Talk:Abe Asami

Japanese name order in Wikipedia
Hi. This page has been moved backwards and forwards between "Abe Asami" and "Asami Abe" a few times, so before I move it again to "Asami Abe", I thought the polite thing to do was to explain the change. Although Japanese usage indeed has the surname first, please consult the following guideline:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_%28Japan-related_articles%29#Names_of_modern_figures

In short, it's preferred for Japanese names to use the ENGLISH word order, which is Firstname Surname. This page then should be Asami Abe. Looking through the Japanese entertainers pages in wiki, most are like that. Anyway I'll wait a day or so before I plunge in (again!)

Akina66 00:06, 2 May 2006 (UTC)