Talk:Kaneyoshi Muto

Birthday

The Japanese Wikipedia page says Muto was born 18 August 1916. However, author Henry Sakaido writes that Muto was born in June 1916, no day given. Pages 93 to 94 of Imperial Japanese Navy Aces, 1937-45 ISBN 1-85532-727-9

I see no references on the Japanese Wikipedia page, so I cannot accept their August over the Sakaido's June. Binksternet (talk) 20:44, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

"Kinsuke" nickname

An editor has questioned the nickname "Kinsuke" in this edit, saying that it is hard to see how the name Kaneyoshi (金義) could also be read as "Kinsuke". While I agree that this does sound suspect, the reference quoted says "his given name could also be pronounced Kinsuke, which he preferred". In the absence of reliable sources saying otherwise, I think we should stick with this. --DAJF (talk) 12:09, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

I agree. Henry Sakaida writes in his book, "Kaneyoshi Muto (his given name could also be pronounced Kinsuke, which he preferred) was born in June 1916 in Aichi Prefecture to a poor farming family." That sentence is from a reliable source and we should not abandon it in favor of "citation needed" tags. Binksternet (talk) 15:04, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

All Japanese may laugh at this argument. His name cannot be pronounced Kinsuke by any means. But it is easy to speculate that his nick name was Kinsuke. The first Kanji-character 金 can be pronounced both Kane and Kin. Therefor Kinsuke must be his nick name. This sense of nickname is common in Japan. But the sentence his given name could also be pronounced Kinsuke is absolutely false. -- 19:13, 25 May 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.91.24.6 (talk)