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i · the name
a Japanese calligrapher traveling the world
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Martina

マーティーナ
which one is you? ma-ti-na ma-ru-ti-na
from Latin Martinus — "of Mars"
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ii · three scripts

Three Japanese scripts. Two of them are fixed. The third one is not.

That is where a person has to choose, not a translator: a Japanese calligrapher who has already written the names of more than 500 people by hand, on the street, one by one.

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He chose 7 versions for this name. The one he recommends most is in the second half.
iii · kanji i
真知奈
ma-ti-na
what is genuine, noticing, and the fruit that ripens
see what it means
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iv · about kanji i

真知奈

  • 真mawhat is genuine, nothing feigned
  • 知tinoticing, seeing what is going on
  • 奈nathe fruit that ripens on the tree
an honest, attentive name — for someone who does not pretend and pays attention besides.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of being genuinely what you appear to be, noticing what is going on around you, and ripening like the fruit that stays on the tree.

v · kanji ii
舞千菜
ma-ti-na
the dance, what you never finish counting, and the yellow field flower
see what it means
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vi · about kanji ii

舞千菜

  • 舞mathe dance, the elegance of someone in motion
  • 千tithe thousand, what you never finish counting
  • 菜nathe yellow flower that covers the field in spring
a joyful, abundant name — for someone who fills the room she walks into.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of moving with the grace of someone dancing, having more than anyone can count, and covering the field like the yellow flower in spring.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 麻汀渚— what is natural and clean, at the edge where the wave arrives
  • 満智夏— filling up completely, with your head on what is coming
  • 円貞凪— no sharp edges and a word kept, on calm water
  • 真致那— what is genuine, carried through to the end
  • 舞治撫— the grace of someone in motion, with a hand that heals
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iii 麻汀渚
ma-ti-nathe fiber of linen, the quiet edge, and the shore
  • 麻mathe fiber of linen, what is natural and clean
  • 汀tithe waterline, the quiet edge
  • 渚nathe shore, where the wave reaches the sand
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of keeping what is natural and clean in the fiber of linen, staying at the quiet edge of the water, and being the shore where the wave reaches the sand.

choose this one
iv 満智夏
ma-ti-nafilling up completely, seeing what is coming, and the summer sun
  • 満mafilling up completely, the full moon
  • 智tithe head that sees what is coming
  • 夏nathe summer sun, the thick green
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of filling up completely like the full moon, having the head that sees what is coming, and carrying the summer sun with you.

choose this one
v 円貞凪
ma-ti-naharmony without edges, the word you gave, and water gone calm
  • 円mawhat is round, harmony without edges
  • 貞tikeeping the word you gave
  • 凪nathe wind stopping, the water gone calm
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of being round like harmony with no edges, keeping the word you gave, and staying calm like water when the wind stops.

choose this one
vi 真致那
ma-ti-nawhat is genuine, carrying things through, and what is beautiful and plentiful
  • 真mawhat is genuine, nothing feigned
  • 致ticarrying a thing through to the end
  • 那nawhat is beautiful and plentiful
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of being genuinely what you appear to be, carrying each thing through to the end, and having what is beautiful and plentiful at once.

choose this one
vii 舞治撫
ma-ti-nathe dance, healing what is broken, and the caress
  • 舞mathe dance, the elegance of someone in motion
  • 治tihealing, setting right what is broken
  • 撫nathe caress, touching gently
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of moving with the grace of someone dancing, setting right what is broken, and touching gently.

choose this one
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viii · wallpaper
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真知奈
Martina
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真知奈
Martina
Being genuinely what you appear to be, noticing what is going on around you, and ripening like the fruit that stays on the tree.
千

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ix · from his own hand

This is how the calligrapher writes — three pieces, one hand.

Everything above is drawn by a typeface: a thousand Martinas, the same stroke. Not this one. The calligrapher dips the brush and writes yours a single time — the ink opens where it opens, the stroke breaks where it breaks.

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three pieces by the calligrapher · brush and ink on paper · none of them says your name yet
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x · for you, not for the name

Shall we choose your kanji together?

Everything above was chosen for the name Martina — the same for any Martina. A commission is different: you tell the calligrapher what matters to you, what you want to protect and who you want to become — and together you pick the best kanji.

If you are getting it tattooed, or you seriously want a kanji that is only yours — start here.

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xi · wear it

The same kanji, on something you can touch.

Your name printed on what you use every day. We do not sell the shirt: we give you the file and you take it to your printer.

真知奈
Martina
T-shirt
真知奈
Mug
真知奈
Tote bag
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no background, at print size — there you choose the kanji, the lettering style and the orientation

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千 · Japanese calligrapher · traveling the world · 2026