<p>I think is a mistranslation. 
According to this site: <a href="http://tyuumokuneta.net/post-1718-1718" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://tyuumokuneta.net/post-1718-1718</a> the original name in the manga is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiang_Yu" rel="nofollow noreferrer">項羽 / Xiang Yu</a>, an ancient chinese warlord. </p>

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Note that the Japanese pronunciation of the name 項羽 is こうう _kouu_. (I agree that this is a mistranslation; in English, the name should be rendered in romanized Chinese.)
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<p>I'm reading the manga "Reincarnation no Kaben": there, the main characters get some powers from their previous lives, and hence are named after famous people of history. </p>

<p>I managed to find all of them except who the main antagonist should be: he is named after "Kouu the tyrant king". Does someone knows who the historical character they are referring to is? (Or is it a made up character?)</p>

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Who is Kouu the tyrant king?
# Who is Kouu the tyrant king?
Posted by: username_0 on 2016-08-03
I'm reading the manga "Reincarnation no Kaben": there, the main characters get some powers from their previous lives, and hence are named after famous people of history.

I managed to find all of them except who the main antagonist should be: he is named after "Kouu the tyrant king". Does someone knows who the historical character they are referring to is? (Or is it a made up character?)
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### Answer by username_1 on 2016-08-03. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
I think is a mistranslation.
According to this site: <http://tyuumokuneta.net/post-1718-1718> the original name in the manga is [項羽 / Xiang Yu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiang_Yu), an ancient chinese warlord.
> **Comments:**
> **username_2** (2016-08-03): Note that the Japanese pronunciation of the name 項羽 is こうう _kouu_. (I agree that this is a mistranslation; in English, the name should be rendered in romanized Chinese.)  
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