Why is the name Tokiya written in katakana?


The name Tokiya is written トキヤ which would imply it's of foreign origin but
I'm not having any luck uncovering the origin or meaning of the name. It seems
to be somewhat traditional. Ideas?




Maybe you mean this character (キャラ) :

> 一ノ瀬トキヤとは、PSP専用ソフト「うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪」およびテレビアニメ「うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪
> マジLOVE1000％」の登場キャラクターである。

The same deal with タツヤ. -- 達也 used to be a common name, but the 也 looks too
old-fashioned now. So it's often written in Katakana.

Japanese names (esp. of comedians) are often written in Katakana just for the
interesting look (visual impact) -- like the weird spellings like Cyndi and
Krysti ....

Also, トキヤ is a very uncommon name. Maybe the creator wants the fans to keep
guessing how it'd be written in Kanji.

