×
  • remind me tomorrow
  • remind me next week
  • never remind me
Subscribe to the ANN Newsletter • Wake up every Sunday to a curated list of ANN's most interesting posts of the week. read more

Forum - View topic
[done] Wrong kanji for person ON/OFF (#70374)




Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Encyclopedia
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Devil Doll



Joined: 07 Jul 2007
Posts: 656
Location: Germany
PostPosted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 11:38 pm Reply with quote
The person ON/OFF (actually a music band) has a kanji family name of 坂本 (SAKAMOTO) 直弥 (Naoya).

The Wikipedia entry for 坂本直弥 and http://www.onoff-net.com/profile/ both explain that
坂本 直弥 = さかもと なおや = SAKAMOTO Naoya and
坂本 和弥 = さかもと かずや = SAKAMOTO Kazuya
are twin brothers (both born 1983-12-10) and the two band members of ON/OFF (if I understood the Japanese Wikipedia article correctly).

How should the kanji names be set in such a case? The current value is certainly wrong (with both the surname and given name in the family name entry) but I'm not sure which kind of change request I should formulate here.
(Perhaps separate entries for both persons, giving each of them their respective kanji names, and then merge these two into ON/OFF? If merging persons is still performed by anyone at ANN, that is.)

Last edited by Devil Doll on Thu Nov 18, 2010 3:13 am; edited 1 time in total
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website My Anime
EmperorBrandon
Encyclopedia Editor


Joined: 04 Oct 2002
Posts: 2215
Location: Springfield, MO
PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 3:32 pm Reply with quote
If the "person" is a group composed of 2 or more members then the kanji name certainly shouldn't be just one of them. The kanji should represent the group's name, and since the name is romanized already in this case, it's unnecessary. I don't think creating separate entries for the members is necessary either. That only needs to be done if either of them has a solo credit.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime My Manga
Devil Doll



Joined: 07 Jul 2007
Posts: 656
Location: Germany
PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:18 pm Reply with quote
Similar issue for Garnet Crow with a
Quote:
Family name (in kanji): Yuri Nakamura
GARNET CROW （ガーネット クロウ） (Wikipedia page) is the band name, and Yuri Nakamura (中村由利 (歌手)) (Wikipedia page, ANN entry) is one of the musicians there. (Perhaps set a link to Yuri Nakamura in the "About" section of the band and vice versa?)

Should that two-part band name ガーネット クロウ become the family name or the given name of this "person"?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website My Anime
EmperorBrandon
Encyclopedia Editor


Joined: 04 Oct 2002
Posts: 2215
Location: Springfield, MO
PostPosted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 2:39 am Reply with quote
Devil Doll wrote:
(Perhaps set a link to Yuri Nakamura in the "About" section of the band and vice versa?)


There already was an "About" on Hirohito Furui, so I added the same one for Yuri Nakamura and Nana Azuki, and also one on Garnet Crow with the names of the members.

Devil Doll wrote:
Should that two-part band name ガーネット クロウ become the family name or the given name of this "person"?


It should be a given name, but I see that their official site uses ガーネットクロウ without a space, so I would go with that.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime My Manga
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Encyclopedia All times are GMT - 5 Hours
Page 1 of 1

 


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group