But, unfortunately, it did little good. DOes anyone know for who or what the Yamaguchi was named? I know it's a city in Japan, but it's also a hugely common name. Are there any really outstanding scientists/etc. with this name? I thought maybe it also might be a Paramount personnel, but according to the appendix in the Encyclopedia there was no one named Yamaguchi on the production staff.
Anybody have opinions/ideas?
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There are no Japanese naval vessels with the name Yamaguchi, so it isn't that. My guess is the town, if anything.
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Um, wasn't there an Olympic ice skater named Kristi Yamaguchi? That might've been the inspiration, at least at the Trek Art Department. (Although I doubt that Starfleet would've named one of their starships after one relatively insignificant athlete from four hundred years previously.)
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Wait, DS9's The Emissary aired around 1993, after the 1992 Winter Olympics. Anyway, does anyone know how to copy an image from the Season 3 box set of TNG? Greg Jein had still pictures that shows the battle damage USS Princeton from the side.
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I don't know any famous Yamaguchi's. I don't think there's been any Nobel laureates. Yamaguchi is the name of a prefecture (state or province) on the western tip of the main island of Honshu. Maybe Mike Okuda's family came from there?
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1992 would be the Barcelona Summer Olympics, not Winter Olympics, right? (Lillihamer was 1994?)
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quote:Originally posted by Masao: Gaak! It's "Tamagotchi"!
I don't know any famous Yamaguchi's. I don't think there's been any Nobel laureates. Yamaguchi is the name of a prefecture (state or province) on the western tip of the main island of Honshu. Maybe Mike Okuda's family came from there?
Possibly, except e is from Hawaii.
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maybe he just thought it was a cool name. or maybe there is a famous 22nd century Yamaguchi *shrugs*.
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I know Okuda's from Hawaii, but he's not a Hawaiian Hawaiian! His family probably emigrated from Japan in the late 1800s or early 1900s. So, they might have originally come from Yamaguchi prefecture. Of course, we also have several other ships named after Japanese islands and cities, so who knows?
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I know Okuda's from Hawaii, but he's not a Hawaiian Hawaiian! His family probably emigrated from Japan in the late 1800s or early 1900s. So, they might have originally come from Yamaguchi prefecture. Of course, we also have several other ships named after Japanese islands and cities, so who knows?
Edit: The only Yamaguchi I can find associated with manga or anime is someone named Teppei Yamaguchi, a voice actor. The name Yamaguchi is perhaps best known in Japan from the Yamaguchi-gumi, the biggest crime syndicate or yakuza gang in Japan (sort of like the Gambino family). Maybe Okuda's a wise guy.
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