What's New

• 07/01/2026

  The Name in Kanji Generator gains two new options and a cleaner layout.

  Meaning to embed. Enter a single English word — such as strength, love, or wisdom — and the generator keeps the sound of your name while preferring kanji that also carry that meaning. Any matching kanji is highlighted in the result so you can see the connection at a glance. If no same-sounding kanji fits the meaning, your name is still converted as usual, with a short note.

  Reading split. The new “Kanji breakdown” setting lets you choose how the reading of your name is divided into kanji: Longer readings, fewer kanji packs more sound into each character, Shorter readings, more kanji leans toward one kanji per syllable, and Auto (the default) strikes a balance.

  The options are now grouped into “Kanji breakdown” and “Kanji restrictions” so everything is easier to find.

  Give it a try with your name!

• 06/25/2026

  I have improved the Name in Kanji Generator so that every sound in your name is now rendered as kanji.

  Before this update, some names could lose a syllable, or a sound with no kanji of its own would appear as a leftover katakana character (such as ン or ピ). Now the generator always covers the full reading. When a sound has no kanji directly, it is matched to the closest reading that does — for example the “n” sound (ん) becomes an “un” kanji like 運 or 雲, and the “pi” sound (ぴ) becomes a “hi” kanji like 灯 or 比 — so you always get complete, all-kanji results with nothing missing.

  Blended sounds such as “jo” (ジョ) are also matched more accurately, so names like “John” now convert cleanly instead of being broken into separate sounds.

  Give it a try with your name!

• 01/16/2026

  Until now, the Kanji Dictionary only included about 3,000 kanji (daily-use kanji). This update significantly expands the dictionary by adding 9,502 non-Jōyō kanji, making a much wider range of characters available.

  I have also added a new option to the Name in Kanji Generator. A new checkbox labelled ‘Limit to name-appropriate kanji (Jōyō + Jinmeiyō)’ allows you to select how kanji are chosen: Enable it to generate names using only kanji officially permitted under Japanese law, or disable it to generate names using all kanji registered in the dictionary.

  This update greatly expands the possibilities for generating kanji names. Give it a try!