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[Jason Gray]

> As for the Romanization "Issey" instead of "Issei"
> -- I say it's his name
> and thus his choice. Sometimes it's hard to tell if
> a Japanese actor really
> wants a "non-standard" Romanization for his name,
> but Ogata has been using
> "Issey" for years, so we can assume it's his idea,
> not that of a former
> English major in the kokusaibu.

And so we see such other names Show Aikawa, Macoto Tezka,
and Joe Odagiri (all three of these used on their offical
sites). So of course we should use what people themselves
use rather than strictly following romanization rules.

jg



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