<p>Her Japanese Wiki page tells us the origin of that nickname:</p>
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<p><strong>愛称</strong></p>
<p>愛称の一つである「へごちん」は、2013年にweb番組『五十嵐裕美のチャンネルはオープンソースでっ！』にゲスト出演した際、「頭へ ゴチン」を「頭を ヘゴチン」と読み間違えたことが由来。さらに省略されて「へご」とも呼ばれるようになった。</p>
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<p>My translation and my explanation in the parentheses:</p>
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<p>Nickname</p>
<p>One of her nicknames &quot;Hego-chin&quot; came from an incident that took place in 2013 when Ohashi made a guest appearance in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiromi_Igarashi" rel="noreferrer">Igarashi Hiromi</a> (another Japanese voice actress)'s web series <em>Igarashi Hiromi's Channel is Open Source!</em> In the show Ohashi misspoke and mistakenly said &quot;<em>hegochin</em> the head&quot; (which is nonsensical) where she should've said &quot;gochin to the head&quot;. She has also been called &quot;Hego&quot;, a shorter version of &quot;Hego-chin&quot;.</p>
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<p>「ゴチン」(gochin) is an onomatopoeic word that describes the sound of a large object hitting someone's head. 「頭へゴチン」means to use something to hit the head in the fashion of &quot;gochin&quot;. Here 「へ」is a particle indicating direction. The kana is usually pronounced &quot;he&quot; in words, but as a particle it should be pronounced &quot;e&quot;. So the correct reading of that phrase was &quot;atama e gochin&quot;, but Ohashi thought 「へゴチン」 was all together a word, so she pronounced it as &quot;hegochin&quot;. Another tricky thing that led to her mistake was the hiragana 「へ」 and its katakana 「ヘ」 look alike.</p>

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Thanks for the great explanation. It was very difficult to explain "Hegochin" to non-Japanese speakers, but your answer will be helpful.
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<p><em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayaka_%C5%8Chashi" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ayaka Ohashi</a></em> is a Japanese voice actress (<em>seiyu</em>). She has nicknames such as &quot;<em>Hasshī</em>&quot; and &quot;<em>Hego-chin</em>&quot;.</p>
<p>The word &quot;<em>Hasshī</em> &quot; is thought to be derived from her family name &quot;<em>O<strong>hashi</strong></em>&quot; .
However, there is no character anywhere in her name that could be the source of the sound &quot;<em>Hego-chin</em>&quot;.</p>
<p>These days, she's known as &quot;<em>Hego</em>&quot;. &quot;<em>Hego</em>&quot; is probably a shortened version of &quot;<em>Hego-chin</em>&quot;.</p>
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<p>Why does Ayaka Ohashi have the nickname &quot;Hegochin&quot;?</p>
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Why does Ayaka Ohashi have the nickname "Hego-chin"?
# Why does Ayaka Ohashi have the nickname "Hego-chin"?
Posted by: username_0 on 2020-10-29
*[Ayaka Ohashi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayaka_%C5%8Chashi)* is a Japanese voice actress (*seiyu*). She has nicknames such as "*Hasshī*" and "*Hego-chin*".

The word "*Hasshī* " is thought to be derived from her family name "*O**hashi***" .
However, there is no character anywhere in her name that could be the source of the sound "*Hego-chin*".

These days, she's known as "*Hego*". "*Hego*" is probably a shortened version of "*Hego-chin*".

> Why does Ayaka Ohashi have the nickname "Hegochin"?
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### Answer by username_1 on 2020-10-29. Score: 7 | Accepted answer
Her Japanese Wiki page tells us the origin of that nickname:

> **愛称**
>
> 愛称の一つである「へごちん」は、2013年にweb番組『五十嵐裕美のチャンネルはオープンソースでっ！』にゲスト出演した際、「頭へ ゴチン」を「頭を ヘゴチン」と読み間違えたことが由来。さらに省略されて「へご」とも呼ばれるようになった。

My translation and my explanation in the parentheses:

> Nickname
>
> One of her nicknames "Hego-chin" came from an incident that took place in 2013 when Ohashi made a guest appearance in [Igarashi Hiromi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiromi_Igarashi) (another Japanese voice actress)'s web series *Igarashi Hiromi's Channel is Open Source!* In the show Ohashi misspoke and mistakenly said "*hegochin* the head" (which is nonsensical) where she should've said "gochin to the head". She has also been called "Hego", a shorter version of "Hego-chin".

「ゴチン」(gochin) is an onomatopoeic word that describes the sound of a large object hitting someone's head. 「頭へゴチン」means to use something to hit the head in the fashion of "gochin". Here 「へ」is a particle indicating direction. The kana is usually pronounced "he" in words, but as a particle it should be pronounced "e". So the correct reading of that phrase was "atama e gochin", but Ohashi thought 「へゴチン」 was all together a word, so she pronounced it as "hegochin". Another tricky thing that led to her mistake was the hiragana 「へ」 and its katakana 「ヘ」 look alike.
> **Comments:**
> **username_0** (2020-10-29): Thanks for the great explanation. It was very difficult to explain "Hegochin" to non-Japanese speakers, but your answer will be helpful.  
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