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plz dont have a japanese name if u dont even look japanese..u will just get made fun of, especially by me
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Yes, but who are you and why should we care?
The point is, it's not unheard of for foreigners -- female and male -- to take on the family name of their Japanese spouses. (Hell, 入り婿 anyone?) But changing your name is a whole other ball of wax.
If you're determined on getting naturalized and getting a Japanese name, so be it. Personally, I think it's going a bit far and a happy medium is best. (Ramos Rui comes to mind). Me, I've been here a while, speak the language, have married into the culture...but I am who I am, and I'm not changing my name. I even sort of regret having made my ateji hanko my official one x-number of years ago...