Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-4923977-20150411055914/@comment-10733658-20150411061422

Kaneki is a real surname, though uncommon. And we already know where Ishida got the name, they discuss it in Ch. 109. It's a literary reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Dazai

He was born in Kanagi, which is another reading of "金木". Considered one of the greatest novelists of the 20th Century, his masterpiece was called "No Longer Human" and is the #2 bestselling Japanese novel ever.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Longer_Human