Maybe they're related? ...Perhaps they don't know it yet. <w<
Jeeze. Taking about cosplays and conventions is getting me excited for this convention I'm going to in January.
It'll be so happy to be there again! >w< /flails

I read the English adaption and he's called Lao, or spelled that way actually. I haven't really heard Lao speak in the anime, since I don't watch it, so I don't know exactly how they pronounce.