Are there any websites that not only list Japanese names in kanji, but also lists them in hiragana or romaji?


Anyone who has spent time translating between Japanese and English will know
how difficult it is to translate Japanese names into English.

Not all Japanese names are hard to translate. If you're lucky, all you have to
do is copy and paste the name into Google and a Wikipedia article will appear.

For example,

  * 畠中 洋 (はたなか ひろし). This actor's name is Hiroshi Hatanaka.
  * 大竹 しのぶ (おおたけ しのぶ). This actress's name is Shinobu Ōtake.

The above names are quite easy to find, because they have Wikipedia pages. Now
let's try some tougher ones.

  * 猪尾 仁. 猪尾 can be pronounced as いお or いのお. 仁 can be pronounced as あつし, さとし, しとし, しのぶ, じん, じんこう, じんじ, ただし, にん, ひさし, ひとし, ひとみ, ひろし, まこと, まさ, まさし, ますし, めぐみ or やすし.
  * 東 嘉和. 東 can be pronounced as あがり, あきら, あず, あずま, あづま, こちざき, たかとう, とう, とうあ, とうはま, とうふく, とん, はじめ, ひがし, ひがしつる or やまと. 嘉和 can be pronounced as よしかず.

As you can see, these two people's names are very hard to figure out. They do
get a mention on Wikipedia for being given the Video Award by the Hōsō Bunka
Foundation (放送文化基金), but that's about it.

So are there any websites that not only list Japanese names in kanji, but also
list their pronunciation in hiragana or romaji?




  * The names of less-known 芸能人/タレント may be found in a website [like this](https://www.talemecasting.com/) (there is an [offline version](https://www.vip-times.co.jp/booksorder_cat/orderguidance/), too).
  * There are often lists of specialists in other fields, and it may come with furigana or romaji. For example, there is a [list of all board-certified dermatologists](https://www.dermatol.or.jp/modules/spMap/).
  * There used to be a [Japanese version of who's who](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B4%B3%E5%A3%AB%E9%8C%B2) in the past. It was discontinued in 2007, but you may find the names of businesspersons in the past.

Otherwise, all you can do is google, look for their Facebook/LinkedIn/Amazon
page, visit the company website, or directly inquire. For example the [PDF
available
here](https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/itetr/27.7/0/27.7_27/_article/-char/ja/)
says NHK's 猪尾仁 is いのおひとし, and [this
page](https://expydoc.com/doc/11339019/%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%87%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%8D%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AD%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%81%AB%E3%81%8A%E3%81%91%E3%82%8B-nhk%E3%81%AE8k-shv%E5%88%B6%E4%BD%9C%E3%81%B8%E3%81%AE
---itu-aj) says 東嘉和 is ひがしよしかず. No one can tell if a particular 東-san is あずま
or ひがし just by looking at the kanji.

