Under Japan's policy of enforced japanification as a means of controlling the aborigines, he had to change his name to "Nakamura Teruo," and then had it changed again by officials after Taiwan's return to Chinese rule--when "mountain brethren '' began applying for household registration--to" Li Kuang-hui. "
他在日本人大力推展皇民化理蕃政策時，被改成日本名「中村輝夫」，光復後「山胞」申請戶籍，「中村輝夫」又被戶籍人員改為「李光輝」。