



There are also numerous kanji that can be used in a name, that will change its meaning.





I've included the English (romaji) spelling, hiragana, and kanji (in that order).





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Translating Japanese into English can result in numerous spellings of the same name. None are necessarily more correct than the others as there are different systems of 'romaji'.