![]() ![]() オー can be romanized as “ou”, “oo”, or “ō”) but I won’t be focusing much on romaji in the sections below. There are multiple ways to romanize things (ie.Romaji is the romanization of the Japanese alphabet, so that you can figure out how it’s pronounced/spelled in English/a Latin language.I’m vastly oversimplifying it for the sake of this brief primer.) Katakana is the “fragmentary” alphabet, typically used to write foreign words, sound effects/nonsense words, or emphasized stuff.Hiragana is the “simple” Japanese alphabet, typically used to write common or native words.Kana is a character in the Japanese alphabet (hiragana and katakana), typically one syllable, and the combination of kana is what makes up kanji basically.The different readings are what we will use to make up names and puns here.This is the reason Izuku’s name can be read as both “Izuku” and “Deku”, as mentioned in canon.and very occasionally, kira kira (“sparkly” readings for name kanji that are totally unique to a certain person or individual).nanori (readings exclusively used for names).onyomi (readings derived from the Chinese pronunciation).kunyomi (readings derived from the original native/indigenous Japanese language).The ways each kanji are read are called:.(There’s a lot of history behind why/when they adopted it and why there are so many readings that I won’t get into, but you can google it if you’re interested.).They can be entire words or partial words like nouns and verbs, and can be read multiple different ways. Kanji are Chinese characters, which Japan adopted a long time ago.Read on under the cut!įirst off, I need to define these things for those who might not know them: Then I’ll talk about the names in MHA itself, how to use online resources to create a name, and how to make it punny. That said, for people who don’t know where to start, let’s go over the basics of Japanese written language and Japanese names. Not that there can’t be non-Japanese characters or names, but if you want to create a character to fit in with the currently established world/school in Japan, you might want them to have a Japanese name too. MHA takes place in Japan, so of course the characters have Japanese names–most of which will be a pun of some sort. When you have an OC idea, maybe even a concept design or backstory drafted, but you don’t have a name for them, where do you start coming up with one? So when you want to be a part of this world, and put your characters into it, sometimes you want to match that too. ![]() Part of the charm of the world of MHA is that the characters are just as quirky as their powers, and they have names to match. ![]()
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