Posted on May 8, 2012 by Prince Charles Oforkaja

In recent research, Igbodefender.com, the Igbo-Afro American online think tank, has found some amazing similarities between Igbo and Japanese words. Check out some of our findings below:

1.Naka (Japanese name) Odinaka (Igbo name)

2.Owari (Japanese town)
Owerri (Igbo town)

3. Chikamatsu (Japanese name)Chikadibia (Igbo name)

4. Obuchi (Japanese name)Onyebuchi (Igbo name)

5. Ikeda (Japanese name)Ikedia (Igbo name)

6. Be (ancient Japanese word for community)
Be (Igbo word for house)

7. Abukuma (Japanese town)Akuma (Igbo town)

8. Obama (Japanese town)
Obama ( Igbo town in Rivers State, near Kalabari)

9. Naze (Japanese town)
Nanze (Igbo town)

INDIRECT SIMILARITIES

1.Chichi (Japanese town)Chichi (Igbo name)

2. Ofunato (Japanese town)
Ofu na ato (Igbo phrase meaning ‘One and three’).

3. Osaka (Japanese city)
Osaka (Igbo name)

4. Mandokoro (Fujiwara family administrative centre)
Okoro (Igbo name)

5. Ugo (Japanese town)
Ugo (Igbo name)

6. Iheya (Japanese town)
Ihe ya (Igbo phrase meaning somebody’s property)

Our theory is that there was some ancient cultural exchange between these two enterprising peoples. Igbodefender.com has made more progress in this study, but due to ongoing research, we cannot say much at this time.This is Resourceful Equianoism.

Signed: Prince Charles Oforkaja, Authur of Report

Bibliography:Encyclopedia Americana

© Igbodefender.com, 2012

Nnamdi - boko haram name
Namadi - ibo name

Japanese Nigeria
Azuma-san (mountain) Zuma Rock , Niger State
Tobi-shima (island) Tobi: Rivers State male name
Akō(town) Akō: Yoruba, excessive pride
Akan(town) Akandu: Ibo male name
Ibara(town) Ibarapa, Oyo State
Minna-jima (island) Minna, Niger State
Obirin University,Tokyo Obirin: Yoruba, female
Iwaya(town) Iwaya, Yaba, Lagos State
Ago(town) Ago: Yoruba, time
Kure(town) Akure, Ondo State
Iō-jima(island) Iyō: Yoruba, salt#
Saitama(district) Maitama, Abuja
Fuji-san(mountain in Tokyo) Fuji: Yoruba music
Ebetsu(town) Egbesu: shrine in Bayelsa State
Shinkawa(town) Shinkafi: Hausa name
Chi-Chi Chi-Chi: Igbo name
Chikage Chika: Igbo name
Haruna(town) Haruna: Hausa male name
Haruna-san(mountain)
Izu(peninsula) Izu: Igbo word
Kata(karate martial arts sequence) Kata: Ebira, strength

For a more comprehensive list refer to Far East Asian Languages Are Near African Languages

eGuerrilla: Japanese Nigeria
Azuma-san (mountain) Zuma Rock , Niger State
Tobi-shima (island) Tobi: Rivers State male name
Akō(town) Akō: Yoruba, excessive pride
Akan(town) Akandu: Ibo male name
Ibara(town) Ibarapa, Oyo State
Minna-jima (island) Minna, Niger State
Obirin University,Tokyo Obirin: Yoruba, female
Iwaya(town) Iwaya, Yaba, Lagos State
Ago(town) Ago: Yoruba, time
Kure(town) Akure, Ondo State
Iō-jima(island) Iyō: Yoruba, salt#
Saitama(district) Maitama, Abuja
Fuji-san(mountain in Tokyo) Fuji: Yoruba music
Ebetsu(town) Egbesu: shrine in Bayelsa State
Shinkawa(town) Shinkafi: Hausa name
Chi-Chi Chi-Chi: Igbo name
Chikage Chika: Igbo name
Haruna(town) Haruna: Hausa male name
Haruna-san(mountain)
Izu(peninsula) Izu: Igbo word
Kata(karate martial arts sequence) Kata: Ebira, strength
Kano japanese Kano state Hausa ancient city

For a more comprehensive list refer to Far East Asian Languages Are Near African Languages

Thank you plenty much guy!!!!Now over to the Igbo guys.Is it that you want to dump Israel now for Japan again?

very funny

Your Prince Charles Oforkaja seems to have nothing better doing with his time. Yes, some of the syllables sound similar but that is about it.

Dumbass thread.

This is truly amazing. Check out the Japanese word 'ofunato' which has an Igbo phrasal counterpart. Look at the words Chichi, Osaka and so on.

Igbos need to join Igbodefender to find out what's going on here. Is this why both groups are so enterprising? Is there a link? Kudos to the Defenders.

Hmmm... I'v noticed d similarities b4 now.

And considerin dat Europe was afraid of d rise of Biafra in d late 60s cos they knew we'd become d Japan/Taiwan of Africa, it's beginnin 2 make sense.

Meanwhil, as par culture, we'r more related 2 Israel. Or do I say they'r more related 2 Ndi Igbo? Every1 knows dat d human race began in Africa, so we must b their origin, their genesis.

So NO, we cant abandon our Israeli brodas 4 our Japanese cousins. He he he...

you forgot ASABA in japan and ASABA in delta

bashr8:
you forgot ASABA in japan and ASABA in delta

That is deep.


Japanese names From https://www.momjunction.com/baby-names/japanese/#gref

.....Ayeka, Ayame, Asami. All Nigerian sounding names!


More:


Akemi ( Yoruba: Kemi, Adekemi)

Asuka (Igbo: Azuka)

Chika (Igbo: Chika)

Chibi (Igbo: Chidi)

Chiharu (Igbo: Chinaru)

Chizue (Igbo: Chizue)

Hisato (Igbo: Isato)

Hisoki (Hausa: Isoki)

Fumihiro (Yoruba: Funmi)

Fumiko (Yoruba: Funmi)

Mayumi (Yoruba: Mayomi)

Oshin (Yoruba: Oshin)

Fuji (Yoruba: Fuji)

Toru (Yoruba: Tolu)

Yumi (Yoruba: Yomi)

Okimi (Edo: Ikimi)

lol....una don start again?

There's got to be some sort of ancient connection.

Ehime fc(a football club in Japan): Ehime mbano(an LGA in IMO state)

As always fooling the more foolish one among the multitude of your pathetic kinsmen that will believe this as something sensible.

Note that there are a million Igbo word similar to the country you’d never want Igbo to be related to so for God sake stop this foolishness chikena.

belltwelve:
Posted on May 8, 2012 by Prince Charles Oforkaja

In recent research, Igbodefender.com, the Igbo-Afro American online think tank, has found some amazing similarities between Igbo and Japanese words. Check out some of our findings below:

1.Naka (Japanese name) Odinaka (Igbo name)

2.Owari (Japanese town)
Owerri (Igbo town)

3. Chikamatsu (Japanese name)Chikadibia (Igbo name)

4. Obuchi (Japanese name)Onyebuchi (Igbo name)

5. Ikeda (Japanese name)Ikedia (Igbo name)

6. Be (ancient Japanese word for community)
Be (Igbo word for house)

7. Abukuma (Japanese town)Akuma (Igbo town)

8. Obama (Japanese town)
Obama ( Igbo town in Rivers State, near Kalabari)

9. Naze (Japanese town)
Nanze (Igbo town)

INDIRECT SIMILARITIES

1.Chichi (Japanese town)Chichi (Igbo name)

2. Ofunato (Japanese town)
Ofu na ato (Igbo phrase meaning ‘One and three’).

3. Osaka (Japanese city)
Osaka (Igbo name)

4. Mandokoro (Fujiwara family administrative centre)
Okoro (Igbo name)

5. Ugo (Japanese town)
Ugo (Igbo name)

6. Iheya (Japanese town)
Ihe ya (Igbo phrase meaning somebody’s property)

Our theory is that there was some ancient cultural exchange between these two enterprising peoples. Igbodefender.com has made more progress in this study, but due to ongoing research, we cannot say much at this time.This is Resourceful Equianoism.

Signed: Prince Charles Oforkaja, Authur of Report

Bibliography:Encyclopedia Americana

© Igbodefender.com, 2012

Modphase:
As always fooling the more foolish one among the multitude of your pathetic kinsmen that will believe this as something sensible.

Note that there are a million Igbo word similar to the country you’d never want Igbo to be related to so for God sake stop this foolishness chikena.

First of all, you are not good at giving advice. You lase your advice with so much insults that it becomes a pathetic, counterproductive and ironic exercise.

Secondly, what's your own? Since you have already described Igbos as pathetic, why are you now giving us 'kind' advice?

It would have been better if you had come up with facts to disprove the truths up there. But no, you come up with insults.

Why didn't you just waka pass, since you have nothing scholarly to use to disprove? What are you afraid of?

Abeg waka pass, and we don't need your insulting and patronizing 'advise'. But you.can come back with facts for or against. Bye.

Hi. We share many similar words but we are in no way connected to the Japanese.Bye.

Foolish Igbo expect everyone to waka passs when they peddle lies n deceit so they can reference such lies as facts later in the future. I am a duty to expose the ones I can before u can even propagate the tot talkless of concocting the lies.

igbodefender:


First of all, you are not good at giving advice. You lase your advice with so much insults that it becomes a pathetic, counterproductive and ironic exercise.

Secondly, what's your own? Since you have already described Igbos as pathetic, why are you now giving us 'kind' advice?

It would have been better if you had come up with facts to disprove the truths up there. But no, you come up with insults.

Why didn't you just waka pass, since you have nothing scholarly to use to disprove? What are you afraid of?

Abeg waka pass, and we don't need your insulting and patronizing 'advise'. But you.can come back with facts for or against. Bye.

Not Isreal this time. Are you boycotting your Jewish origin again?

I just dey ask

Afonjas will invade and start posting Yoruba similarities as if Igbos are competiting with them. Open your own thread but you know nobody wants to look at yoruba threads, not even yorubas. Anything Igbo, they jump in. SMH

8. Obama (Japanese town)
Obama ( Igbo town in Rivers State, near Kalabari)

'Obama' is actually an Ijaw town located in Okrika, Rivers state. For the umpteenth time Okrikans are Ijaws and not 'Igbo near Kalabari'. Let's respect each others ethnic affiliations and concentrate in what unites us.


NB: 'Obama' is actually 'Oba-ama' AND Ijaw have no ancestral relationship with the Japanese or any Asian group

zurich1010:
Afonjas will invade and start posting Yoruba similarities as if Igbos are competiting with them. Open your own thread but you know nobody wants to look at yoruba threads, not even yorubas. Anything Igbo, they jump in. SMH

You are shameless. Yoruba are not stupid, we are who we are, we do not do any comparison, rather, you compare yourselves to us one others out of inferiority complex.

Modphase:
Foolish Igbo expect everyone to waka passs when they peddle lies n deceit so they can reference such lies as facts later in the future. I am a duty to expose the ones I can before u can even propagate the tot talkless of concocting the lies.

Lol. You wanna be bitter. Suit yourself. Bye.

Thank God you are not as foolish as the others they’d claim they are not Igbos n all that

igbodefender:


Lol. You wanna be bitter. Suit yourself. Bye.

Not just Igbo. Including Edo. My brain was almost messed up when I visited Japan and saw the similarities