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Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames (姓, sei), [1] as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced and romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written the same in kanji may also be pronounced differently. [ 2 ]
In some names, Japanese characters phonetically "spell" a name and have no intended meaning behind them. Many Japanese personal names use puns. [16] Although usually written in kanji, Japanese names have distinct differences from Chinese names through the selection of characters in a name and the pronunciation of them. A Japanese person can ...
Pages in category "Japanese masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,417 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Some notable Japanese-American men may inspire you with names like filmmaker Hiro Murai, who produced the hit series "The Bear," historian Yuji Ichioka, "Heroes" actor Masayori “Masi” Oka, and ...
Japanese-language surnames of Chinese origin (1 P) Pages in category "Japanese-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,985 total.
Japanese unisex given names (166 P) Pages in category "Japanese given names" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
List of prefectures. The following list contains the etymology of each current prefecture. The default alphabetic order in this sortable table can be altered to mirror the traditional Japanese regions and ISO parsing. Prefecture. Kanji. origin and meaning of name. Aichi. 愛知県. Aichi-ken (愛知県) means "love knowledge".
Keiko Fukuda (福田 敬子, 1913-2013), a Japanese-born American martial artist. Keiko Fuji (藤 圭子, 1951-2013), a Japanese enka singer, actress, and mother of Hikaru Utada. Keiko Fujimori (藤森 恵子), a Peruvian congresswoman and former first lady. Keiko Fukuda, judoka. Keiko Han (潘 恵子), a Japanese voice actress and western ...