Perhaps I could also offer some assistance, I speak read and write Japanese. If you are going to go for katakana, - it's the safest bet because katakana is used for 'imported' words, - essentially english words spoken with a Japanese lilt, and written phonetically. It means you could take a name (or several words) and have it done in katakana. The one that is a bit risky is Kanji - those characters have many different meanings, and even more when combined. Hiragana is also a quite safe option (allthough not 100% directly translatable). However, I'm with emtee on this one, I decided against it for that reason......
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