were added, for a total of 120 characters. 佑 允 冴 喬 怜 旭 杏 梓 梢 梨 沙 渚 瑠 瞳 紗 紘 絢 翠 耶 芙 茜 藍 那 阿 隼 鮎 葵 One was later transferred to the jōyō kanji: . October 1, 1981 Introduction of the jōyō kanji list, which includes the 14* characters mentioned above; those 14* (including 梨⁠* are thus removed from the jinmeiyō kanji list. 54 other characters are added for a total of 166 name characters. 伍 伶 侑 尭 孟 峻 嵩 嶺 巴 彬 惇 惟 慧 斐 旦 昂 李 栗 楓 槙 汐 洵 洸 渥 瑛 瑶 璃 甫 皓 眸 矩 碧 笹 緋 翔 脩 苑 茉 莉 萌 萩 蓉 蕗 虹 諒 赳 迪 遥 遼 霞 頌 駿 鳩 鷹 March 1, 1990 118 kanji were added for a total of 284 characters. 伎 伽 侃 倖 倭 偲 冶 凌 凜 凪 捺 於 旺 昴 晏 晟 晨 暉 曙 朔 凱 勁 叡 叶 唄 啄 奎 媛 嬉 宥 崚 嵐 嵯 巽 彗 彪 恕 憧 拳 捷 杜 柊 柚 柾 栞 梧 椋 椎 椰 椿 楊 榛 槻 樺 檀 毬 汀 汰 洲 湧 滉 漱 澪 熙 燎 燦 燿 爽 玖 琳 瑚 瑳 皐 眉 瞭 碩 秦 稀 稜 竣 笙 紬 絃 綜 綸 綺 耀 胡 舜 芹 茄 茅 莞 菖 菫 蒔 蒼 蓮 蕉 衿 袈 裟 詢 誼 諄 邑 醇 采 雛 鞠 颯 魁 鳳 鴻 鵬 麟 黎 黛 December 3, 1997 1 kanji was added, for a total of 285 characters. 琉 February 23, 2004 1 kanji was added, for a total of 286 characters. 曽 June 7, 2004 1 kanji was added, for a total of 287 characters. 獅 June 11, 2004 No addition to the jinmeiyō kanji was made on this date. However, a plan for 578 additions was put forward to the council on jinmeiyō kanji of the legislative council of the Ministry of Justice. The list included certain characters in strong demand by parents for use in their children's names, such as: (ichigo, "strawberry") (haruka, "distant", traditional variant) (akira, "scintillating") (kiba, "fang") Many others were included not for their potential uses in names (as is noted), but rather because of their frequent use and being