How to write Diego in katakana
Japanese writes foreign names in katakana, one of its two alphabets, by sound rather than by spelling. Diego becomes ディエゴ, made of these parts:
| Katakana | Sound | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ディ | di | two characters read as one sound |
| エ | e | |
| ゴ | go |
When you write a full name, Japanese puts a middle dot between the first and last name, for example ディエゴ・スミス for Diego Smith.