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The name can be written many different ways, and has different meanings depending on which kanji is used for "aki" (as well as the hiragana and katakana). Some variations of Akiko include: 亜妃子 ("Asia, queen, child")
Kei Homma (本間 圭, born 1985), Japanese football manager and coach; Kei Honda (本田 奎, born 1997), Japanese shogi player; Kei Horie (堀江 慶, born 1978), Japanese actor and film director; Kei Hosogai (細貝 圭, born 1984), Japanese actor and musician; Kei Hosoya (細谷 圭, born 1988), Japanese baseball player
In some names, Japanese characters phonetically "spell" a name and have no intended meaning behind them. Many Japanese personal names use puns. [16] Although usually written in kanji, Japanese names have distinct differences from Chinese names through the selection of characters in a name and the pronunciation of them. A Japanese person can ...
[12] [13] [14] Such words which use certain kanji to name a certain Japanese word solely for the purpose of representing the word's meaning regardless of the given kanji's on'yomi or kun'yomi, a.k.a. jukujikun, is not uncommon in Japanese. Other original names in Chinese texts include Yamatai country (邪馬台国), where a Queen Himiko lived.
Akira Arimura (有村 章, 1923–2007), Japanese endocrinologist, biochemist, physiologist, and professor; Akira Asada (浅田 彰, born 1957), Japanese art critic and curator; Akira Asahara (浅原 晃), Japanese Magic: The Gathering player; Akira Back (born 1974), Korean-American chef; Akira Chen (born 1969), Taiwanese actor and film director
Katakana are often (but not always) used for transcription of Japanese company names. For example, Suzuki is written スズキ , and Toyota is written トヨタ . As these are common family names, Suzuki being the second most common in Japan, [ 7 ] using katakana helps distinguish company names from surnames in writing.
Jiro Ogawa (小川 次郎, born 1939), Japanese ice hockey player Jiro Okabe ( 岡部 次郎 , 1864–1925) , Japanese politician Jiro Ono (chef) (born 1925), chef and owner of Sukiyabashi Jiro, a three-Michelin-starred restaurant
Kenji Tsukagoshi (賢爾, 1900–1943), Japanese aviator and explorer; Kenji Tsumura (健志, born 1986), professional Magic: The Gathering player; Kenji Tsuruta (謙二, born 1961), Japanese manga artist and illustrator; Kenji Ueda (born 1965), Japanese musician better known as Kenzi; Kenji Utsumi (賢二, 1937–2013), Japanese actor