Going to Japan? Get acquainted with these common Japanese family names.

Based on information provided by the Japan Times, we've compiled the pronunciations of the 100 most common Japanese family names. Whether you're planning a trip for business or pleasure, or just anticipating being on the phone with a Japanese client, it's always important to be capable of pronouncing Japanese names right. By knowing how to pronounce a person's name, you may find it easier to close deals, make solid impressions, or just find new connections and friends all over the world.

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At NameShouts, we truly believe that prioritizing diversity and inclusion will lead to a more efficient and respectful world. We are working hard to provide our users with a service that makes it easy to take action and know their customers on a first name basis.Luckily for you, we have Japanese family names on file and ready for you to learn. Remember, like we said in our NameHacks series, the Japanese letter "R" is pronounced differently than it is in English -- tap your alveolar ridge, as you might while pronouncing the letters "T" or "L". Use our infographic, as well as the links below, to perfect your pronunciation of these common Japanese names, and take another step towards a worldwide culture of diversity and inclusion!

1. Sato
2. Suzuki
3. Takahashi
4. Tanaka
5. Watanabe
6. Ito
7. Yamamoto
8. Nakamura
9. Kobayashi
10. Kato
11. Yoshida
12. Yamada
13. Sasaki
14. Yamaguchi
15. Saito
16. Matsumoto
17. Inoue
18. Kimura
19. Hayashi
20. Shimizu
21. Yamazaki
22. Mori
23. Abe
24. Ikeda
25. Hashimoto
26. Yamashita
27. Ishikawa
28. Nakajima
29. Maeda
30. Fujita
31. Ogawa
32. Goto
33. Okada
34. Hasegawa
35. Murakami
36. Kondo
37. Ishii
38. Saito
39. Sakamoto
40. Endo
41. Aoki
42. Fujii
43. Nishimura
44. Fukuda
45. Ota
46. Miura
47. Fujiwara
48. Okamoto
49. Matsuda
50. Nakagawa
51. Nakano
52. Harada
53. Ono
54. Tamura
55. Takeuchi
56. Kaneko
57. Wada
58. Nakayama
59. Ishida
60. Ueda
61. Morita
62. Hara
63. Shibata
64. Sakai
65. Kudo
66. Yokoyama
67. Miyazaki
68. Miyamoto
69. Uchida
70. Takagi
71. Ando
72. Taniguchi
73. Ohno
74. Maruyama
75. Imai
76. Takada
77. Fujimoto
78. Takeda
79. Murata
80. Ueno
81. Sugiyama
82. Masuda
83. Sugawara
84. Hirano
85. Kojima
86. Otsuka
87. Chiba
88. Kubo
89. Matsui
90. Iwasaki
91. Sakurai
92. Kinoshita
93. Noguchi
94. Matsuo
95. Nomura
96. Kikuchi
97. Sano
98. Onishi
99. Sugimoto
100. Arai

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