Hirokazu Tanakas set world record for meeting of people with same name

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1. I wonder if all the Hirokazu’s used the same characters to spell the name. I kind of doubt it

2. Impressive! I doubt a lot of us could do this. Throughout the course of my life I’ve found three other people with my extremely common first name and my extremely rare last name. In the case of these fellows I assume the first name is the limiter.

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   > A 178-strong group of people all called Hirokazu Tanaka broke the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people with the same first and last name, after they came together in Tokyo on Saturday.

   > The Tanaka Hirokazu association organized the successful attempt in Shibuya Ward, which saw them outdo the 2005 record set by 164 people called Martha Stewart, who were brought together by the famous American businesswoman of the same name.

   > Hirokazu Tanaka, the representative of the Hirokazu Tanaka association, holds up the Guinness World Records certificate for the largest gathering of people with the same first and last name with Hirokazu Tanaka, the former pro baseball player who inspired him to start the group, in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2022.

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4. I’m sure some N’guyen in Vietnam can best that.

5. Some guy had my name in a different town and thanks to him I got a free Costco membership.