>>53893145in gen 1 I used my own name, in gen 2 I also used my own name but in Katakana because I figured playing a children's game wouldn't befit someone my age unless I learn a foreign language while playing it.
In gen 3 I used ハルカ, in 4 ヒカリ and in 5トウコ because I prefer to look at artwork of those girls throughout the game rather than of some generic 14 year-old Japanese boy.