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とかいう

called ... or something

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called ... or something Can introduce a name or description when the speaker is vague or does not know much about the person or thing. In other contexts, とか言う can mean “say things like.”
JA: 田中さんとかいう人から電話がありました。
EN: I got a call from someone called Tanaka.

“ヤマアラシ”とかいう男はー罰を受けたとか・・・

A man called “Porcupine” got punished, or something...

— ストーカー (1979)

私はスミスさんとかいう人に出会った。

I met someone named Smith, or something like that.