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Tanaka Hirokazu, 53, was very
with the world record. His two
attempts failed because the
wanted everyone to have the same Chinese
in their name. Saturday's
was more
. Anyone with the name Hirokazu Tanaka could join,
of the Chinese characters. Mr Tanaka told
: "I never expected we would achieve such a
record." He said the 178 Tanakas had "set an example of
".