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View Poll Results: How did you feel about Kotone's Official English Name?
I feel happy! 15 44%
I felt OK. 9 26%
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I didn't know that Lyra's Japanese name is Kotone! 1 3%
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Old December 28th, 2009 (8:23 AM).
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Kotone is the female player from Heart Gold and Soul Silver. My favorite part about Kotone is her hat. It looks cute on her. I think Kotone's English name should be Kristen.
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The name should be something japanese-y but still kinda english...
like Mayori or something
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Old December 28th, 2009 (8:46 AM).
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I think it will be whatever the anime dub calls her
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I would like Kristin, but Kotone just seems to suit her right now. :/
Mayori sounds too much like May though.
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I thought her english name was Soul, then I could be wrong..
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Old December 28th, 2009 (9:12 AM).
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I think they should keep her Japanese name. :/
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Old December 28th, 2009 (9:35 AM).
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I thought her english name was Soul, then I could be wrong..
that was a fan name for her untill kotone was confirmed
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that was a fan name for her untill kotone was confirmed
Oh I see well I bet it will be Kirsty...
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Im sure it will be Kotone. In the anime her name was Kotone so in the game it should be like that too :P
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Im sure it will be Kotone. In the anime her name was Kotone so in the game it should be like that too :P
It was her name in the Anime too, because only the Japanese version of that episode was released. The American dub has not yet been released.

I also like Kristen, but, I guess Nintendo will call her whatever Kotone is related to in America, I guess. :\
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Either its just Kotone or Soul.Kotone fits her better,so I think its Kotone.
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Kotone wouldn't be bad. Perhaps Maria, even though it was meant as a joke. It suits her design, somewhat.
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I really doubt it will be Kotone. They don't keep the Japanese names unless it fits, like Erika, and Kotone isn't a common name in the US. I think it might be Melody or Harmony, keeping with the music theme in the Japanese names.
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Old December 28th, 2009 (7:29 PM).
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I still call her Soul... ;w; However, I think Kristen would be a good name. It's sort of like Kotone (like it starts with a K and there's an N near the end lolol) and it's somewhat like Crystal... even though the games aren't Crystal but the old girl was from Crystal SO :I
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A direct translation to the closest name would say that her English name could be Melody, which is a nice name.
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I've read that Kotone's name means "sound of the harp." So it could be either Melody (like others have said) or something like Harper.
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Its Soul. Since your rival is silver and the original female was crystal they named her soul. just liek how the new girl was named leaf in fr/lg. but she is also referred to as blue (since she is called this in the manga and since no character has the name blue anymore since the guy who was blue is now green) so wait until the manga comes out or something that might have a good name for her.....or just go with Soul. The names for the characters for the first two generation were based off of the game names in America. and fr/lg still followed that rule so that might apply here too.....
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They usually give the girls names that could be used as a pun in an episode title. (We've seen this with Misty, May and Dawn.)

"The Misty Mermaid."
"May, We Harley Drew'd Ya." 3 names used as pun.
"Dawn of a New Era."

I've read that Kotone's name means "sound of the harp." So it could be either Melody (like others have said) or something like Harper.
...No, that would imply they are catering to the anime. The May one isn't even a pun using her name. But please don't act like those anime episodes were pre-meditated and were the basis of their names, because they weren't.
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...No, that would imply they are catering to the anime. The May one isn't even a pun using her name. But please don't act like those anime episodes were pre-meditated and were the basis of their names, because they weren't.
Okay... (The episode "Come What May?" is a pun, though.)

I'm not acting like the episodes were "pre-meditated." It's just in the past, the main girl's names were a play on words in the American version of the games, and in the anime. It could just be a coincidence that all their names are like that. It might be the same way with Kotone, but then again, she's not a main character in the anime. She's a reoccuring character. I just wanted to acknowledge the pattern in the American names.
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Some people have said Melody, but wasn't there a Melody in the second movie? Seems unlikely they'd reuse it; even if she's a minor character.

I hope it isn't Soul, that's an awful name for anyone. I definitely think something musical though, like Harmony or Bell.
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I'm thinking Melody or something. They're probably going to keep the music/sound theme, just like they kept the light theme with the Sinnoh characters.

You know, I'll bet they're going to give Gold a new name, too. They gave him a "real name" in Japanese, so... I'll bet they'll do it in English, too.
They can do whatever they want; I'm still gonna name him Gold.
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I think it will be Mary.The male character will be Jesse.From the Whats it called..idk chronicles
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I think it will be Mary.The male character will be Jesse.From the Whats it called..idk chronicles
I thought his name was Jimmy....

Gary, Barry, then Mary...O.o hm...idk.

I think Kotone's English name might be Harper... I read somewhere that Kotone means "sound of the harp."

KOTONE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 琴音 (Japanese)
From Japanese 琴 (koto) "harp, lute" and 音 (ne) "sound".
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For those curious about Hibiki...
HIBIKI
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Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 響 (Japanese)
Means "echo, sound" in Japanese.
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Well, as far as version based names, probably Soul. But that's obvious.

Melody would be good, I suppose. Harper sounds odd to me personally.

And what is this about theme naming? I don't see it.
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Its Soul. Since your rival is silver and the original female was crystal they named her soul. just liek how the new girl was named leaf in fr/lg. but she is also referred to as blue (since she is called this in the manga and since no character has the name blue anymore since the guy who was blue is now green) so wait until the manga comes out or something that might have a good name for her.....or just go with Soul. The names for the characters for the first two generation were based off of the game names in America. and fr/lg still followed that rule so that might apply here too.....
"Leaf" is a fan name for her. Technically she has no dub name since she never appeared in the anime (I know anime =/= games but they often have the same names) and it's debatable whether she's meant to be the same as Blue from Pokespecial or not. So don't go off of fan names as basis for what will be her dub name.

And I don't know if they'll give Hibiki his name from Chronicles. They didn't do so with Kris, whose name is Marina in Chronicles, and some people think Chronicles is non-canon anyways :x
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