Meaning and background
The story behind Hanzo
Hanzo has a documented gaming association through Hanzo Shimada in Blizzard’s Overwatch. The official character page identifies him as a skilled bowman and assassin and describes his departure from the Shimada clan after his conflict with his brother Genji. That gives the spelling a specific fictional warrior reference. The page does not establish which Japanese characters or historical naming elements explain every real person called Hanzo.
- Association
- Hanzo has a documented gaming association through Hanzo Shimada in Blizzard’s Overwatch. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Hanzo appears in 6 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
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