Ashley in Japanese Katakana

Tips for writing Ashley in katakana

• ー is the long-vowel mark: it stretches the sound before it. In vertical writing it turns into a vertical line.
• Write the small ュ at about half size, in the lower left of the square (in horizontal writing). シュ is one sound, shu.
• シ (shi) and ツ (tsu) look alike. In シ the two short strokes are placed on the left and the long stroke sweeps upward; in ツ the short strokes stand at the top and the long stroke sweeps downward.
• Japanese has a single sound for English L and R, so both are written with the ラ-row (ra, ri, ru, re, ro).
• Katakana is written left to right like English, or top to bottom in vertical text. Keep every character the same size except the small ones.

Ashley on Japanese forms

Example full name: Ashley Smith → アシュリー・スミス (Western order, names separated by ・).

Most Japanese forms put the family name first: スミス アシュリー. In a フリガナ (furigana) field write it in katakana; if the field says ふりがな use hiragana (すみす あしゅりー); some bank and card forms ask for half-width katakana (ｽﾐｽ ｱｼｭﾘｰ).

Japan has no official katakana spelling for foreign names. Once you use a spelling for a bank account, phone contract or employer, keep using the same one so your records match.

FAQ

How do you write Ashley in Japanese?

Ashley is usually written アシュリー (ashurī) in katakana, the script Japanese uses for foreign names. In hiragana it is あしゅりー.

Is there a kanji for Ashley?

No. Foreign names have no official kanji; they are written in katakana. Kanji versions offered online (ateji) are chosen only for sound and look, and their "meanings" are made up, so this site does not provide them.