[Video] How to pronounce some Japanese cubers names - Sinpei

[IamWEB]

Thanks to Sinpei Araki

 

[Zarxrax]

Haha, "shinpei, not shinpai"

 

[Zubon]

Why are all the Japanese names written in the more modern Hepburn Romanization of Japanese but Shinpei Araki uses Sinpei?
It is a little strange that he writes the sound 'Shi' the old way as 'Si'.

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

I remember Sinpei saying that at worlds...

Judge: "Shinpai Araki?"
Sinpei: "Is not Shinpai, is Shinpei, Shinpei, no Shinpai, Shinpei!"

This is very useful

 

[Suraimu]

Why are all the Japanese names written in the more modern Hepburn Romanization of Japanese but Shinpei Araki uses Sinpei?
It is a little strange that he writes the sound 'Shi' the old way as 'Si'.

○　Sinpei Shinpei Shimpei Simpei
×　Simpai Shimpai Sinpai　haha. XD

 

[Thomas09]

Yes, I was always saying Soo- ee- hi O-mura, when it was really Soo- hi Oh- Mura. Very useful indeed.

 

[irontwig]

Why are all the Japanese names written in the more modern Hepburn Romanization of Japanese but Shinpei Araki uses Sinpei?
It is a little strange that he writes the sound 'Shi' the old way as 'Si'.

That does seem odd.

 

[capoboy]

Haha, the good bye wave is funny... lol.

 

[KJiptner]

very helpful. Thanks Sinpei! Maybe we need that for german cubers as well. This "Steven Poachman"-name rape is causing me a headache all the time.

 

[Zarxrax]

Why are all the Japanese names written in the more modern Hepburn Romanization of Japanese but Shinpei Araki uses Sinpei?
It is a little strange that he writes the sound 'Shi' the old way as 'Si'.

From my experience, a lot of Japanese just don't use hepburn. The other way is probably easier for them. And from an efficiency standpoint, writing "shi" instead of "si" means typing an extra letter just to write the same Japanese character.

 

[Sa967St]

haha, I was wondering if someone would make a video on how to say Japanese cubers' names, since Erik made one for Dutch cubers' names.