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>Why authors are still messing this up almost 5 years later is bewildering I don't have an opinion on it but Westerners unfamiliar with Asian naming convention
by jasode 3y ago
>Why authors are still messing this up almost 5 years later is bewildering
I don't have an opinion on it but Westerners unfamiliar with Asian naming conventions can get conflicting signals.
Some famous Japanese names that are well-known to Western audiences are written "FirstName FamilyName" instead of "FamilyName FirstName":
baseball star: Shohei Ohtani not Ohtani Shohei
actor: Ken Watanabe not Watanabe Ken
Maybe those 2 constantly try to correct every journalist but I'm assuming they don't.
- BonoboIO 3y agoSomebody should ask them. Would be interesting to hear if that’s an issue or nobody cares.
- spondylosaurus 3y agoQuite a few Japanese game developers style their names as <GivenName FamilyName> on social media when they're writing in English. Some examples that come to mind, going off of their Twitter accounts: * Masahiro Ito * Hideki Kamiya * Keita Takahashi