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Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Japanese)

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1 Romanization

1.1 Notes
1.2 Examples

2 Name Order

3 Names for Emperors

Romanization

Use the Hepburn system in principle. This system has several variants. Be careful of the details.

Basic
ア a	イ i	ウ u	エ e	オ o
カ ka	キ ki	ク ku	ケ ke	コ ko
サ sa	シ shi	ス su	セ se	ソ so
タ ta	チ chi	ツ tsu	テ te	ト to
ナ na	ニ ni	ヌ nu	ネ ne	ノ no
ハ ha	ヒ hi	フ fu	ヘ he	ホ ho
マ ma	ミ mi	ム mu	メ me	モ mo
ヤ ya		ユ yu		ヨ yo
ラ ra	リ ri	ル ru	レ re	ロ ro
ワ wa	ヰ i		ヱ e	ヲ o
ン n/m
ガ ga	ギ gi	グ gu	ゲ ge	ゴ go
ザ za	ジ ji	ズ zu	ゼ ze	ゾ zo
ダ da	ヂ ji	ヅ zu	デ de	ド do
バ ba	ビ bi	ブ bu	ベ be	ボ bo
パ pa	ピ pi	プ pu	ペ pe	ポ po

キャ kya	キュ kyu	キョ kyo
ギャ gya	ギュ gyu	ギョ gyo
シャ sha	シュ shu	ショ sho
ジャ ja	ジュ ju	ジョ jo
チャ cha	チュ chu	チョ cho
ヂャ ja	ヂュ ju	ヂョ jo
ニャ nya	ニュ nyu	ニョ nyo
ヒャ hya	ヒュ hyu	ヒョ hyo
ビャ bya	ビュ byu	ビョ byo
ピャ pya	ピュ pyu	ピョ pyo
ミャ mya	ミュ myu	ミョ myo
リャ rya	リュ ryu	リョ ryo

Extension
			イェ ye
	ウィ wi		ウェ we	ウォ wo
ヴァ va	ヴィ vi	ヴ vu	ヴェ ve	ヴォ vo
			シェ she
			ジェ je
			チェ che
		ティ ti	トゥ tu
		ディ di	ドゥ du
ツァ tsa	ツィ tsi		ツェ tse	ツォ tso
ファ fa	フィ fi		フェ fe	フォ fo
		フュ fyu

Notes

ハ and ヘ as particles are spelled <wa> and <e> respectively.
ン followed by <b>, <m> or <p> is spelled <m>, the rest <n>.
ン followed by vowels or <y> is spelled <n'>.
ッ doubles the following consonant except for <sh>, <ch> and <ts>. They are spelled <ssh>, <tch> and <tts> respectively.

Examples

ろくじょう Rokujo (not Rokujyo)
たかふみ Takafumi (not Takahumi)
しんぶん Shimbun (not shinbun nor shinbun')

To do: How to treat long vowels?

Name Order

family name + given name (traditional order) or given name + family name (Western order)?

Names should stick to their traditional order, i.e. family Name + given Name. Add a redirect page to link the Western spelling to the traditional order name.

Names for Emperors

This is not settled convention but a tentative suggestion for those who need to mention the name of Japanese emperor right now. Your usage might be changed after the convention is settled. But it is not your responsibility to keep text you wrote consistent with new convention. Never hesitate to contribute an article containing the name of Japanese emperor.

Hirohito (not emperor of showa, emperor hirohi and so and)
Akihito (not emperor of showa, emperor hirohi and so and)
Meiji emperor (not Meiji Emperor, Emperor Meiji)
Taisho emperor
The rest of emperors are: Emperor {capitalized name} like Emperor Godaigo.

--Why not "Meiji Emperor"? It looks good to have both words capitalized? --Uncle Ed

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