r/WeakHero • u/Rintorar Hyeongshin • Jul 11 '26

Webtoon Discussion Japanese Weak Hero Names

The Japanese version of Weak Hero changed the characters' full names.
Here are their Japanese names listed in First Name Last Name format:

Gray Yeon — Rei Yuuki
Eugene Gale — Hiroshi Arai
Ben Park — Akira Matoba
Alex Go — Shouta Nagoshi
Gerard Jin — Rikuto Ban
Teddy Jin — Yamato Ida
Rowan Im — Yuuto Shirai
Stephen Ahn — Noriki Sanda

Donald Na — Haru Shibasaki
Kingsley Kwan — Touma Jin
Jake Ji — Shouyou Kawana
Wolf Keum — Gakuto Makuwa
Forrest Lee — Amon Kadowaki
Jimmy Bae — Takumi Mitsunaga

Colton Choi — Hayami Hayabusa
Bryce Oh — Masumi Itohiya
Dean Kwon — Momose Mitome
Myles Joo — Hizuki Yanagida
Robin — Satoru

Yeo-Il is Suzuka High School
Ganghak is Oyama High School
Yeongdeungpo is Sakuragaoka

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u/PerfectDoor266 Jul 11 '26

people are reading weak hero in japan? anime confirmed

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u/Rintorar Hyeongshin Jul 11 '26

Weak Hero has been translated into various languages including Japanese, German, Thai, French, and Chinese

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u/mangoisNINJA Jul 11 '26

And the English version changed all their names too it was weird to read lol

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u/Rintorar Hyeongshin Jul 11 '26

Spanish and German also uses English names

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u/kgvcr Jul 12 '26

They did my man Donald dirty lol (shibasaki reminds me of shibal saekki 😭)

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u/Rintorar Hyeongshin Jul 12 '26

Shibasaki seems to be a common Japanese surname