

In chapter 239 page 11 of _Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru_ , Nanaka makes
the changes on Kohinata's belt.

![Kohinata's belt with Nanaka's changes](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4GPham.png)

I can't seem to find the translation for the Japanese text on the belt after
the changes.

What does it mean?


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What is written on Kohinata's belt after Nanaka makes the changes?


At first I looked at
[Katakana](https://www.freejapaneselessons.com/lesson02.cfm) and
[Hiragana](https://www.freejapaneselessons.com/lesson01.cfm) alphabets to see
if I could find a matching symbol for the first symbol but I was unable to.

I then went to the wiki page for [Kohinata
Minoru](http://kskm.wikia.com/wiki/Kohinata_Minoru) and found that the last
two symbols in his name, matched the last two on his belt (those being 海流).
Looking these up, I found that they mean "ocean current" (or Kairyū).

Working my way up the symbols in the belt, I saw that the second one closely
resembled 向. When looking 向 up, I found that it meant toward (or Mukai).

Finally, the closest thing that I could find to the top symbol is ゆ. When
looking this up, I get Yu.

Putting all of these symbols together, my best literal guess for what is
written on the best is Yu kō kairyū, or Yukata ocean current. However,
considering how closely a lot of the symbols on the belt match his Japanese
name 小日向海流, my best guess would be that his name is what is written on the
belt.

EDIT: [Kuwaly](https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/93/kuwaly) showed me that
the entirety of the Japanese name 小日向海流 is shown on the belt. Therefore, it is
just his name that is written on the belt.


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