Your name in katakana.
Type your first name. See it in real Japanese katakana — with the syllable-by-syllable breakdown and a card you can share anywhere.
How does it work?
Katakana is the Japanese script used to write foreign words — including your name. This tool uses the standard Japanese transcriptions for common names, and a phonetic engine for the rest. It’s exactly how your name would appear on a Japanese concert poster.
Want to actually read it — and every sign in Japan? That’s what Katakana Rocks! teaches, through the story of a rock band on tour. Play the first 5 levels free, right in your browser.
Now learn to read it yourself
Katakana Rocks! teaches you to read katakana — then hiragana and your first kanji — through the story of a rock band on tour in Japan. One purchase, no subscription. Not sure yet? Play the first 5 levels free.
