Son Goku's bad written name

MCDaveG · Post by **MCDaveG** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 7:21 am

Hi, finally the time for me to ask too:D
When i was watching Dragon Ball series, 21st Tenkaichi Budokai arc, the narrator read Goku's name as Mago-Gosora San. Can someone know why? Is it again because of Chinese/Japanese reading?

The Time Traveller · Post by **The Time Traveller** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:18 am

I assumed that was the explination

孫
Son/Mago

悟
Go

空
Ku/Sora

I don't know Japanese, but I've seen something similar to this before, I can't remember if it was Dragon Ball related though...

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:27 am

Kanji can have multiple pronunciations. When it comes to names, the intended pronunciation can sometimes be difficult to immediately figure out and mistakes like that can happen.

JAMM · Post by **JAMM** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 2:53 pm

In GT in the astronaut suit he was named "Gokuh"

linkdude20002001 · Post by **linkdude20002001** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:19 am

空 is actually written as kū, kû, kuh, or kuu (depending on the type of romanization), not ku. Also, because of the different types of romanization, you sometimes see Gokuh, Gokū, etcetera. Gokou is used a lot too, but that's not really romanization; it's just an alternate spelling with the same pronounciation. Same with Goku.