>>46635406The BW protagonist names are awful, even if they fit thematically with the Japanese names. But you can see that in English and Japanese,
>Gen I: Game names, originally real people>RSE: Distance>DPPt: Light>HGSS: Sound>BW: Battle>B2W2: Resonance>XY: Tranquility>SM: Sun and Moon>LGPE: names that invoke the feeling of "Let's Go!">SwSh: supremacy>>46635394Forgot
ヨウ is Elio in English
ミズキ is Selene in English
ユウキ (Yuuki) also comes from 悠 (yuu; distant, boundless)
ハルカ (Haruka) also comes from 遥か (haruka; distant, far off)
キョウヘイ (Kyouhei, from 共鳴 kyoumei meaning resonance) - Nate (from resonate)
メイ (Mei, from 共鳴 kyoumei meaning resonance) - Rosa (from resonate)
サトシ (Satoshi, from 田尻智 Satoshi Tajiri, where 智 means wisdom) - Ash (sAtoSHi), retroactively named Red (レッド) after the game (赤; aka)
シゲル (Shigeru, from 宮本茂 Shigeru Miyamoto, where 茂 means overgrown/luxuriant) - Gary (the geru in Shigeru is kind of close), retroactively named Green (グリーン) (Blue in English) after the game (緑; midori)
シルバー (Silver, from the game (銀; gin))
クリス (Chris, from クリスタル Crystal) - Kris
リーフ (Leaf, from リーフグリーン LeafGreen) - Leaf
ジュン (Jun, from 増田順一 Jun'ichi Masuda, where 順 means order, turn, obey, submissive, meek) - Barry
カケル (Kakeru, from 駆ける to run/dash/race) - Chase
アユミ (Ayumi, from 歩 to walk/step/progress) - Elaine
シン (Shin, from 進 to advance) - Trace
マサル (Masaru, from 勝る to surpass, 優勝 yuushou championship, and 勝利 shouri victory) - Victor
ユウリ (Yuuri, from 優 yuu excellence, 優勝 yuushou championship, and 勝利 shouri victory) - Gloria
