Elvis in Japanese

How to write Elvis in katakana

Japanese writes foreign names in katakana, one of its two alphabets, by sound rather than by spelling. Elvis becomes エルビス, made of these parts:

You may also see Elvis written エルヴィス (Eruvisu). Both are used; エルビス is the more common spelling.

When you write a full name, Japanese puts a middle dot between the first and last name, for example エルビス・スミス for Elvis Smith.

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