Talk:Leiji Matsumoto

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[edit] Leiji v Reiji

Why is his name pronounced "Leiji" in English? There is no "L" sound in Japanese, and his name is pronounced "Reiji" (I realize the Japanese "r" isn't like the English "r") in Japanese. Any reason for this? How does he pronounce his own name?

The Japanese "r" is more like the English "l".

Absolute nonsense. In general, most "R" sounds in Japanese are moire like "R" and a little like english "L". The correct name spelling in English should be Reiji But as the Reiji Matsumoto himself prefers Leiji, and it has remained so throught the world (including his official website) Leiji should be the spelling in English.--85.130.69.81 14:19, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Actually it depends on the dialect. Some Japanese use a very strong L, some use a strong R, & some use a rl sound that most English speaking people can't reproduce. Those who don't watch subtitled Japanese anime/movies or listen to Japanese music are ignorant of this fact. The internationaly famous singer Gackt uses strong Ls.

This is a wrong concept still--there is an L in Japanese just like there is an l, but the thing is that they SOUND THE SAME. They don't have different characters. The sound would be like "rl"eiji, not "reiji" or "leiji". Just like we can't tell the difference between run1 and run3 in mandarin, the Japanese can't tell the difference between an l and an r because the sounds have blended together. If you listen to Japanese the sounds are the same. (kind of like a flat Spanish r the tongue is litterally positioned between the front dental of the l and the back velar of the r.). Therefore he can argue for an l or r in romaji and it often happens that way when romanizing because literally there is no difference because in Japanese it's the same sound. (which sound nothing like what we would define an r or l as) *took Japanese*--Hitsuji Kinno 05:30, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Photo

I've seen press photos of him... can someone post one? --Hitsuji Kinno 05:30, 28 October 2006 (UTC)