Hiroshi?

[Vespar]

Is that a canon name for the WoL in Japan?

Question:

Why is Hiroshi a Reaper in Evercold this time? Reaper is my current main job, so I'm delighted!

Answer:

There are two reasons. Hiroshi has grown from a young man into a mature, seasoned fellow, but we have very few jobs left that suit him, which is something we struggle with every time. It is easy when a new job fits, but Pictomancer would be a little difficult. He looks cool as a Reaper, doesn't he? Also, Halmarut teased him, saying, "You could devour everything as well, just like that man," (direct translation of the Japanese dialogue) while looking up at the moon. I imagine that may have stirred something within him. Various fates will befall everyone again in Evercold's story, so please look forward to it. That is all I can say.

Quote from the official translation of the Fan Festival Q&A session with Yoshi-P.
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/blog/003910.html

[VeyaAkemi]

It's a placeholder name, just something that they use to refer to the poster boy WoL internally so they call him something at all, it has the same degree of canonicity as calling him "Meteor Survivor" in the English speaking world.

[Vespar]

It's a placeholder name, just something that they use to refer to the poster boy WoL internally so they call him something at all, it has the same degree of canonicity as calling him "Meteor Survivor" in the English speaking world.

Good to know. I have never heard him referred to as Hiroshi before. Only ever Meteor or WoL.

[PeekayTom]

Yeah, in Japanese he's either referred to as Hiroshi or Hikasen.

[Selsix]

Um excuse me but his name is "Derplander".

[Canadane]

I dunno why people ever started calling him Meteor in English, it was derplander for the longest time.
Then all of a sudden people just decided he gets a name.

[PeekayTom]

I dunno why people ever started calling him Meteor in English, it was derplander for the longest time.
Then all of a sudden people just decided he gets a name.

Meteor's a name that comes from all the way back in base 2.0. Not sure what you mean by "all of a sudden".

[Enkidoh]

They started calling him 'Meteor' roughly around when ARR was released as far as I know (the recap footage of 1.0 included with the ARR Collector's Edition labelled his name as such).

And I think the community calling him 'Derplander' started to fall out of favour around the time ShB was first revealed when he started looking less dorky in the trailers and became more rugged, gruff and badass (I remember some started calling him 'Darklander' accordingly, but it never really caught on).

Really, call him whatever you wish, as he is meant to represent you, or rather your character.

[lunartears]

Yeah, in Japanese he's either referred to as Hiroshi or Hikasen.

Wanted to add onto this: Hikasen is a shorterned version of "Hikari no senshi", which translates to "Warrior of Light" in Japanese. it's also what the JP players sometimes refer to themselves as (much like we do).

[Ilisidi]

They started calling him 'Meteor' roughly around when ARR was released as far as I know (the recap footage of 1.0 included with the ARR Collector's Edition labelled his name as such).

And I think the community calling him 'Derplander' started to fall out of favour around the time ShB was first revealed when he started looking less dorky in the trailers and became more rugged, gruff and badass (I remember some started calling him 'Darklander' accordingly, but it never really caught on).

Really, call him whatever you wish, as he is meant to represent you, or rather your character.

They labeled him Meteor Survivor since that feet's the game's naming scheme and in the recap footage he is the stand in for the player character and those 1.0 player characters are labelled as Meteor Survivors, it's a title/description, not a name.

You can see the long list of Meteor Survivors (at least those that were eligible and filled in the form at the time) in the ARR credits.