Names

[pendragon99]

Im sorry if this has already been started but it is confusing me. I havn't read all the way through the manga series yet (i havn't been able to buy them) and i don't know the japenese names. Can people list them please?

[resurie]

Oh, phew, I thought you were going to ask about the name puns...THAT thread already exists. But this kind doesn't...I think...o_0, anyhoo~ the names:

(last name goes first!, and I'll put the dub names on those changed, oh, and I'll only mention those who have already been in the dub)

Asakura Yoh
Kyouyama Anna (You can spell her last name without the "u" as well)
Oyamada Manta (Morty)
Asakura Hao (Zeke >_O)
Faust VIII (I remember seeing his last name somewhere...dang...>_< )
Tao Ren (Len)
Horo Horo (it's apparently the same, but dub Horo asks to be called 'Tray Racer')
Bokuto no Ryu, or just Ryu, he does have a full name, I just can't remember it @_@ (Rio)
Tamamura Tamao (Tamera *?*; Tammy)
Lily5--> Sharona, Elly, Milly, Lily, Sally
Lyserg Diethel (it's pronounced differently in the dub)
Ashil (Bassil)
Opacho

(can't think of any more people...now for spirits)

Amidamaru
Bason
Kororo (Cory)
Tokagero
Conchi and Ponchi
Spirit of Fire (does he--err...'it' count?)
Morphine (Clohe * I spelled that wrong, I know! correct me on the name spelling!*)

(can't think of any more...)

The X-Laws names haven't been said in the dub yet, but their names are:

(Iron Maiden) Jeanne
Marco
Meene
Porf (XD)
Denbat
Venstar
Cebin

I think that's it...or at least all I remember...erm..enjoy? ^^;;

[ViciousKatanaGuy]

VIZ expresses the names in Western order (Given name, Family name) in the manga, except for Ren and Jun as they are Chinese.

[animeninjaNIPPON]

resurie said:

Faust VIII (I remember seeing his last name somewhere...dang...>_< )

I thought his first name was "Johann" and his last name was "Faust" (I saw it on another thread)... but maybe I'm wrong.

[ViciousKatanaGuy]

Anyways, this is how VIZ romanizes the names - I will put a circumflex rendering of the name after the VIZ name

Humans
*Yoh Asakura (Asakura Yô) - The German manga renders his given name "Yo"
*Manta Oyamada (Oyamada Manta)
*Anna Kyôyama (Kyôyama Anna) - Her name has also been rendered "Kyohyama" on Japanese toys
*"Wooden Sword" Ryu (Bokutô no Ryû), full name Ryunosuke Umemiya (Umemiya Ryûnosuke)
*Tao Ren
*Tao Jun
*Tamao Tamamura (Tamamura Tamao)
*Horohoro
*Silva
*Chrom
*Goldva
*Lip
*Rap
*Kalim
*Yohmei Asakura (Asakura Yômei)
*Keiko Asakura (Asakura Keiko)
*Mikihisa Asakura (Asakura Mikihisa)
*Mansumi Oyamada (Oyamada Mansumi, not in anime)
*Keiko Oyamada (Oyamada Keiko, not in anime)
*Mannoko Oyamada (Oyamada Mannoko, not in anime)

Spirits
*Amidamaru
*Togakero (Togakerô)
*Kororo
*Conchi
*Eliza
*Ponchi
*Bason
*Lee Bailong
*Silva's familiars

[Lovely]

It should be mentioned that "Yoh" and "Ren" are the official Japanese romanizations for those two names. Seriously, it's on the merchandise ^^; (for example, last years Japanese callendar).

[ViciousKatanaGuy]

Don't the Japanese toys use Western order?

[Lovely]

I don't recall where exactly I heard this (I know it was in school but...) but I remember that there are certain rules for writing Japanese names in English.

For SOME reason, when writing Japanese names in English you are supposed to write it in the Western order (even though the Japanese don't SAY it or write it that way when using Kana.) For Chinese you are supposed to write it the way they say it with the family name first and the given name second.

I'm not sure why this is though.

Anyhoo, long story short, if romanized CHANCES are that it would be written with the given name first and the family name last. However, on my Calander only thier given names are written out anyways sooo....

[ViciousKatanaGuy]

There is no rule over how to write Japanese in Roman characters.

The convention so far is to have modern-day people write their name (Given name, family name) while historical figures are mentioned in reverse order.

Japan is more westernized than China and Japan has more contact and trade links with the West than China.

Lovely said:

I don't recall where exactly I heard this (I know it was in school but...) but I remember that there are certain rules for writing Japanese names in English.

For SOME reason, when writing Japanese names in English you are supposed to write it in the Western order (even though the Japanese don't SAY it or write it that way when using Kana.) For Chinese you are supposed to write it the way they say it with the family name first and the given name second.

I'm not sure why this is though.

Anyhoo, long story short, if romanized CHANCES are that it would be written with the given name first and the family name last. However, on my Calander only thier given names are written out anyways sooo....

[yohavasterlover45]

you know

i'm from japan

it's pretty cool and they don't like western that much as you think they would

anyway i'm new around here so if anyone can, send me a private message

thanks

how do you check your private messages anyway

someone please be a good friend and tell me

whoever does, is a great person ;D ;D

don't worry i;'m nice
infact, very nice as my best friend would say

[NewBee]

yohavasterlover45 said:

you know

i'm from japan

it's pretty cool and they don't like western that much as you think they would

anyway i'm new around here so if anyone can, send me a private message

thanks

how do you check your private messages anyway

someone please be a good friend and tell me

whoever does, is a great person ;D ;D

don't worry i;'m nice
infact, very nice as my best friend would say

You know, I seriously doubt that you're from Japan...you just seem like a newbie trying to get attention. >.< And please don't get off topic like that. That's called spamming.

[StrawberryInuPie]

I REALLY hope this isn't off topic...as i was reading this thread it came to mind so i thought i'd ask it in here since it is called 'Names'. ^^; My friend told me that Horohoro's name isn't one name, his last name is Horo and so is his first. Can someone tell me if that's true or not?

[resurie]

Err...o_0 I don't really understand what your friend was trying to say...but...

Horo Horo is sort of like his alias...or something...his real name is (last name first) Usui Horokeu.

[StrawberryInuPie]

XD Once again, thank you so much Resurie-sama! *gives you a cookie and bows* ^^ That is such a cute name! *writes it down so she can remember it* I had no idea, thanks again. I wonder why he uses Horohoro though.

[Hana]

resurie said:

Err...o_0 I don't really understand what your friend was trying to say...but...

Horo Horo is sort of like his alias...or something...his real name is (last name first) Usui Horokeu.

o_0 wow, that's...good memory. I don't remember HoroHoro ever mentioning his real name in the anime though. Does he say it at some point in the manga, or was it just some SK trivia you picked up somewhere (like a Takei interview)?