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If the Corpse Party cast were Americanized...
Topic Started: May 7, 2013, 10:16 pm (473 Views)
enigmaopoeia
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This is just a silly topic when I was thinking about how ATLUS back in the days when they initially Americanize the characters in Revelations Series: Persona. Not only did they gave them American names, but they also went as far as changing their hair color, eye color, and skin color to give them a more typical American appeal. Now, let's say that if the Corpse Party series have to be Americanized, what do you think they would name the characters? Do you think any aspect of them will change, such as their appearances? Let's just have fun here.

To start things off, I'll go with the main five cast. If they have to have American names, I didn't put much effort into these names, so please don't take them seriously:

  • Satoshi Mochida = Samuel Sweeney.
    - Samuel is a common name which opens up a lot of nicknames for people to tease him with, such as Sammy. Also the S.S. initials are unintended, though thinking how he likes Naomi and she's N.N. It's kinda cute...
    - Sweeney was chose because Seiko calls Satoshi as "Mochi" (A rice cake), therefore Sweeney looks like the word "sweets".
  • Naomi Nakashima = Naomi Nicholson.
    - Naomi works, even though it is pronounced differently.
    - I chose Nicholson because it looks similar to Nakashima, and she still keeps the N.N. initials.
  • Yuka Mochida = Rose Sweeney.
    - Yuka's name has one meaning of "fragrance", so I thought of a flowerish name for her.
    - See above for the reason for Sweeney.
  • Yoshiki Kishinuma = Neil Palladino.
    - Neil means "champion", a fitting name for someone like Yoshiki.
    - Palladino, only an excuse to keep the "knight" pun because it is derived from the word "paladin".
  • Ayumi Shinozaki = Alyssa Morgan.
    - Alyssa just looks similar to Ayumi, not to mention it reminds me of the Clock Tower series which the girls are named Alyssa.
    - I think they will take the Morgan surname from The Ring, perfect name for a cursed bloodline. Morgan may also make people think of Morgan le Fay.
I want to know what names you can come up with!
Edited by enigmaopoeia, May 7, 2013, 10:17 pm.
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DeathkaiserG
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I misread Alyssa as Allesa....which is a major character in silent hill...XD

Well, It kinda fits Sachiko as both girls
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Well, that wouldn't look good as they have almost the same name right? ....XD

How bout Scarlet Morgan...Girl in red lol XD
Edited by DeathkaiserG, May 8, 2013, 12:54 am.
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Here are three I've come up with (Also note that I looked up the Japanese name meanings using a baby name database, so I'm aware the info might be bunk):

Masato Fukoroi=Micheal Fitzroy

According to the site I used, Masato means "holy man" or "true man". Micheal is Hebrew for "Who is like God?". The surname Fitzroy sounds similar enough to Fukoroi.

Sakutaro Morishige=Algernon Dagwood

This name sounds pretty dumb, doesn't it? That's actually the point. In BoS, we find out the reason Morishige doesn't like his given name very much is because the name is so antiquated, hardly anyone names their kids that anymore. In the US, "Algernon" would be the equivalent to this. "Theophile" or "Pointdexter" would work just as well. I went with "Dagwood" for the surname since "Mori" means "forest".

Yuuya Kizami=Alex Slade

Kizami's name should sound cool, sexy and a bit heroic at the same time. This was the best I could do. Since Kizami means "carve", I did a little word play. Slade rhymes with "blade".

Edited by Mazel, May 8, 2013, 1:55 am.
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superdubes
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Slade is cool because it's also Deathstroke's name in DC comics. So that name is cemented with a bad ass appeal to me regardless of it rhyming with blade.

Sachiko Shinozaki=Melissa Morgan

You keep the first letters being the same in English if you go along with the whole Morgan thing instead of Shinozaki. Plus it kinda sounds like Alyssa. So it might make it a little easier for people to make the connection that they're related.
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May 8, 2013, 12:54 am
I misread Alyssa as Allesa....which is a major character in silent hill...XD

Well, It kinda fits Sachiko as both girls
Spoiler: click to toggle


Well, that wouldn't look good as they have almost the same name right? ....XD

How bout Scarlet Morgan...Girl in red lol XD
lol me too I thought I read Allesa instead of Alyssa XDDDDD
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