> です: particle (pronounced desu) (hiragana) (While we're being pedantic) です isn't a particle, it's the imperfective (present/future) polite form of the copula

> です: particle (pronounced desu) (hiragana) (While we're being pedantic) です isn't a particle, it's the imperfective (present/future) polite form of the copular verb (to be, in English). The only particle in that sentence is は. And as a further side note, some words or names normally written in kanji or hiragana are ocassionally written in katakana for emphasis or to emphasize a foreign nature.