Besides, on April 15, 1568, during his exile with the ASAKURA clan, Yoshiaki had a coming-of-age ceremony and formally changed his name's Chinese character Aki from 秋 to 昭, because he thought the letter 秋 was ominous.
なお、朝倉家亡命中の永禄11年（1568年）4月15日、「秋」の字は不吉であるとし、正式に元服して義昭と改名した。