favourite jap. name

[Uriel]

Whats your fave Japanese name? It can be a few or just take one each, male/female.

Male: My fave Japanese name is Sadamitsu because it sounds so corny. Otherwise, I like samurai names like Toshio and Samanosuke.

Female: I like the name Sakura.

[Sammy Boy]

'Ryu' (Street Fighter), 'Iori' (King of Fighters), and Kakaroto (Dragon Ball - not sure if the 'to' should be 'tou' though) are probably my favourite male Japanese names.

I don't have any favourite female Japanese names.

[Mave]

I'm not very imaginative with this one but I generally like 'Takashi' (male).

[Rev. Doc]

I would say Kyoko is my favorite. I wanted to name our puppy Kyoko but my wife vetoed that idea.

[yukinon]

Ryo, Ryu, etc. and so on can be cool for guys. I also have a fondness for names that end in 'suke' or 'hiko'.

For girls, I'm fond of Sakuya. It was the name of some random character in Tenchi, when it was still on CN.

[Steeltemplar]

Male Name: Akira, Kyo, Kunio, Yoshito

Female Name: Sakura, Miyabi, Kyoko, Midori, Naoko, Kaida, Mitsune, Kozue, Fujiko

[Syaoran]

For me it would be Syaoran......um also Kira Yamato is one of my favs.....Oh don't for get about Riku777 my brother.

[Shadowchild]

i like the female name Ame it means rain in kanji.

and i also like the male name keyo but i dont know what it means

[mai]

Male: Tomo-kun!!! it just sounds so cute ^-^
Female: Myobi

[Syaoran]

You got to love those cute names. ^_^ but want do I know I am male.......

[Uriel]

I like Hiro too. Sounds like Hero. But I used to call all my RPG heroes Jake, and the heroines were always Anna.

[yukinon]

I forgot about Kyo! That's a great name too.

[Godly Paladin]

Male: Ryu
Female: Kaiko

[mitsuki lover]

I'll be Mr.Obvious here and begin the female names with Mitsuki also:
Yuki,Kagome,Katsumi,Akane,Ami,Yumi,Yayoi,Ayane,Miu,Nami and Keiko.
Yeah I know there all(except for Keiko)from anime but they're the only
Japanese names I know(oh,and Ami and Yumi are from Puffy Amiyumi
forgot about that).Keiko is not only from Yu Yu Hakusho but also for
Cheif O'Brien's Japanese wife on DS9.

Male names:Ichiro(you had to know that one was coming! ),Kiyo,
Hiro.

[HikariChan]

male: shuichi azusa...and some others. Idk lol

Female: Aoi, Yoko, Misaki, and Sakuya

[Kenshin17]

i seem to like names begining with "k"

My faves are:

Male: Kenshin(My favortie of all) Kouta, Kira, Kenji, Keichii...

Female: Kaoru (My favorite of all), Yayoi, Kaname, Shima....

[Debitt]

As is made obvious by my user name, I'm terribly partial to the name Daisuke. I also like...

Boys: Kazumi, Kantarou (hee hee. ), Hidaka, Hayato, Shuichi, Kenji
Girls: Haruko, Michiko, Natsumi, Midori

And a joke my friend and I used to have...the coolest Japanese name ever is: Asakana Takanaka. (say that one out loud. =D)

[teen4truth]

ummmm, I dont know that many japnanese names but here goes...Im gonna embarace myself I just now it...

male: Kai, Yahiko, Sanoske, Kantarou, Kenji

female: Natsumi

teen4truth

[Alice]

That's not embarassing, teen.

I tend to like soft names, like Shuichi (Shu), and Shin. Kyo is also nice and easy.

[Locke]

Kenesu is my name in Japanese and it means Handsome XDD

[indyrocker]

Yuki and kimiko are my fave ones yuki meens snow but I dont remeber what kimiko meens and miho is another good one

[Uriah]

Don't have a favorite male name.

But Rei is the absolute best female Japanese name.

[The Grammarian]

I personally love the name Sakaki. It can be a surname, a male given name OR a female given name!

I also like the male names Kiyoshi, Jin, and Makoto; and the female names Motoko, Kaname, Kasumi and Ayane (and the similar Ayame)

[Ky Kiske]

Guys: Kyo
Girls: Sakura, Yuri

[Silvanis]

Yui. One of my good friends is named Yui! ^_^

[Petite Soeur]

I am a fan of the name "Ayame" which means "iris".

[teen4truth]

Kenesu is my name in Japanese and it means Handsome XDD

thats great!

thanx alice. most of those names i hadnt even heard of until I got on this thread... i looked through what u guys put to see if i liked any of them...

teen4truth

[yukinon]

I tend to like soft names, like Shuichi (Shu), and Shin. Kyo is also nice and easy.

"Shinta! That name is too soft for a samurai!"-Hiko. ^^

I forgot about Kiyoshi. Doesn't that mean generous? That was going to be the name of my female protagonist, but I could never figure out if it was a male or female name. And the manga never got off the ground anyway, so yeah.

I went through a phase where I translated all of my friend's names into Japanese. Some of them still use it as a sort of alias...there was Kohaku, Ririshii, Koishii...I can't remember the Japanese word for 'laurels'.

[Kireihana]

I have a friend named Hiroko and I think her name's really cute. ^^ I like Kaoru too.

There was also a girl at my school named Yukina; I think that's very pretty.

[SnoringFrog]

My favorite Japanese names are-

Male
Hattori Hanzo- real life ninja of Iga, Samurai Showdown(SNES), and Samurai Warriors(PS2).
Miyamoto Musashi- real life swordsman, author of The Book of Five Rings, inventor of the two sword fighting style.
Shiro Amakusa/Amakuza- led a Christian inspired uprising in Japan, Samurai Showdown(SNES).
Sasaki Kojiro Genryu- Miyamoto’s rival, wielded a very long sword called the “Drying Pole.â€