Japanese Tag Corrections

M'kay, this will be an alphabetical list of needed corrections for Japanese-language songs and artists. I will make it in the order of the Roman alphabet for simplicity's sake (I'm guessing not that many people know the proper order of the kana). Artists will be listed by their last name (Ayumi Hamasaki under H etc). Any band beginning with "The" will not be listed under T, but under whatever comes after the "The".

The main task here will be to correct romanized names to their proper Japanese versions.


A

Nanase Aikawa:
Aikawa Nanase -> 相川七瀬

アリス九號. aka alice nine.:
alice nine. (24,000+)
Alice Nine (23,000+)
アリス九號 (2,998)
alicenine (924)
Alice 9 (660)
Alicenine. (370)
アリス九號。 (356)
alice nine. (アリス九號.) (48)
Alice Nine (?????) (30)
alice nine [アリス九號] (28)
alice nine. (アリス九號。) (24)
x-alicenine (15)
ARISU nine. (7)
????? - Alice Nine (7)
Arisu Nain (2)
alicenine(1)
-->アリス九號.
http://musicbrainz.org/artist/450a1f43-c0af-4191-ae89-a322624bc3e8.html

アンティック-珈琲店- aka An Cafe/Antic Cafe:
An Cafe (24,000+)
AnCafe (5,000+)
ANTIC CAFE (2,300+)
antique café (1,646)
Antic Café (1,331)
An Café (877)
Antic Cafe アンティック-珈琲店- (159)
Antique Cafe (??????-???-) (106)
Antique Cafe ??????-???- (96)
Antic Cafe [アンティック-珈琲店-] (91)
Antic Cafe ??????-???- (51)
Antique Cafe' (27)
Antic Cafe [??????-???-] (23)
Antique Cafè (19)
Antic Cafe ¢óƣï-È2—- (9)
Antic Cafe [¢óƣï-È2—-] (9)
??????-???- - Antic Café (8)
-->アンティック-珈琲店-
http://musicbrainz.org/artist/23994c03-de9d-4766-8505-854decf28d41.html

B

the brilliant green:
Ai No Ai No Hoshi + 愛の 愛の星 ---> 愛の♥愛の星
Sono Speed De ---> そのスピードで
THE LUCKY STAR ---> THE LUCKY STAR☆☆☆
There Will Be Love There ~ai No Aru Basho~ + There will be love there ～愛のある場所～ + There will be love there -ai no aru basho- + There will be love there + There will be love there～愛のある場所～ + There will be love there －愛のある場所－ + there will be love there-愛のある場所- + There Will Be Love There ~ai n + There will be love there ~愛のある場所~ + 03 There will be love there ~ai no aru basho~ + There will be love there -ai n + There will be love there -愛のある場所 + There will be love there –愛のある場所– + There will be love there -aino aru basho- + There Will Be Love There (Ai no Aru basho) + There will be love there - 愛のある場所 + There Will Be Love There - 愛のある場所 - + [track artist=the brilliant green]There Will Be Love There - Ai no Aru Bashou[/track + [track artist=the brilliant green]There Will Be Love There ~Ai no Aru Basho~[/track] ---> [track artist=the brilliant green]There will be love there -愛のある場所-[/track]
[track artist=the brilliant green]tsumetai hana[/track] ---> [track artist=the brilliant green]冷たい花[/track]

C

D

D'espairsRay
DéspairsRay (44,000+)
D'espairs Ray (wrong redirect) (1,558)
Ｄ’ｅｓｐａｉｒｓＲａｙ (477)
D`espairsRay (428)
DespairsRay (wrong redirect) (345)
DйspairsRay (135)
D’espairsRay (132)
despairs ray (wrong redirect) (131)
+DйspairsRay+ (123)
D'éspairsRay (121)
De[']spairsRay (109)
Déspairs Ray (wrong redirect) (104)
D`espairs Ray (78)
ディスパーズレイ (64)
De'spairsRay (56)
D'éspairs Ray (44)
D´espairsRay (43)
D´espairs Ray(30)
£«D'espairs Ray£« (17)
+ D'espairs Ray + (12)
D'espairs'Ray (4)
D'espairsRay (????????) (3)
--> D'espairsRay
http://musicbrainz.org/artist/20fb6261-2468-4eb7-acfa-48bdd67929a6.html

Dir en grey:
[Dir en Grey] Kyo (157)
ディルアングレイ (97)
Dir en grey [Single] (85)
Dir'en'Grey (43)
Dir en grey (ディルアングレイ) (34)
Dir en Grey ディルアングレイ (28)
JRock - Dir en Grey (27)
Dir~en~grey (18)
Dir en grey - (13)
Dir_en_grey (11)
Dir en grey. (10)
Dir en grey (????????) (8)
--> DIR EN GREY

E

F

G

H

浜崎あゆみ aka Ayumi Hamasaki:
Hamasaki Ayumi; (70)
浜崎あゆみ Ayumi Hamasaki (45)
浜崎あゆみ (Hamasaki Ayumi) (42)
Aymui Hamasaki
-->浜崎あゆみ


Himekami:
HIMEKAMI
Himegami
Himegami 姬神
Himekami 姬神
姬神
•P_
→ 姫神

I

Ikimonogakari:
Ikimonogakari + Ikimono Gakari + Ikimono-Gakari ---> いきものがかり
[track artist=いきものがかり]blue bird[/track] ---> [track artist=いきものがかり]ブルーバード[/track]
[track artist=いきものがかり]hana wa sakura kimi wa utsukushi[/track] + [track artist=いきものがかり]花は桜　君は美し[/track] ---> [track artist=いきものがかり]花は桜 君は美し[/track]
[track artist=いきものがかり]Kaeritakunatta yo[/track] ---> [track artist=いきものがかり]帰りたくなったよ[/track]
[track artist=いきものがかり]kimagure romantic[/track] ---> [track artist=いきものがかり]気まぐれロマンティック[/track]
[track artist=いきものがかり]kimi to aruita kisetsu[/track] ---> [track artist=いきものがかり]君と歩いた季節[/track]
[track artist=いきものがかり]kokoro no hana wo sakaseyou[/track] ---> [track artist=いきものがかり]心の花を咲かせよう[/track]
[track artist=いきものがかり]kuchizuke[/track] ---> [track artist=いきものがかり]くちづけ[/track]
[track artist=いきものがかり]natsuiro wakusei[/track] ---> [track artist=いきものがかり]夏色惑星[/track]
[track artist=いきものがかり]planetarium[/track] ---> [track artist=いきものがかり]プラネタリウム[/track]
[track artist=いきものがかり]ryuusei miracle[/track] ---> [track artist=いきものがかり]流星ミラクル[/track]
[track artist=いきものがかり]seishun line[/track] ---> [track artist=いきものがかり]青春ライン[/track]
[track artist=いきものがかり]uruwashiki hito[/track] ---> [track artist=いきものがかり]うるわしきひと[/track]

Chiaki Ishikawa:
Ishikawa Chiaki
Chiaki Ishikawa
Ishikawa, Chiaki
이시카와 치아키
Îì’q»
→ 石川智晶

Yuna Ito:
- Yuna Ito > 伊藤由奈

J

K

Chieco Kawabe:
Chieko Kawabe + Kawabe Chieco ---> 河辺千恵子

Teppei Koike:
- Koike Teppei > 小池徹平

Kouji Kondou:
Kondo Koji
Kōji Kondō
Kondō Kōji
Kondou Kouji
Kouji Kondou
Kondo Kouji
Koji Kondou
Kondô Kôji
Kôji Kondô
こんどうこうじ
近藤 浩治
‹ß“¡_Ž¡
近藤浩治
→ 近藤浩治

L

M

Yui Makino:
Yui Makino + Makino Yui ---> 牧野由依

Takumi Masanori:
Masanori Takumi + Takumi Masanori
→ 宅見将典

雅-miyavi-:
MIYAVI (44,000+)
-Miyavi- (2,500+)
miyavi- (1,300+)
~...:::Miyavi (1,400+)
‰ë-miyavi- (896)
ÑÅ-Miyavi- (621)
雅-miyavi (474)
äº~Miyavi~ (424)
雅－miyavi－ (332)
¶®-Miyavi (157)
Miyavi 雅 (236)
Å-miyavi- (278)
‰ë -miyavi- (200)
Miyavi (雅-miyavi-) (156)
ÑÅ Miyavi (150)
?-Miyavi- (105)
ŃĹ-Miyavi- (154)
雅 -miyavi- (147)
?-miyavi (99)
‰л-Miyavi- (131)
亣­miyavi- (126)
Miyavi- ￅ (86)
? -Miyavi- (66)
Е-Miyavi-(58)
Miyavi (雅～みやび～) (15)
雅 ~Miyavi~ (14)
--> 雅-MIYAVI-
http://musicbrainz.org/artist/63ba8239-cac4-402c-bef6-f26da4881da4.html

Moi dix Mois:
Ｍｏｉ　ｄｉｘ　Ｍｏｉｓ (243)
M10M (142)
Moi dix mois - (10)
Moi de Mois (6)
Moi dex Mois (5)
Mois dix Moi (2)
Moi dix Mois モワ ディス モワ (1)
-->Moi dix Mois
http://musicbrainz.org/artist/935d146a-ab8a-4745-b4c4-6043d4cc15c4.html

ムック aka MUCC:
MUCC (ムック) (142)
MUCC - ムック (133)
ムック (MUCC) (72)
MUCC [ムック] (69)
ムック MUCC (69)
MUCC 「ムック」 (43)
MUCC - ムック (37)
MUCC (???) (32)
MUCC - ??? (27)
-->ムック
http://musicbrainz.org/artist/0da0f48c-3689-4c38-bf4a-c5b50d516689.html

N

O

P

PANIC☆ch:
Panic Channel (4,040)
Panic*Ch (58)
Panikku Channeru (48)
Panikku Chaneru (5)
Panikku Chaneru(Panic Channel) (8)
Panikku Chaneru (Panic Channel) (3)
panic*channel (39)
panic channel(japanese) (41)
-->PANIC☆ch
http://musicbrainz.org/artist/e3b7a99f-50f0-4253-ae6c-607a8bae9364.html

Romi Park:
朴路美
朴 路美
Paku Romi
Romi Paku
Park Romi
Romi Park
박로미
–p˜H”ü
→ 朴璐美

Q

R

S

Mikuni Shimokawa:
- Mikuni Shimokawa > 下川みくに

T

Youko Takahashi:
高桥洋子
たかはしようこ
たかはし ようこ
Takahashi Yoko
Yoko Takahashi
Takahashi Youko
Youko Takahashi
Takahashi Yohko
Yohko Takahashi
Takahashi Yooko
Yooko Takahashi
Takahashi Yōko
Yōko Takahashi
Takahashi Yôko
Yôko Takahashi
Takahashi, Youko
Takahashi, Yoko
타카하시 요코
‚‹´—mŽq
高橋洋子
→ 高橋洋子

Hitomi Terakado:
Terakado Hitomi + Hitomi Terakado -->寺門仁美

Anna Tsuchiya:
Anna Tsuchiya -> 土屋アンナ

Anty the Kunoichi -> ANTY the 紅乃壱


U

Aya Ueto:
- Aya Ueto > 上戸彩

V

W

X

Y


Z

Believe me, I'm a aware of a BUNCH more. I'm not even done with Ikimonogakari's tracks. This will continually updated.

ok, i'll give this one a go. somehow japanese characters scare me less than that cyrillic list. (it looked like the matrix opening sequence!)

***
phew... that took a good 40 mins.

Updated!
I guess we'll let Chiaki Ishikawa's alternate name kanji be for now. I have no idea what to do about Japanese artists who suddenly change the spelling of their name, but not really the actual name itself. Other examples are 鈴木あみ (Ami Suzuki) who changed the spelling of her name to 鈴木亜美 when she switched record labels (OK, in this case it could be argued that her releases should be tagged according to label), and 島宮えい子 (Eiko Shimamiya) who changed it to 島みやえい子 for no apparent reason at all.

Also, thanks for the efforts, fmera :) All that copypasta is pretty tiring.

Yes, in any case it's wrong to redirect everything to the old spelling the way it's done now. It's been that way as long as I've been on Last.fm, long before the days of a user-votable auto-correct. If they have to mix them up it makes no sense to use a name she no longer goes by.

Artists only:

アリス九號. aka alice nine.:
alice nine. (24,000+)
Alice Nine (23,000+)
アリス九號 (2,998)
alicenine (924)
Alice 9 (660)
Alicenine. (370)
アリス九號。 (356)
alice nine. (アリス九號.) (48)
Alice Nine (?????) (30)
alice nine [アリス九號] (28)
alice nine. (アリス九號。) (24)
x-alicenine (15)
ARISU nine. (7)
????? - Alice Nine (7)
Arisu Nain (2)
alicenine(1)
-->アリス九號.
http://musicbrainz.org/artist/450a1f43-c0af-4191-ae89-a322624bc3e8.html


アンティック-珈琲店- aka An Cafe/Antic Cafe:
An Cafe (24,000+)
AnCafe (5,000+)
ANTIC CAFE (2,300+)
antique café (1,646)
Antic Café (1,331)
An Café (877)
Antic Cafe アンティック-珈琲店- (159)
Antique Cafe (??????-???-) (106)
Antique Cafe ??????-???- (96)
Antic Cafe [アンティック-珈琲店-] (91)
Antic Cafe ??????-???- (51)
Antique Cafe' (27)
Antic Cafe [??????-???-] (23)
Antique Cafè (19)
Antic Cafe ¢óƣï-È2—- (9)
Antic Cafe [¢óƣï-È2—-] (9)
??????-???- - Antic Café (8)
-->アンティック-珈琲店-
http://musicbrainz.org/artist/23994c03-de9d-4766-8505-854decf28d41.html


D'espairsRay
DéspairsRay (44,000+)
D'espairs Ray (wrong redirect) (1,558)
Ｄ’ｅｓｐａｉｒｓＲａｙ (477)
D`espairsRay (428)
DespairsRay (wrong redirect) (345)
DйspairsRay (135)
D’espairsRay (132)
despairs ray (wrong redirect) (131)
+DйspairsRay+ (123)
D'éspairsRay (121)
De[']spairsRay (109)
Déspairs Ray (wrong redirect) (104)
D`espairs Ray (78)
ディスパーズレイ (64)
De'spairsRay (56)
D'éspairs Ray (44)
D´espairsRay (43)
D´espairs Ray(30)
£«D'espairs Ray£« (17)
+ D'espairs Ray + (12)
D'espairs'Ray (4)
D'espairsRay (????????) (3)
--> D'espairsRay
http://musicbrainz.org/artist/20fb6261-2468-4eb7-acfa-48bdd67929a6.html


Dir en grey:
ディルアングレイ (97)
Dir en grey [Single] (85)
Dir'en'Grey (43)
Dir en grey (ディルアングレイ) (34)
Dir en Grey ディルアングレイ (28)
JRock - Dir en Grey (27)
Dir~en~grey (18)
Dir en grey - (13)
Dir_en_grey (11)
Dir en grey. (10)
Dir en grey (????????) (8)
--> DIR EN GREY


浜崎あゆみ aka Ayumi Hamasaki:
ayumi hamasaki (currently successfully redirected) (14,985)
Hamasaki Ayumi (currently successfully redirected) (1,868)
Ayumi Hamasaki 浜崎あゆみ (currently successfully redirected)
Hamasaki Ayumi; (70)
Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎あゆみ)(currently successfully redirected)
浜崎あゆみ Ayumi Hamasaki (45)
浜崎あゆみ (Hamasaki Ayumi) (42)
Aymui Hamasaki
-->浜崎あゆみ


雅-miyavi-:
MIYAVI (44,000+)
-Miyavi- (2,500+)
miyavi- (1,300+)
~...:::Miyavi (1,400+)
‰ë-miyavi- (896)
ÑÅ-Miyavi- (621)
雅-miyavi (474)
äº~Miyavi~ (424)
雅－miyavi－ (332)
¶®-Miyavi (157)
Miyavi 雅 (236)
Å-miyavi- (278)
‰ë -miyavi- (200)
Miyavi (雅-miyavi-) (156)
ÑÅ Miyavi (150)
?-Miyavi- (105)
ŃĹ-Miyavi- (154)
雅 -miyavi- (147)
?-miyavi (99)
‰л-Miyavi- (131)
亣­miyavi- (126)
Miyavi- ￅ (86)
? -Miyavi- (66)
Е-Miyavi-(58)
Miyavi (雅～みやび～) (15)
雅 ~Miyavi~ (14)
--> 雅-MIYAVI-
http://musicbrainz.org/artist/63ba8239-cac4-402c-bef6-f26da4881da4.html


ムック aka MUCC:
Mucc (currently successfully redirected)
MUCC (ムック) (142)
MUCC - ムック (133)
ムック (MUCC) (72)
MUCC [ムック] (69)
ムック MUCC (69)
MUCC 「ムック」 (43)
MUCC - ムック (37)
MUCC (???) (32)
MUCC - ??? (27)
-->ムック
http://musicbrainz.org/artist/0da0f48c-3689-4c38-bf4a-c5b50d516689.html


PANIC☆ch:
Panic Channel (4,040)
Panic*Ch (58)
Panikku Channeru (48)
Panikku Chaneru (5)
Panikku Chaneru(Panic Channel) (8)
Panikku Chaneru (Panic Channel) (3)
panic*channel (39)
panic channel(japanese) (41)
-->PANIC☆ch
http://musicbrainz.org/artist/e3b7a99f-50f0-4253-ae6c-607a8bae9364.html


Moi dix Mois:
Ｍｏｉ　ｄｉｘ　Ｍｏｉｓ (243)
M10M (142)
Moi dix mois - (10)
Moi de Mois (6)
Moi dex Mois (5)
Mois dix Moi (2)
Moi dix Mois モワ ディス モワ (1)
-->Moi dix Mois
http://musicbrainz.org/artist/935d146a-ab8a-4745-b4c4-6043d4cc15c4.html

I hope I did not integrate any mistakes, if I did, give me a shout.

I wanted to list them all as a redirect can also be lost when someone messes it up again, that's why I marked them 'currently redirected'. (So I can track them.)

Some more artists that need to have merges (organized "first name, last name"). Most of these have maaaaany more variations, so this is just the basics:

Aikawa Nanase -> 相川七瀬 (first name is Nanase, but "Nanase Aikawa" already goes to 相川七瀬.)
Anna Tsuchiya -> 土屋アンナ (Some debate of which name to use, but I'd personally go with 土屋アンナ)
Anty the Kunoichi -> ANTY the 紅乃壱
Ayaka -> 絢香
Douji-T, Dohzi-T -> 童子-T
Kaori Natori -> 名取香り
Kisho Taniyama, Kishou Taniyama -> 谷山紀章
Keita Tachibana -> 橘慶太
Kohei Koizumi, Kohei Koizumi, Kouhei Koizumi -> 小泉恒平
Lisa Yamaguchi -> 山口リサ
Miho Fukuhara -> 福原美穂
Mikio Sakai -> 酒井ミキオ
Nichika -> 二千花
Rouma Tanaka & Roma Tanaka -> 田中ロウマ
Seira Kagami -> 加賀美セイラ
Shota Shimizu -> 清水翔太

And a Korean one for good measure :D

Harisu -> 하리수

Journal for D'espairsRay songs:
http://www.last.fm/user/tombraidergirl/journal/2009/04/19/2nthoi_auto-corrections%3A_albums_by_d%27espairsray

Edit: Dir en grey in progress
http://www.last.fm/user/tombraidergirl/journal/2009/04/19/2nv65g_auto-corrections%3A_albums_by_dir_en_grey

Musicbrainz disagrees, so I'm not sure if we should go ahead and vote for that correction. Ditto in the Japanese Wikipedia. The English Wikipedia shows the space, though.

rowaasr13 said:
Space in the real names, as opposed to aliases should generally be suppressed. Japanese generally write their names without any spaces, adding them only as correct reading hints.
thks, i thought so too but wanted a second opinion. LilleFluff should pick up on it either way when she consolidates her list ;)

Kyos solo have the tag 京

Somei Satoh should technically be 佐藤 聰明, even though the latter only has one play scrobbled it is nevertheless the correct version of his name.

re my previous post above, this was left out:

Seiko Matuda -> 松田聖子 (Seiko Matsuda)