#also im kinda going crazy about taigen's kanji name meaning

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Blue Eye Samurai Characters' Names in Kanji

These are the official kanji used in the Netflix Japanese subtitles.

Disclaimer: I am not Japanese and am still a beginner learner. If there are any errors in pronunciation or meaning of the kanji listed below, please let me know!

1. Mizu: 水 [mizu]

water, fluid, liquid

2. Ringo: 林檎 [ringo] apple

林 [hayashi] forest, woods, grove 檎 [jin] apple, fruit

3. Taigen: 泰源 [tai-gen]

泰 [yasu] peaceful, calm 源 [gen] fountainhead, wellspring; source, origin

4. Akemi: 明美 [ake-mi]

明 [mei] bright, light, clarifying 美 [bi] beauty, beautiful

5. Master Eiji: 鋭司 [ei-ji]

鋭 [ei] sharp, pointed, acute, keen 司 [tsukasa] an official, a manager, a boss

6. Seki: 関 [seki]

barrier, gateway, close, seal, relation

7. Madame Kaji: 梶 [kaji]

oar, paper mulberry tree

8. Mikio: 幹男 [miki-o]

幹 [miki] tree trunk, plant stem 男 [otoko] man, adult male

9. Heiji Shindo: 新堂 [shin-do] 平次 [hei-ji]

新 [shin] new, novelty 堂 [do] hall, temple, shrine 平 [hira] something flat; something ordinary, mediocre 次 [tsugi] next, order, sequence, below