The names are Japanese (I don't know if they're actual Japanese words, but they're certainly composed of Japanese characters). Japanese words/sounds follow a c

The names are Japanese (I don't know if they're actual Japanese words, but they're certainly composed of Japanese characters). Japanese words/sounds follow a consonant->vowel pattern: FU KI ME (fhoo-key-meh) and HE RO KU (heh-roh-koo)