Noriko Hoshino -
Really? one year later? Out of simple curiosity how do you know? Cause well I'm curious. Thanks this is helpful. oh do know what would be a good idea if maybe you posted some japanese names because it is apain in the butt(at least for me) to figure out a japanese name and is it male or female. thanx
I thought I had explained clearly, I guess I failed :-P Sorry about that. It's at least one school year later by the simple fact of the other girls calling her "Hitomi-senpai" since "-senpai" is only used by younger students to elder students and that can only be if Hitomi is no longer a freshman since she was a freshman when she first met Van.
All right, here are some Japanese names.
Female:
Aiko
Akane
Amane
Asako
Aya
Ayame
Ayane
Ayasa
Ayumi
Chiyo (A name that's not popular anymore, often times old ladies around 70 may have that name.)
Eiko
Fumiko
Haru
Hikari
Hikaru (Can also be a male's name.)
Kaori
Kaoru
Kasumi
Keiko
Kiyoko
Kimiko (Note: Names using "-ko" at the end were popular about 30-50 years ago so expect to see a lot of that from middle aged women, but those names, like "Asako" are still used today.)
Kotomi
Mai
Makoto
Mariko
Masako
Mayumi
Megumi (Can possibly be a male's name as well)
Michiko
Miharu
Miho
Miki
Misae
Motoko
Nobuko
Noriko
Nozomi
Sachiko
Sayaka (Note: Most Japanese names have a kanji to go with them, Sayaka does not as it was made up since it sounds nice and a popular name around 10-20 years ago. I have a friend who is 18 years old and that is her name. Although it doesn't have a kanji for it, it is possible to have one since you can make it up.)
Tokio
Toshiko
Yuko
Yoko
Male Names:
Akira (very rarely is it also a female's name)
Aoshi
Goro (Romaji spelling would be "Gorou" but commonly spelled with the "u" dropped since it's implied. A common name.)
Hiroshi
Jun
Junichi
Kazuo
Keiichi
Kenshin (Names starting with "Ken" can just be simply "Ken" as a nick name.)
Ken
Kenji
Kohei
Koushi (Can be nick named "Koukun")
Masahachi
Masahiro (Male names starting with "Masa-" can be given the nick name "Mabo".)
Naoya
Sanosuke
Seiji
Shigeru
Shingo
Shinji
Shinosuke
Soushi (Can be nick named "Soukun")
Taku (Male names starting with "Ta-" can be given the nick name "Takkun")
Takumi
Takuya
Tatsuya
Tarou (A common name in Japan as John is in America, usually the eldest son would hold that name)
Tsuyoshi
Yoshi
Yuhei
Yukio
Yuta
Yutaro
Yusuke
Zen ("forward")
Surnames:
Amasawa
Harada
Himura
Honda ("book field"? Somewhat common)
Hoshino ("Of the Stars"?)
Ito
Inagaki
Iwamoto
Kitajima ("North island")
Kimura
Katori
Kinoshita ("under tree")
Kusanagi
Kajikawa ("mulberry river" most common reading of that name)
Maeda ("Front/forward field")
Mizuno
Morinaga
Morisato
Nakaii
Ninoyou
Nishi
Saitou
Sakuragi ("Cherry tree")
Satou (Very common surname and usually spelled "Sato", but in Romaji there is a "u".)
Sugimura
Suzuki
Tateno
Tsukishima ("Moon island")
Uchida
Watanabe
Yamada (meaning "Mountain field")
Yamaguchi ("Mountain mouth")
Yamamoto ("Mountain origin"?)