178 Hirokazu Tanaka breaks a “ridiculous” world record

It’s hard for anyone to remember the names of everyone they meet at parties, but that wasn’t the case Saturday in Tokyo, where the 178 invitees, all named Hirokazu Tanaka, came together to break the previously held record of 164 women named Marta Stewart.

From 3-year-old Hirokazu Tanaka to an octogenarian with the same name from Hanoi, all participants in the party wore a T-shirt bearing their common name, and sat in a crowded theater for five minutes, according to Guinness rules, before an official in the organization officially announced the registration The new record.

“I never expected that we would break such a ridiculous record,” said 53-year-old Hirokazu Tanaka, who organized the rally after years of efforts and failures.

To identify the 178 people who share the name HirokazuTanaka, they were each given a pseudonym inspired by their hobbies, profession, or favorite dish.

The world record for “largest gathering of people of the same name and fame” was previously set by 164 women named Martha Stewart who met on a television show in New York in 2005.

The idea of achieving such a record came to his mind in 1994, when he heard on the news the name of baseball player Hirokazu Tanaka, and he was “overjoyed” that they shared the same name.

An attempt to break this political record failed twice, notably in 2017, when only 87 owners of this name met.