Artist alias request thread

Posted under General

ANON_TOKYO said in forum #452175:

Akayan is their actual name, written in Japanese too, unlike akayan365 which is just a username.

However, leaving the name simply as “Akayan” could make it too ambiguous, considering that many artists use that username. In addition, this user uses the username akayan365 on most of their social media accounts, so it is very likely that they prefer to be referred to by that name:
https://www.pixiv.net/stacc/akayan365
https://sketch.pixiv.net/@akayan365
https://x.com/akayan365

ANON_TOKYO said in forum #452180:

I don't see any other artists

I was referring to the future. The fact that no artist has been registered on Danbooru under that name does not mean that there are no artists using it elsewhere. I think it is only a matter of time before some user adds an artist under that name, especially since Danbooru’s userbase keeps growing every day.

Also, my point was more about identity. If this artist chose to add three digits after “akayan” in their username, it is likely because they wanted to be more identifiable. I may be wrong, but that is my impression, since, as I mentioned before, “akayan” is a very common name.