Potter in Japanese Katakana

Tips for writing Potter in katakana

• ー is the long-vowel mark: it stretches the sound before it. In vertical writing it turns into a vertical line.
• The small ッ is a short pause that doubles the next consonant. Write it half size; a full-size ツ would be read "tsu".
• 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.

Potter on Japanese forms

Example full name: John Potter → ジョン・ポッター (Western order, names separated by ・).

Most Japanese forms put the family name first: ポッター ジョン. In a フリガナ (furigana) field write it in katakana; if the field says ふりがな use hiragana (ぽったー じょん); some bank and card forms ask for half-width katakana (ﾎﾟｯﾀｰ ｼﾞｮﾝ).

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 Potter in Japanese?

Potter is usually written ポッター (pottā) in katakana, the script Japanese uses for foreign names. In hiragana it is ぽったー.

Is there a kanji for Potter?

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.