# Hanako, the Lucky Japanese Carp

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanako-the-lucky-japanese-carp/460892>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 22, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanako-the-lucky-japanese-carp/460892 "2008-08-22T03:00:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanako-the-lucky-japanese-carp/460892/1 "2008-08-22T03:00:14Z")

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Read all about her [here](http://www.koiadventures.co.za/Home.aspx?Page=UsrGeneric.ascx&Rec=270). This is the transcript of a radio program broadcast throughout all of Japan in 1966. This lady _really, really likes carp_. So must the entire country if they did not pull the plug on her broadcast early into it. I believe Hanako is the name of a certain ghost in Japanese culture.

Sadly, Hanako the carp died in 1977 at age 226. ☹

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**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanako-the-lucky-japanese-carp/460892/2 "2008-08-22T06:36:40Z")

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“Hanako” (Flower + Child) is a classic, although dated girls’ name which is often used in examples, similar to how “Jane Doe” is used in English.

There is also a popular magazine aimed at urban working women featuring chic restaurants, hotels, etc.