We all know Wanikani’s beloved recurring characters like Kouichi for こう. What characters are you using in your own pronunciation notes? Like, I use Ryō from City Hunter for りょう, Kyō from Fruits Basket for きょう, Kon from Bleach for こん, and Kai Ryssdal from NPR’s Marketplace for かい.
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Not recurring, but I used Ryuko to remember the meaning of 流行: “remember when it was trendy to watch Kill la Kill”
I might start using Kon and Kyo, cause condor and Kyoto aren’t very memorable 
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Nice one. I also have some one-offs, like Isamu (Child Emperor) from One Punch Man for 勇む.
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Mrs Chou who lives in town is obviously the Landlady from Kung fu Hustle (played by Yuen Qiu).
For reasons that are difficult to explain Edmund Barton - Wikipedia also does kung-fu in my head (憲法 - 拳法 obviously)
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I use Professor Layton to remember anything that includes the 且 radical. 
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I use homer simpson a lot for “dou” or similar “doh” sounding words.
Like for yakedo (burn) I imagine homer cooking yakitori on a bbq and someone asks what he’s cooking and he’s like “oh its yake----doh” and burns himself on the bbq.
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