Asian names

[MoviePropMaster2008]

Originally Posted by funkychinaman

Is Ken his English name though? I saw that it's not his original name. Is Ken a Japanese name as well?

Update: I looked up Ken Watanabe, and it looks like Ken is a normal Japanese name, albeit a shortened one.

Ken is and always has been a shorthand for KENJI. I think there are other variants which also use the shortened "Ken", but Ken is a Japanese man's first name. Believe me. I'm in Japan A LOT.

[Evil Tim]

Originally Posted by MoviePropMaster2008

Ken is and always has been a shorthand for KENJI. I think there are other variants which also use the shortened "Ken", but Ken is a Japanese man's first name. Believe me. I'm in Japan A LOT.

Kenichi is another, yes.

[Spartan198]

Originally Posted by funkychinaman

when's the last time anyone referred to Chow Yun Fat as Yun Fat Chow?

I don't know, but I'm going to start calling him that from now on.

[MoviePropMaster2008]

Originally Posted by Spartan198

I don't know, but I'm going to start calling him that from now on.

Say it to a woman with marbles in your mouth. It will sound like "You fat cow!"

[funkychinaman]

What's the policy with "de la __________" names? Wikipedia has has "de la" lowercase, IMDb has the first letter capitalized. I never took much Spanish, so I don't know the proper way to do it.