Kyoka

Kyōka Izumi was a 19th-century surrealist author. He was a man, but a female character in the anime series Bungo Stray Dogs was named after him in full.

Kyōka, meaning "wild" or "mad poetry," is a type of parodic Japanese poetry.

Pronounced kee-OH-kuh.

As of October 2026, Kyoka ranked #19172 in US births in 2008 SSA, peaked at #16222 in 2006.