Talk:Amagi/@comment-24.52.209.81-20150219132734/@comment-16545476-20150220162333

Before Amagi, most IJN CV/CVLs have names that goes with creatures that can fly and have symbols of good luck. (For example: Hiryuu means "Flying Dragon", Shoukaku means "Soaring Crane", Hiyou means "Flying Eagle" and Taihou means "Great Pheonix".) The problem with this particular naming sheme is that there are only a number of flying creatures out there that symbols good luck and you'll quickly run out of naming ideas. So in the end the rest of the Unryuu class CVs just changed the whole naming philosophy and went with mountains instead.

Kaga and Akagi wasn't intended to be build as CVs, so they never had names that go with the ordinary IJN naming system. On the other hand, Chitose and Chiyoda was originally planned to recieve new names when they're converted into CVLs, but both their crew voted to keep the original name so it stayed till the end. Taigai on the other hand had her name changed into Ryuuhou (which meant "Dragon Pheonix") to reflect her status as a CVL. (Also, Hiyou and Junyou had their names switched after they're converted. Originally they're called Izumo Maru and Kashiwara Maru.)