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_[Ayaka Ohashi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayaka_%C5%8Chashi)_ is a
Japanese voice actress ( _seiyu_ ). She has nicknames such as " _Hasshī_ " and
" _Hego-chin_ ".

The word " _Hasshī_ " is thought to be derived from her family name " _O
**hashi**_ " . However, there is no character anywhere in her name that could
be the source of the sound " _Hego-chin_ ".

These days, she's known as " _Hego_ ". " _Hego_ " is probably a shortened
version of " _Hego-chin_ ".

> Why does Ayaka Ohashi have the nickname "Hegochin"?


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Why does Ayaka Ohashi have the nickname "Hego-chin"?


Her Japanese Wiki page tells us the origin of that nickname:

> **愛称**
>
> 愛称の一つである「へごちん」は、2013年にweb番組『五十嵐裕美のチャンネルはオープンソースでっ！』にゲスト出演した際、「頭へ ゴチン」を「頭を
> ヘゴチン」と読み間違えたことが由来。さらに省略されて「へご」とも呼ばれるようになった。

My translation and my explanation in the parentheses:

> Nickname
>
> One of her nicknames "Hego-chin" came from an incident that took place in
> 2013 when Ohashi made a guest appearance in [Igarashi
> Hiromi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiromi_Igarashi) (another Japanese
> voice actress)'s web series _Igarashi Hiromi's Channel is Open Source!_ In
> the show Ohashi misspoke and mistakenly said " _hegochin_ the head" (which
> is nonsensical) where she should've said "gochin to the head". She has also
> been called "Hego", a shorter version of "Hego-chin".

「ゴチン」(gochin) is an onomatopoeic word that describes the sound of a large
object hitting someone's head. 「頭へゴチン」means to use something to hit the head
in the fashion of "gochin". Here 「へ」is a particle indicating direction. The
kana is usually pronounced "he" in words, but as a particle it should be
pronounced "e". So the correct reading of that phrase was "atama e gochin",
but Ohashi thought 「へゴチン」 was all together a word, so she pronounced it as
"hegochin". Another tricky thing that led to her mistake was the hiragana 「へ」
and its katakana 「ヘ」 look alike.


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