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Subject: Re: ATTN JMS - Kitaro
Date: 24 May 2001 12:06:50 -0700
From: jmsatb5@aol.com (Jms at B5)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated

>Did you happen to name the character Kitaro Sasaki after the Japanese
>musician?

It was one of many influences; Kitaro as a name has a long legacy in many
places, though the musician Kitaro (and yes I do have some of his albums) is
currently the best known.  Sasaki came from a Zen master of that name.

 jms

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