Romanized discovery directory

Japanese Names A–Z

Browse published Japanese given-name records by the first character of their reviewed romaji. Only letter groups with enough complete records are released as indexable pages.

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Recently Viewed Reviewed Names

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    Published threshold

    A letter must currently contain at least ten reviewed names. The current release includes all seven collections that meet that threshold.

    Exact name records

    Every listed item links to an exact kanji-and-reading record with pronunciation, evidence boundaries, relationships, and field-level sources.

    Romanization boundary

    Latin initials are an English browsing aid, not Japanese alphabetical order. Kana and complete pronunciation remain authoritative on each record.

    7 published first-letter collections

    Counts are recalculated from the current publication-gated name dataset. Open a collection to compare every qualifying record.

    A

    Names Starting With A

    15 reviewed names

    H

    Names Starting With H

    17 reviewed names

    K

    Names Starting With K

    15 reviewed names

    M

    Names Starting With M

    13 reviewed names

    R

    Names Starting With R

    15 reviewed names

    S

    Names Starting With S

    21 reviewed names

    Y

    Names Starting With Y

    16 reviewed names

    Current dataset coverage

    Muted letters have reviewed records but no indexable letter page in this batch. They remain discoverable in the complete first-name directory.

    A15
    C3
    D2
    E3
    F3
    G1
    H17
    I7
    J1
    K15
    M13
    N6
    O2
    R15
    S21
    T5
    U3
    W1
    Y16
    Z1

    How to use first-letter lists

    Start with a Latin initial when you need quick English-language discovery, then compare the complete hiragana readings. Names that share an initial may begin with different Japanese mora and should not be treated as sound-alikes.

    Follow every candidate to its full record before interpreting kanji. Individual character glosses are not automatic whole-name translations, and one reading may have several separately evidenced written forms.