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gobo
09-21-2006, 12:28 PM
The Ninja Tribunal
“Kon” is Japanese for mental energy.
“Chikara” is a kanji character, also a Japanese symbol of power.
“Juto” is a Swahili derivative meaning “be ashamed” or “dejected” or “deplore”. While I wouldn’t think that Swahili should have anything to do with this character, these facts would explain why he hides his face.
“Hisomi” (ひそみ) is kana/hiragana/phonetic for the noun, knitted brows / frown.
“Shi’Shou” is the common name among the members of The Ninja Tribunal. Perhaps this means that they are native of Shi-Shou County in Jing Subprefecture.

Since I have more urgent matters to attend to, I won’t be doing anymore research on the subject for a week or so. Anyone who would like to show me up or prove me wrong, please do. ;)

Leonardo_Warrior_Turtle
09-21-2006, 05:14 PM
It's really nice that the writer's took their time to find real Japanese names. Shows how much they want to make it feel like the Turtles are in Japan. Very cool.