wagyl wrote:It could be codeword for "I am being forced to read out this prepared statement verbatim" which doesn't really need to be said. The reports on Kenji Goto Jogo and Haruna Yakwa ostensibly originate with Daesh.
Japanese language net speculation is that it is a baptismal name, but anyone with knowledge of Christian culture will consider that unlikely.
I was wondering if it had something to do with his conversion to Christianity, but I agree that doesn't seem likely. Maybe it's a nickname he went by in the Middle East.