Talk:Junta Nakao/@comment-5534769-20140726211548/@comment-397235-20140728233100

See, that's too obvious. Junta's given name means "thickness" so I'd chose something like William or Johnathan; something which has connotations of strength (since I assume that's what thickness is a literal representation of). Nakao means basically "middle of the mountain" so maybe "Root" which is similar?

Aya Ayano translates as Colored Designed Field so I'd make it something like "Ruby/Violet Field."

Yumi's given name means "Beauty" so I'd make her surname Belle, which means the same thing. Yumi Ogura becomes Amy Belle.

Yukari's name roughly translates as Cherry Tree Affinity (which I assume sounds far more poetic in Japanese). I'd make her name Sherry Link, which is roughly equivalent.

Izumi means Spring and Akazawa means either Powerful or Complete. So Isabel River Castillo, which would literally mean "Beautiful Castle River" (she's Hispanic, if you couldn't tell).

Kouichi means "Pious" so I'd give his first name as Abel, an early martyr and often invoked in prayers for the dying. Kirk is an Irish surname meaning church, which is similar to Sakakibara, which has to do with spirituality. So Abel Kirk.

Reiko's name has to do with beauty and gifts from Above, so Lily (plant/tree related) and Godiva (gift from God).

I've already picked Thomas for Tomohiko due to the "Doubting Thomas" connotations. Kazami means "Harmony" so I picked "Martin" the patron saint of Justice and Harmony. Thomas Martin sounds like an English philosopher...

Naoya means "straight arrow" so I'd pick something like Archer or Fletcher for his surname, and use Nolan as his given name, since Googling Teshigawara brought me back here. Great.

Yuuya's name means "Full Moon of One Hundred Nights" or some such. Jericho is his surname, which means "City of the moon" (and sounds really cool) and Arthur because...it's associated with a different kind of knight? Some of these are kind of a pain...Alternatively, I could make Jericho his given name (and shorten it to Jerry) and given him Chevelle as his surname, which is French for Chevelier, or Knight.

Takako's given name I guess is literally "Good Child" (which is rather ironic; not sure how accurate a translation this is because I can't find a version of this name using the Kanji 佳 like hers does; did I mention I hate Kanji?). The best I could do was "Noble Child" which is probably closer. Sugiura means "Cedar Field" (which leads me to question what exactly her parents were thinking? "Noble Child of the Cedar Field?" What wants to be called that? No wonder she's so pissy). Alexandria has connotations of protection (through Alexander; it's also severe enough to suit her), which is culturally what cedar trees mean, and Noble because...well...I'm not enjoying this anymore.

What do you think?