Tekashi 6ix9ine says his name was inspired by Japanese anime characters, not a Brooklyn tattoo artist who sued him for defamation in 2021.

Japanese ink master Takashi Matsuba claimed he discovered from two documentaries the Brooklyn rapper, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, took the stage name from Matsuba and that the association with the tattoo-faced rhymer has hurt his reputation.

But the rainbow-haired music artist claimed in an affidavit filed Wednesday in the case the name “has nothing to do with the plaintiff, Takashi Matsuba.”

The affidavit also says the rapper has recently dropped Tekashi altogether and now just goes by 6ix9ine.

Matsuba said the two documentaries — Hulu’s “69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez” and Showtime’s “Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine” — mention him as the inspiration for the rapper’s name and falsely implied Matsuba did heroin for inspiration.

But 6ix9ine says he had nothing to do with either documentary and didn’t even “recognize the voice in the documentary as mine” in which he supposedly talked about how his name came from Matsuba, the affidavit says.

“And for the record, that statement is not true,” said the affidavit by 6ix9ine.

6ix9ine’s lawyers say Matsuba’s claims show “hubris” in that he “seeks to commandeer and restrict the use of his common Japanese first name,” court papers from Wednesday say. 

Lawyers for Matsuba and 6ix9ine declined to comment.

The 26-year-old musician has served prison time in a gang-related case and was convicted of posting child porn.

6ix9ine made headlines again last month after his girlfriend Rachel Wattley was arrested for allegedly punching him in the face at a Miami nightclub.