Talk:Fire Nation/@comment-201.42.192.253-20120813145301/@comment-67.243.144.238-20120819092512

I think it's pretty much settled that the FN is predominantly based on China, period. But it's wrong to deny that it doesn't have dashes of other cultures like Japan here and there. This is sorta like beating a dead horse at this point. The names of the characters of the show from different ethnicities doesn't prove much. Naming conventions seem to be mostly Chinese with the occasional Japanese name and a few other cultures in both the FN and EK.

For example:

FN names that sound Chinese - Zhao, Piandao, Li & Lo, Ty Lee, Shaozu, Ming, Qin, Liang, Chan, Ding, Shu, Xu, & etc.

EK names that sound Chinese - Long Feng, Zei, Kuei, Meng, Pao, Pong, Sung, Xin Fu, Yu, Chong, Lin Yee, & etc.

FN names that sound Japanese - Morishita, Mako, Hide, Kori, Shinu, Shoji, Roku, Sato, & etc.

EK names that sound Japanese - Haru, Suki, Kyoshi, Kenji, Koko, Moku, Oyaji, Kaya, & etc.

EK names that are ambiguous - Bumi, Tyroh, Sud, Teo, Sensu, Koko, Onku, & etc.

FN names that are ambiguous - Iroh, Illah, Azula, Ozai, Zuko, Kuzon, Yon Rha, & etc