Why is Suzaku's name in katakana?

[nelotizapu.livejournal.com]

I was looking at the japanese site (http://www.geass.jp/world_03.html) and saw that Suzaku's name is in katakana, even though all the rest of the japanese (and chinese) character's have kanji names. (Well, except for Kallen, but she's a half.)

Is it because he's an "Honorary Britannian"? Or is he a half also? XD

Well, his family is in kanji, but still... it's weird that his given name isn't. :|

...and looking at Kallen's wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kallen_Stadtfeld), I finally find out why I was confused about it being Karen or Kallen. It's both? Then again, it puts her given name in katakana even it's "Kōzuki Karen". So how is it known if it's Karen or Kallen when it's in katakana either way?

I'm confused. XD

Gasp! My first time using a tag!

Comments

[dragonlover58.livejournal.com]

To my knowledge, some Japanese just name their children with names in katakana as this is easier to read and write. Not entirely sure though.

As for Kallen, Japanese names can be romanized different ways. Kallen is written as カレン. The カ is simply read as "ka", while the ン is simply read as "n". レ on the other other hand, could be written with an "re" or "le" Until we had official confirmation in merchandise with the name romanized, カレン was read as both Karen and Kalen/Kallen. Simply put, officially her name is Kallen, but it could be read as Karen.

[apapazukamori.livejournal.com]

To my knowledge, some Japanese just name their children with names in katakana as this is easier to read and write. Not entirely sure though.

I did not know this! Interesting. Though in Suzaku's case, would Genbu have done that, considering the kid ran around in hakama in his free time? His family struck me as somewhat traditional... (*wonders if Suzaku has relatives named Seiryuu and Byakko*)

[nelotizapu.livejournal.com]

Byakko is his mom or his pet cat. Seiryuu is is long lost evil twin. ...kidding of course, but that would be cool. XD