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Unlike English, Japanese has two alphabets: '''hiragana''' and '''katakana'''. Think of hiragana as spelling out how a word sounds. Katakana, on the other hand, is used for foreign or loan words (English words, for example) that don't exist in Japanese language, among other things.
 
You are by no means obligated to stick by thesethis rules"rule", but generallyto make things easier: if you are using a name that is Japanese-sounding or an actual Japanese word, use hiragana. If it's a fantasy-sounding name, an English name, or an otherwise non-Japanese word/name, then use katakana. Japanese players break this "rule" all the time, so it's just a suggestion, and you don't have to follow it if you know what you're doing.
 
Once you've decided what kind of name you want, it's time to choose your name.
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