However, he chose to call himself Shinzaemon SORORI Nise using the Japanese kanji "二世" (meaning "the second") for 'nise' as a play on the word '偽' (also pronounced 'nise' but meaning "fake").
ただし「偽」に洒落て「ニセ」と読ませるため、あえて二世曽呂利新左衛門と名乗った。