He was named after Tamahome because Miaka thought it would be cute and also because of his various nick-names: Tama-baby, Tama-homeboy, Tama-kun, Tama-chan, Tama-kins Tama is reincarnated among with Mitsukake and the rest of the Suzaku 7 (exception: Chichiri and Tasuki) in the third OVA.