MacrossFan53578

This 1/55th VT-1 auction completed on 1/5/2025, ending at a impressive winning amount,

https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b1167402786

Does anyone have any background information on the misspelling (?) of the cockpit sticker PILOT H. ICHIJOE  (rather than ICHOJOU or ICHIJYO) on the original 1982 Takatoku VF-1J?

Was IchiJOE a misspelling of the elongated O?

This same Romanization was repeated on the 2001 Bandai Re-release toy's cockpit sticker (H. ICHIJOE) but curiously not on the box cover art (H. ICHIJO).