Dick:
We have a Japanese programming TV station here (KIKU) which airs year long series called Taiga Dramas which cover all the important periods and individuals who played a major part in them during Japan's history...
Series have covered periods from the Kamakura Shogunate to this year's program called Shinsengumi, covering the period leading up to the Meiji restoration...
We pick our names from the heroines and heroes of these periods...
So we kinda cheat a little...
Aloha! Mike