Kohsuke or Kosuke?


I saw a person write his name in Romaji as Ko **h** suke. I am a beginner
Japanese student and it struck me as odd to see that "h" in there. I would
have thought his name to be written as Kosuke if it were to follow proper
form.

Is the introduction of the single "h" a common convention to aid with
pronunciation? Or perhaps something he just does to set his name apart from
others?

Unfortunately I do not have access to the Kanji representation of his name.




Kosuke is not bad, but one may think of it as こすけ rather than his actual name
こうすけ.

I think it is common to use "h" to avoid this. For example, famous baseball
player [王]{おう}[貞治]{さだはる} played with "OH" on his back.

An alternative way to handle this kind of pronunciation is to use a macron
like Kōsuke.




Kosuke is not bad, but one may think of it as こすけ rather than his actual name
こうすけ.

I think it is common to use "h" to avoid this. For example, famous baseball
player [王]{おう}[貞治]{さだはる} played with "OH" on his back.

An alternative way to handle this kind of pronunciation is to use a macron
like Kōsuke.

