My game character names
Dragon Quest 1 GBC
Hiro. Simple name pun, worked with the 4 letter limit.
Dragon Quest 2 GBC
Yuki. For lack of anything better, took the name Hiroyuki and cut off the part I'd already used.
Dragon Quest 3 GBC
Saki. Continuing with the theme, I decided to use as much as possible of Iron Chef French Hiroyuki Sakai's last name.
Dragon Quest 4 NES
Gordon. With an unrelated game story came an unrelated name. Gordon means "round hill", but why I thought it appropriate for the hero's name, search me.
Dragon Quest 5 SNES
Elliot. As the names for DQ 1-3 connected, so I decided to do the same between 4 and 5, so Gordon Elliott was the inspiration.
Dragon Quest 6 SNES
Shumway. Well, Gordon Elliott didn't leave much room for growth, and I couldn't find his middle name, so I took Gordon in another direction. That's Gordon Shumway of Melmac, also known as Alf.