I lurked here before joining for a while and never gave a username a second thought. Then when I decided to join, I couldn't think of a good name. Eventually "Soichiro" popped into my head (after Soichiro Honda, the man that started it all). I was surprised that it was not taken.
Now though, I kind of feel weird about my username. Going into a Honda forum with the name Soichiro is like going into a church and calling yourself "god." But I still can't think of a good username, and it also gets confusing when people get to know you as one name, and then you change it. So that's that. 
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Well.. when I started seeing your user name "Soichi" (that's the informal name that Japanese folks give to guys named that)..I thought it sounded fairly cool.
Kinda guessed though..that you were coining that from Soichiro Honda's name. It's a fairly common first name for Japanese actually..BTW. It's about as common as "John" or "Tom" would be in English.
You'll note my user name "Ichiban 4"..has that "Ichi" ordinal in it. That is simply the Japanese word for one..often used as in "first"..hence the meaning of So-ICHIRO. [As I explained in my original post here..I use the Ichiban name..because that's the name of my business..but also..kind of like you..it's an honorific to the Japanese founders of Honda motorcycles].
BTW: just for general reference..the Japanese think that the name "Ben" is hilarious..as it's short for "Obenjo"..which means toilet..or literally "crapper"..in Japanese. I always try to think of an alternate name for anyone named "Ben"..when I'm talking to Japanese. Guess it's similar to someone who's name sounds scatologically related in English.
Didn't mean to hijack this thread..just got going here. It's an old thread anyway..so guess there's no harm in going on a little..
Anyway..I suggest keeping the "Soichiro" user name..it's cool..I think.
Cheers..
Ichi
