Mononyms are common as stage names in the entertainment industry, usually when the performer's legal name is not publicly known; e.g., Ayaka, Becky, Gackt, hide, Hyde, Mana, Kamijo, Miyavi, Tsunku, and Yui. Additionally, Japanese baseball star Ichiro Suzuki is widely known in both Japan and North America as "Ichiro". In Hong Kong, a few musicians are also known by mononyms, e.g., Janice,All Janice Vidal albums are credited mononymously as "Janice". Jin, and Justin Lo (who uses the Chinese mononym, ""). In Korea, singers such as BoA, Shoo, and Psy are known by their mononyms.
