On the 18th, Hirai Rio, a former Fuji TV employee who is now a freelancer, appeared on TV Tokyo 's "Let's not hide it... That's it! A series of shocking facts revealed in a special survey on "How everyday life will change in 2025"," where she introduced the "most amazing sparkly names" that she knows.

The program featured issues that will change in 2025, next year. It mentioned the possibility that the revision of the Family Registration Act will mean that it will no longer be possible to use "kira kira names." According to experts, the revision of the Family Registration Act will make it a rule to add furigana to names, so the reading of the kanji must be common. The program explained that writing "sky" and reading it as "riku" (meand "land)" is the opposite of what it sounds like, so there is a high chance that it will not be allowed.

At this point, Hirai said, "I know the most amazing name ever," and added, "It's written as yellow bear..." and a voice in the studio said, "No way!" That's right, there was a person whose name was "yellow bear" and was pronounced "Pooh."

She continued, "The older brother is Poo, and my younger sister is Minnie, who writes her name as 321," which elicited surprised voices of "Huh?" from the studio.

An expert commented on the issue of reading "yellow bear" as "pooh," saying, "The yellow bear has the image of Winnie the Pooh, and is a well-known character. It's up to the government to decide, but we're not sure if they'll be able to get away with it."

According to the Ministry of Justice's website, the change will come into effect on May 26th of next year. Furigana of names will be added to the information recorded in family registers.