Taku Makino

From Sega Retro

Name reading theory

Maybe the reason he's credited as S.Makino in Golden Axe The Duel is because the Taku kanji can also be read as Suguru

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%93#Japanese

Chimes (talk) 18:07, 22 February 2024 (EST)

It looks like a similar thing happened with Koki Sadamori in Galaxy Force. There he's Y.Sadamony, since 康毅 can be Koki, but can also be Yasuki.
http://www.hipenpal.com/tool/japanese-names-search-and-converter-in-english.php?vp=&sp=&lang=&od=e&startchk=OK&keyword=%E5%BA%B7%E6%AF%85&to=Search&malename=checked
Nicolaas Hamman (talk) 08:45, 21 March 2024 (GMT+2)