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I've noticed in most anime that have a main male character that the names of those characters are usually K, H, or S names (with a few exceptions of course).

For example: Keitaro (Love Hina), Kaoru (Ai Yori Aoshi), Kenshin (Rurouni Kenshin), Kouta (Elfen Lied), Kazuki (Maburaho), Kira (Gundam Seed), Keiichi (Aa! Megami-Sama), Hideki (Chobits), Haru (Rave Master), Hikaru (Hikaru no Go), Hibiki (Vandread) Sousuke (Full Metal Panic!), Shinji (Neon Genesis Evangelion), Spike (Cowboy Bebop), Souichi (ex-driver), Syaoran (Tsubasa Chronicle).

I know there's others, but I probably haven't watched all the anime yet. Anyone willing to give insight into this?

Hmmm... That's weird :P Come to think of it, I can't come up with any shows whose main character's name doesn't start with those letters.

Nope, wait, got one! Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist). And... *thinks hard* Alucard (Hellsing), Maiku (Onegai Twins), Vash (Trigun)... OK, that's it. I've officially killed my brain >.<

Seriously now, most names I *do* remember start with K, H or S... weird O.o

JUst simply to say...Most japanese names starts with K,H,S and also M... its just a trend i guess in Japan.. and well anime started in japan thus the japanese name and thus the character names..

I think i have a couple of exceptions, Gene from Outlaw Star, Tenchi from Tenchi Muyo, Yuji from Blue Gender, Renton from Eureka 7 and Alfred and Edmond Dantes from Gankutsuou - The Count of Monte Cristo. Thats all i can think of for now

Yugi?
Naruto, Ichigo...

That's all I've got ^_^

Quote by CloudDI think i have a couple of exceptions, Gene from Outlaw Star, Tenchi from Tenchi Muyo, Yuji from Blue Gender, Renton from Eureka 7 and Alfred and Edmond Dantes from Gankutsuou - The Count of Monte Cristo. Thats all i can think of for now

Have you notice most of them are english name?

Akio Othori from Shoujo Kakumei Utena, Inuyasha from Inuyasha, Azuma from Yakitate! Japan, Tadao from Ghost Sweeper Mikami, Ash from Pokemon, Echizen from Prince of tennis, Omi from Gakuen Heaven, Yuki from Fruits Basket, Ranma from Ranma 1/2, Arima from Karekano, I don't remember more, If I do, I'll post them

ryoma from p.o.t. - mitsuo from e.q. - izumi from hanakimi - negima from mahou sensei negima
sorry... thats all i kan think of right nao x_X [but thes are first names... i didnt do last names... so... ^^]
m.i.a. ^^

Takumi Fujiwara (Initial D), Kazuki Makabe (Fafner), Takeya Ikuhara (DearS), Kei Kusanagi (Onegai Teacher), Yuri Shibuya (Kyo Kara Maoh, fun fact -- Yuri is a guy's name in Russian), Kotaro Higuchi (Pita-Ten), Shiki Tohno (Shingetsukan Tsukihime), Takuya Kanbara (Digimon Frontier), Shinn Asuka (GSD), Soichiro Nagi (Tenjo Tenge), et al...

Those are a couple of names that I can come up with... -_-'

Quote by Hiraku-SanJUst simply to say...Most japanese names starts with K,H,S and also M... its just a trend i guess in Japan.. and well anime started in japan thus the japanese name and thus the character names..

exactly, they're just normal common japanese names. like how john is a common english name....sort of...but yea you get what I mean.

most of the exceptions are up there...so I'll just add Saeba Ryo (City Hunter)...yes his name is Ryo not Joe...lol...and Kamina Ayato from RahXephon

Oohh~ true~~! O_O Didn't notice that before.
Maybe those are very common japanese names?
These days there are more and more anime which have Western settings, so maybe we would begin to see more variety in the capital letter of ther names.
=Not that it's a bad thing!=

Yeah, not a bad thing at all....

actually, it isn't Ash from Pokemon for the japanese anime but Satoshi.

Tsubasa from Captain Tsubasa, Taichi from Digimon Adventure, Gon from Hunter X Hunter, Chiaki from Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, Mamoru from Sailor Moon, Natsu from Fairy Tail, Masato from Miyuki, Akatsuki from Figth no Akatsuki... it is not really hard to come up with main male characters whose names don't begin with K, H or S.

my list of hot guys is sooo long..
Kiba from Wolf's Rain
Yuki Eiri from Gravitation
Sasuke, Itachi, Kakashi, Yondaime, Hyuuga Neji from Naruto
Tsuzuki and his blonde partner from Yami no Matsuie
Edward from full metal alchemist
Dark, Krad, and Satoshi from Dn Angel
you see the list never ends...hahaha

Hmmm... Light/Raito from Death Note.
But you're right, there do seem to be a lot of those names...

I go through my list of favorite series and I come up with Setsuna, Subaru, Syaoran, Kamui...

-Sanzo, Goku, Hakkai, Gojyo (Gensomaden Saiyuki)
-Naruto, Sasuke (Naruto)
-Arucard (Hellsing)
-Saiga (Speed Grapher)
-Tamahome (Fushigi Yuugi)
-Toya, Yuuhi, Aki (Ayashi no Ceres)
-Mamoru (Sailormoon)
-Matt, Tai (Digimon)
-Son Goku, Goten, Trunks, Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z)
-Koji, Izumi (Zetsuai)
i think thats enough...for now...

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