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When watching taiga dramas, I have noticed that people often talk about
themselves in the third person. Also, they say kono before their name.

Example, "kono Musashi will fight them".

I'm a beginner in Japanese. It's that normal? Would I use my name like that if
I was speaking to someone in Japan? Also, why use kono before the name?

Thank for any input!
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grammar usage nuances
What does it mean when someone refers to themselves as この + name?
In Japanese, it's perfectly fine to use この/そんな/あの/etc to modify 私/武蔵/etc., but
it has a certain nuance.

  * こんな私: a person like me (lit. "such I")
  * この俺: a person like me / even I / me here / no one else but me
  * この武蔵: I, Musashi / This person Musashi

See [this question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/16220/5010) for other
possible translations.

In your example, saying この武蔵 probably implies this person is special in some
way or another. For example, he may be the head of the group who rarely fights
with people.
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