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outInTheC0ld
22 set 2016

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What do Japanese people think about foreigners who use Kanji for their names?

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steve27
22 set 2016

  • Paese o regione Canada

I'm a foreigner and I know foreigners should never use kanji or hiragana for their name. only and always katakana

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daifons
23 set 2016

  • Paese o regione Australia

@steve27 I totally agree. That's why we got Katakana! Even those Japanese passport holders with non-North-Asian heritage having their family names written in Kanji feels a bit out of place to me :(

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steve27
23 set 2016

  • Paese o regione Canada

i would personally feel like im disrespecting Japanese culture just by thinking of putting my name in kanji (not that it would go anyways) buy you get my point

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SimSai
23 set 2016

  • Paese o regione Giappone

Japanese name is composed by Kanji. these pronunciations are showed by hiragana or alphabets (roma ji). and, we usually express foreign words (pronounciation) as katakana. It is custom in Japanese.

If you are not Japanese by naturalization for example, we feel few strange what you write your name by kanji.

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tobibanana
23 set 2016

  • Paese o regione Svezia

If your doing it for fun, it's alright. My Japanese friends assigned kanji to fit my name. I would never use this in any serious context, but as a fun thing.

My understanding is that Japanese don't feel that is disrespecting their culture etc. but rather they enjoy to try to find kanji that suits the person and and matches the pronunciation of the name.

On official documents, and school stuff etc. you should use katakana or the Latin alphabet.

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