Anybody?).
I note that the resident "Koreans" I have met who go by a Japanese
name, all used Japanese names that start "Kane". I wonder if their
Korean names are all "Kim". I have also heard of other Koreans who use
Japanese kanji for "Shiro" (can't recall what their Japanese names are)
and are probably named "Pak/Park".

> as Hendrik seems to have managed.

What kanji has he managed to use? "Strange Torso Land"?

> I'd like to see a scanned copy of the
> front of Hendrik's ARC (surely its not as personal as a recent
> kenkoushindan?) as I have even seen an ARC with nationality "Scotland"
> - when surely no such passport has ever been sighted by the Okazaki
> City Hall.
>
> Take a short stroll down memory lane with the "Scotland the Brave"
> thread.
> http://tinyurl.com/dwajq