I haven't seen the name in Japanese characters before. Interesting. They've used "katakana" characters instead of "hiragana" or "kanji". Usually they use katakana for writing English (or other non-Japanese) words borrowed and incorporated into their language - eg "hambaaga" is their borrowed word for hamburger and it would be written in katakana. Traditional Japanese words would be written with completely different characters in hiragana or kanji, but sometimes they use katakana characters to make even traditional Japanese words look cooler. Maybe that's the case here, because Takahashi is almost certainly a Japanese name.
I haven't seen the name in Japanese characters before. Interesting. They've used "katakana" characters instead of "hiragana" or "kanji". Usually they use katakana for writing English (or other non-Japanese) words borrowed and incorporated into their language - eg "hambaaga" is their borrowed word for hamburger and it would be written in katakana. Traditional Japanese words would be written with completely different characters in hiragana or kanji, but sometimes they use katakana characters to make even traditional Japanese words look cooler. Maybe that's the case here, because Takahashi is almost certainly a Japanese name.
Hey Troy,
wow, lots of info there. How come you know so much about Japanese?
PS:- Not intended to be a rude question, and if you are Japanese - well, that would explain it
wow, lots of info there. How come you know so much about Japanese?
PS:- Not intended to be a rude question, and if you are Japanese - well, that would explain it
Ha. No, I'm not Japanese. But I grew up on the Gold Coast, and with all of the Japanese tourism there back when I was at high school, I did 5 years of it at school, and another year at Uni as an elective during my Engineering Degree. Been to Japan a couple of times, too. Fantastic country and people.
Yep. I lived in Japan for a couple of years, and while it didn't seem to be common, as such, you certainly hear it often. My Japanese language teacher was called Takahashi - how's that for coincidence?
Gday Leon 
