Japan Personal Names

Online Tools

 * Behind the Name: Japanese Surnames
 * Behind the Name: Japanese Given Names
 * List of Japanese feminine given names in Wikipedia
 * List of Japanese masculine given names in Wikipedia
 * List of most common Japanese family names in Wikipedia

Surnames

 * Japanese names in modern times consist of a family name (surname), followed by a given name, in that order.
 * Japanese names are usually written in kanji, which are characters usually Chinese in origin but Japanese in pronunciation.
 * Some names use hiragana or even katakana, or a mixture of kanji and kana.