Editing Godzilla (section)

===Naming===
Although the process of creating Godzilla's [[Godzilla (1954 film)|first film]] is comprehensively recorded, exactly how its name came to be remains unclear.{{Sfn|Ragone|2007|p=35}} The most widely accepted report of its origin is that producer [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]] named the monster after [[Toho]] employee Shirō Amikura, who was nicknamed {{nihongo|"''Gujira''"|グジラ}} then {{nihongo|"''Gojira''"|ゴジラ}}, a [[portmanteau]] of the Japanese words {{nihongo3|"gorilla"|ゴリラ|gorira}} and {{nihongo3|"whale"|{{ruby-ja|鯨|クジラ}}|kujira}}, because of his sturdy build and his fondness for [[whale meat]].{{Sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=23}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Gojira Media |url=http://www.godzillaondvd.com/mediapageloads/still05.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711103915/http://www.godzillaondvd.com/mediapageloads/still05.html |archive-date=July 11, 2011 |access-date=November 19, 2010 |work=Godzila Gojimm |publisher=Toho Co., Ltd.}}</ref><ref>[[:ja:山口理|Satoshi Yamaguchi]], April 2013, ゴジラ誕生物語, p.20, [[:ja:新興出版社啓林館|Bunken Shuppan]]</ref> The account has been acknowledged by Toho themselves,{{Sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=23}} director [[Ishirō Honda]],{{Sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=23}}{{Sfn|Ryfle|Godziszewski|2017|p=88}} producer Tanaka,<ref name="Mori" />{{Sfn|Ryfle|Godziszewski|2017|p=88}} special effects director [[Eiji Tsuburaya]],{{Sfn|Ryfle|Godziszewski|2017|p=88}} producer {{Ill|Ichirō Satō (producer)|lt=Ichirō Satō|ja|佐藤一郎_(映画プロデューサー)}},<ref name="Satō"/> and production head {{Ill|Iwao Mori|lt=Iwao Mori|ja|森岩雄}},<ref name="Mori" /> with Satō and Mori recalling that the employee was Amikura.<ref name="Satō">{{Cite magazine |date=November 1984 |title=文藝春秋: Volume 62 |trans-title=''Bungei Shunjū'': Volume 62 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C0s4AAAAMAAJ |magazine=[[Bungei Shunjū (magazine)|Bungei Shunjū]] |language=ja |volume=62 |page=83<!--with Sato's recollection--> |access-date=May 14, 2023 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref name="Mori">{{Cite magazine |date=1993 |title=キネマ旬報: Issues 1109-1112 |trans-title=''Kinema Junpo'': Issues 1109-1112 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=41YaAQAAIAAJ |magazine=[[Kinema Junpo]] |language=ja |issue=1109–1112 |page=119<!--Mori and Tanaka's suggestions on its origin--> |access-date=May 14, 2023 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> However, Honda's widow Kimi dismissed the story in a 1998 [[BBC]] documentary on Godzilla, believing that Honda, Tanaka, and Tsuburaya gave "considerable thought" to the name of the monster, stating, "the backstage boys at Toho loved to joke around with tall stories, but I don't believe that one".{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=23}} Honda's longtime assistant director {{Ill|Kōji Kajita|lt=Kōji Kajita|ja|梶田興治}} added: "Those of us who were closest to them don't even know how and why they came up with ''Gojira''."{{Sfn|Ryfle|Godziszewski|2017|p=89}}

Toho later translated the monster's Japanese name as "Godzilla" for overseas distribution.{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=22}}{{sfn|Ryfle|Godziszewski|2017|p=89}} The first recorded foreign usage of "Godzilla" was printed in the ''[[Hawaii Tribune-Herald]]'' on November 20, 1955.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 20, 1955 |title=CHRONICLE |page=5 |work=[[Hawaii Tribune-Herald]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/556515405/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=May 14, 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

During the development of the American version of ''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]'' (1955), Godzilla's name was changed to "Gigantis" by producer Paul Schreibman, who wanted to create a character distinct from Godzilla.{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=74}}