Do the Japanese have middle names?
Names run together at Japan, e.g. my name is Kobayashi, Ko mean young or small, Bayashi mean forest, surname is first at Japan and China, most Chinese surnames have one symbol, but most Japanese surnames have two symbols, Japanese given names usually have two or three symbols, e.g. some girls have name Miko, Mi mean beautiful, Ko mean child, is also name Kumiko, Ku mean long time, always, eternity, thus KuMiKo mean EternallyBeautifulChild, different origins of names of any nation, Kobayashi is Japanese version of Chinese ShaoLin is name of Buddhist temple where Bodidharma begin martial arts.