The MK team is always up to surprises. They're probably chuckling that we (the fans) are making a big deal out of this. I'm looking forward to one of the most bizaar sub-bosses we've ever seen!
Have you ever been able to perform a fatality on any previous boss in MK? No.
It should be common sense at this point, then, that the reason Boon said you can perform a fatality on the sub-boss is because it is a normal character (evil Liu Kang, or Baraka perhaps)
And I seriously doubt that whoever's name is Onaga actally has any relation to the meaning, ESPECIALLY because in past MK's it has never mattered.