Talk:Ivan Raidenovitch Raikov

"Raiden's bitch"
What's the source for this? They actually use the "vi" sound for his name in Japanese. It might still be a joke Kojima made, but it's very hard to believe twithout a specific source... - Kuukai2 06:27, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

This might help: (from Wikipedia)

"The name "Raidenovitch" is also a reference to both the character of Raiden, and the suffix "-vitch" (meaning "son of") used in Russian patronymic names, and has a cruder meaning based on the standard substitution for v-sounds in Japanese."

For the less enlightened, it's b-sounds....--Bpudes77 07:31, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
 * That's true for older words like baikingu ("viking" - which means "an all-you-can-eat buffet" in Japan), but like I said above Raidenovitch's name is spelled ライデノヴィッチ (raidenovitchi), without any "b" substitution. I can't find a legitimate-looking source for this.  It sounds a lot like something someone who never actually played the game in Japanese made up.  The pun could still be made, but without a source that sounds really suspect...  - Kuukai2 04:09, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Japanese Name Guide
I was going to start adding this for the rest of the characters, so I'm wondering why it was removed. Generally it's pretty useful. We have them on the .hack//Wiki and we actually got editors from TokyoPop coming to us. Also, these pages already use it for non-Japanese names, if that's the issue: - Kuukai2 23:22, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Diane
 * Ellen Madnar
 * Jennifer
 * Johan Jacobsen
 * Marionette Owl
 * Slasher Hawk
 * I thought you simply added it to prove a point over that argument you and that IP were having, so I removed it because I'm sick of the bickering. I do apologize. Personally, I feel like the whole "here's you say their name in Japanese" thing is incredibly pointless. --Fantomas 00:09, 2 August 2008 (UTC)