japanese names

[NA3LKER]

(dunno if there is a thread for this yet)

anyone else such a nerd that they know some japanese names of pokemon? and are there ones that you prefer over the english names?

i prefer the japanese for scyther (strike)
i also like the japanese fo r suicune (suikun), mew (myuu) and mewtwo (myuutsu).but these ones are pronounced very similar to the english names

 

[mzmingle]

i think the gardevoir is weird.
seriously. Gardevoir wears a Dress.
Its name 'gardevoir' in japanese is sirknight.
srsly! a knight with a dress
awesome! (sarcasm)
its still quite.....cool.. in a weird way...

 

[Aquacorde]

I know a few. But the ones that I most definitely prefer over the English names are Pokabu, Tsutarja, and Mijumaru.

 

[Timbjerr]

Aside from the half of GenV pokemon whose name I bothered to memorize (simply as a placeholder until official English names are released, of course) and pokemon whose names are roughly the same in both languages (like Pikachuu and Myuutsuu), I can name off the top of my head (in rough national dex order):
Fushijibata
Lizardon
Zenigame
Spear
Pipi
Purin
Nyarth
Kodakku
Gardie
Windie
Utsobot
Yadon
Betbeton
Ghost
Matadogas
Lucky
Barrierd
Strike
Koiking
Metamon
Kobigon
Kairyu

....

After looking at how many GenI pokemon I was able to list, I should just stop here so as to keep from looking like a total nerd. XD

 

[PlatinumDude]

I know a fair few Japanese names, particularly the Sinnoh starters (Naetle, Hikozaru and Pochama for Turtwig, Chimchar and Piplup respectively).

 

[CptSwaggerPants]

I love the Japanese name for Typhlosion; Bakphoon (:

 

[aprilmandy]

Well, some are literal translations that look different, like Suicune (Suikun = Su-ee-koon), like what Timbjerr said.
But I like Feraligatr's, which is Odairu, Ampharos's means "electric dragon" or Denryu, Jumpluff's is funny: Watakko, which once made one of my friends hungry. :3

 

[inomoo221]

Well... my username is Piloswine's japanese name so.... ahem, yeah..... also Yomawaru (Duskull).

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

I totally prefer Japanese names for 5th generation and I know some of 4th generation Pokemon 'cause I've been watching new episodes of Pokemon in Japanese since half of DP.

 

[Futachimaru]

Futachimaru will ALWAYS be better han the English name <3.

 

[Emperte]

I rather the Japanese names most of the time even though I know more English names. I find them to sound either cool or lulzsome. I mean, look at Magby and Magmar, Buby and Boober. When I first heard them in DP I lol'd so hard

 

[bwburke94]

I know a lot of them (mainly from Gen I and Gen V) mainly through the anime. BTW, is "Odairu" really the right way to write it in English?

 

[Spinor]

I know Pikachu in Japanese.... Pikachu...

that's about it.

 

[Hyperion09]

BTW, is "Odairu" really the right way to write it in English?

"Ordile" is the trademarked romanization IIRC

This happens every generation; everyone claims the Japanese names to be superior, but eventually you get used to the English translation.

That said, I can remember pretty much every JP name for the G4 Pokémon because that was the first time I actually paid attention to new info as it was coming in (oh, the inforush was fun...).

 

[deneric]

I only know some (sorta, it's iffy) of the 5th gen because I have a japanese copy of it