Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24288618-20160914121349/@comment-3487190-20160916043116

Umh... I just say, when a character name is pretty common, that could be accepted by most audience. If that name is unique in its spelling, it's rememberable. Either one has its effect so we cannot judge which one is better.

My opinion is that the creators of characters should have their reasons to name their own characters like this. If they want thier characters to have a unique or a common name, we just have to follow their ideas in that way. To me it's kinda weird to argue that certain characters should have unique or a common name if that might be against the creator's idea.

As for Risa/Lisa, this name could be a neutral random Japanese name (like Nono) and not necessay from English origins. Some JP girls have names like Misa or Aisa.