A question about made-up names, and my own...

[Kisai]

Are they done in katakana? Like for one name... "Soliatek"... would that be... "SO-RA-I-TE-KU"? Or something like that? Like, "ソライテク"?

And would "きさい" be an appropriate way to use "Kisai" as a name?

[keatonatron]

The thing with made up names in Japanese is that there is no rule about how to write them.

For example, when Japanese people choose screen names (or nicknames to go by online), some of them choose names with English characters, some choose names in katakana, and some choose names with only kanji.

It's just a matter of preference, and readability (if that's important to you). Characters in video games that have foreign-sounding names are usually written in katakana, but that's just to make sure players all pronounce it the same. I happen to know that Tommy February, whose real name is 智子, goes by "Tommy" and writes it that way (i.e. in English) even if it comes in the middle of a Japanese sentence.

So, "Kisai" is fine as a name, きさい is just as fine, and so is キサイ.

"Official" names are different, but for an online handle or a character you are developing for something, any of these are usable.

[Mike Cash]

When I hear "Kisai", I think about the Kisai Junction of the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway.

[keatonatron]

What about 記載 or 既済? There are many possibilities

[becki_kanou]

How about 鬼犀 ? The demon rhino, that sounds pretty cool!

[AJBryant]

When I hear "Kisai", I think about the Kisai Junction of the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway.

My sympathies.