User blog comment:Kaido King of the Beasts/Chapter 799: A Situation of Much Gravity/@comment-2226235-20150903062910/@comment-5690257-20150904193415

I do think that's actually intentional. Sakazuki is actual the literal way to write Sake Cups in japanese, so I'd say it totally is intentional. Sure, Sakazuki might have been the title of the guy he was inspired from, but he might have chosen that apperance because of that