About tanuki names
Each result pairs a Japanese family name with a given name in traditional order, as in "Takaoka Mochihito" and "Hatakeyama Natsuko", with shorter combinations like "Yashiro Ryō" mixed in. The formality lands as a joke your table will enjoy, since a Pathfinder inspired tanuki introduces itself like a court official right before stealing the party's sake. Longer names play up that contrast best.
How tanuki names are built
Names join a 399-entry family-name bank with a space and a personal-name bank split by gender (male, female, or neutral), family name first. Worked examples from the bank: "Nadoga Minnui", "Itekata Samini", "Turu Tazimo".
Itekata Samini
Itekata (family name, drawn first) + Samini (female given name)
Keaw Hatit
Keaw (family name) + Hatit (male given name)
Turu Tazimo
Turu (family name) + Tazimo (given name)
Naming notes
These are two-part names in family-then-given order (Nadoga Minnui, Keaw Hatit), styled after a Japanese register without claiming any real-world origin. The large given-name banks supply male, female, and neutral options. For shapechanging trickster-folk characters in this style.
Questions about tanuki names
- Are these official Tanuki names?
- No. They are fan-made names in the Tanuki style, with no official status or endorsement.
- Why does the family name come first?
- The pattern places the surname before the given name, as in "Nadoga Minnui", matching the styled register.
- Are there male and female options?
- Yes. The given-name banks split into male, female, and neutral, while the family-name bank is shared.