why does Kurt Suzuki have Suzuki on the back of his jersey and Ichiro Suzuki doesn’t?

at first when ichiro came here i thought it was because of advertising issues and then kurt came up to the majors and suzuki is on his jersey, so how come Kurt has Suzuki on his jersey and Ichiro doesn’t? they both have the same last name.

He first started using His First name during the 1994 season when he played for the Orix BlueWave in Nippon Professional Baseball. “Suzuki” is one of the most common last names in Japan, so as a publicity stunt, his manager introduced the idea of using his first name to help create a new image for what had been a rather weak team, as well as a way to distinguish their rising star. Believe it or not, Ichiro disliked the practice and was embarrassed by it; however by season’s end, “Ichiro” was a household name and he subsequently was flooded with endorsement offers.

In 2000, Ichiro made the jump to MLB and The Seattle Mariners requested to the Comissioner’s office, and was granted permission to allow Ichiro to continue the practice of using his first name on his jersey. On a side note, he’s the first player to do so since Vida Blue last played in 1986.

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