Talk:Cipher/@comment-28610437-20181214152913

I have a theory here. Could Cipher actually be (somewhat) based on an actual Japanese Ace during World War II? Here's what I got from a Wikipedia page:

Lieutenant Junior Grade Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (西澤 広義 Nishizawa Hiroyoshi, January 27, 1920 – October 26, 1944) was an ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during World War II.

It is possible that Nishizawa was the most successful Japanese fighter ace of the war; he personally claimed to have had 102 aerial victories at the time of his death. Some uncertainty is due to the Japanese habit of recording victories for pilots' units, rather than the individual, after 1941, as well as the often wildly exaggerated claims of aerial kills that were frequently accepted.[citation needed] Some sources credit Nishizawa with over 120 to 150 victories.

Now, that alone doesn't mean anything. But consider this; Lieutenant Nishizawa used a Mitsubishi Zero A6M3 Model 22 (and since Zero means Cipher, maybe that's where Cipher's callsign comes from).

Also, Lieutenant Nishizawa's callsign / nickname just happens to be 'Demon of Rabaul. 'XD