Ranma = rahhhhn-MAH -NOT- RAN-mah
Ranko = rahhhhn-KOH
Akane = ah-KAHN-nay -NOT- Ah-kane
Nabiki = nab-BEE-key -NOT- Nah-bickee
Kasumi = kah-SUUU-mee
Soun = SOON (aproximately) more like SOOOOOun
Genma = ghen-MAH -NOT- JEN-mah
Nadoka = nah-doh-KAH
Shampoo = sham-pooh (heh heh)
Mousse = MOO-se
Kunou = KOON-no
Kodachi = koh-DATCH-eeee
Ryouga = rie-OHHH-gah
Ukyou = YOUK-yo or you-KEE-oh
Happosai= hap-oh-SAI (sai is pronounced like SIGH)
Cologne = col-ohn
Hiroshi = her-OSH-ee
Daisuke = dai-suuu-KAY (the DAI is pronounced like gud-dai (good day)
in Australia)
Hinako = HEE-NAK-oh
Shinosuke= shin-NOOO-sue-KAY
Yukie = yuh-KEE-hay
Sayuri = sigh-yur-reee (YUR is like YER but with more of a U sound)
Any additions people?
You're joking, right?
I guess that's correct if you go by Viz.
First off... in some names, u goes unpronounced... like...
Shinnosuke = Shin-no-s'kay
Sasuke = Sas'kay
Daisuke = Dais'kay (in Japanese AND English, it sounds like this. See
Hinako OAV)
And..
Ukyou = Uk-yo
Ryouga = Almost sounds like 'Yoga... r getting phased out
Akane = Um, it is Ah-ka-ne, not Ah-KAH-ne... unless you go by Viz, I don't.
Ranma = Almost sounds like Lan-ma
Kasumi = Ka-s'mi
Hiroshi = H'ro-shi
As for how the vowels sound, see below chart. ^_^
A = Ah
E = Ay
I = Ee
O = Oh
U = Uu (long u, like 'oo' though cut entirely sometimes)
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But I'm going by the actual Japanese voice actors. When I sit down and
watch Ranma subtitled, these are what the names sound like. ^_^
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* Mihoshi@Ara? Where? I don't know...