Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Ryusei

流星りゅうせい

A boy name with 2 common kanji spellings. The most typical, 流星, combines flow + star.

Hiragana
りゅうせい
Katakana
リュウセイ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Ryūsei
Morae
4 りゅうせい
Gender
Boy

Kanji spellings

The same name can be written with different characters. Parents choose the kanji for its meaning.

Nicknames

How friends and family might shorten Ryusei. See the guide to -chan and -kun.

  • りゅうくんryū-kun
  • りゅうちゃんryū-chan
  • りゅうせいくんryūsei-kun
  • りゅうせいちゃんryūsei-chan
  • りゅーちゃんryu-chan

As a full name

In Japanese the surname comes first.