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Well... the title says it all!

Most of the Otsutsuki clan members, if not all to appear in Boruto have
"shiki" at the end of their names. Examples would be Momo **shiki** Otsutsuki,
Kin **shiki** Otsutsuki, Ura **shiki** Otsutsuki (filler), and Is **shiki**
Otsutsuki. There are indeed some Otsutsuki without shiki in their names, such
as Ashura, Indra, Kaguya, Hagoromo, Hamura, and more. However it raised my
eyebrow when almost all Otsutsuki in Boruto had "shiki" in the end of their
name, so I wondered if it has any significance.

So, is there _any_ significance to the "shiki" most Otsutsuki have in their
names? If so, what is it?


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Is there any significance to the "shiki" most Otsutsuki have in their names?


The characters mentioned are all based on Japanese folklore. The original
names of the folklore characters are Momotaro, Kintaro, Urashima Taro, and
Issun Kotaro. -Taro is just a common way to end boy's names, similar to -maru.
In Naruto, the characters were named by taking the first two syllables and add
-shiki to the end. The exact significance of -shiki in Naruto is still
unknown, if there is any ([There are several meanings of -shiki in Japanese
depending on context](https://www.quora.com/In-Japanese-what-is-the-meaning-
of-shiki), but I don't what is the context in Naruto). Some of the Otsutsuki
mythological references are pretty obscure, so it is hard to know.

Also, there is also a theory proposed by a redditor that the -shiki suffix us
given _only to the main members_ of the Otsutsuki clan.

Source:

  1. <https://www.reddit.com/r/Boruto/comments/ich72h/why_does_almost_every_otsusuki_has_shiki_in_their/>
  2. <https://www.reddit.com/r/Naruto/comments/e0an6d/theory_the_shiki_names_are_only_given_to_members/>


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