Your Name in Japanese
Your own name — in katakana, or one-of-a-kind kanji.
Type your name into Name Search and you get a faithful katakana spelling of how it sounds in Japanese — plus a one-of-a-kind ateji version that maps that sound onto kanji. Not a stock Japanese name like Taro or Hanako: this is your own name, made into a one-of-a-kind piece for yourself or someone you love. (The examples below show English names written in katakana.)
Search your name
Katakana
We spell the sound of your name in Japanese katakana — faithful to how it’s read and legible to anyone. Type your name into Name Search and this katakana is what you’ll find.
Ateji — your name in kanji
We then map that same sound onto meaningful kanji — a one-of-a-kind spelling where sound and meaning meet. Here’s which sound became which character, and what each one means.
- 恵（エ）blessing, grace
- 麻（マ）flax (a classic name kanji)
- 美（ミ）beauty
- 亜（ア）Asia
- 瑠（ル）lapis lazuli
- 奈（ナ）a name character
- 麗（レ）elegant, lovely
- 奈（ナ）a name character
On a T-shirt
* Several ateji candidates are offered; the above are examples. Try your own name from Name Search.
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Vertical & English-off, too
On the design page you can toggle the English line on or off and switch between horizontal and vertical writing. The shirt above is vertical, kanji-only; the gallery above shows the horizontal + English version.
Colours, fonts & effects, too
Mix and match the shirt colour, 26 Japanese fonts, and a text effect — outline, gold, camo, shadow and more. Here are a few favourites.
Black · Mincho · Gold
Navy · Gothic · Outline
Stone · Brush · Camo
White · Pixel · Rainbow