Animal Crossing in Japanese // Villagers, Characters, Tools and More

Animal Crossing in Japanese Full Guide

If you are looking for a full guide of Animal Crossing in Japanese, you are on the right page! Get ready for a lengthy article containing every word and name you are looking for.

Main characters, villagers, tools and other objects, you’ll learn everything you need to know to play the game in Japanese.

Get ready to learn a LOT of vocabulary and names from the most popular game ever.

Let us dive into the fantastic world that is Animal Crossing.

Download the flashcards for future reference, bookmark this article in your favourite and check the FAQ’s for more questions answered about the game.

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Animal Crossing in Japanese | Quick History

Animal Crossing in Japanese | Main Characters

Animal Crossing in Japanese | Seasonal Characters

Animal Crossing in Japanese | ALL Villagers

Animal Crossing in Japanese | Buildings, Tool & Items

Animal Crossing in Japanese | FAQ’s

Skip to the chapter you’re most interested about, or press Ctrl+F (or Cmd+F for Mac) to look for your favourite villagers!

For those of you not familiar with this game, Animal Crossing is one of Nintendo’s most popular games since its first launch in 2001, and it has taken off to new levels recently.

The player lives in a world inhabited with anthropomorphic animals, and can take part in various activities such as befriending villagers, fishing, catching insects, digging for fossils, decorate its home etc.

The latest game on Nintendo Switch actually allows a lot more than that such as developing one’s own island, decorate it by collecting plans, building furniture and a lot more.

But first things first…

Animal Crossing in Japanese is どうぶつの森

Romanisation: Doubutsu No Mori 

DISCLAIMER – This article couldn’t have been created without the help of the fabulous Animal Crossing Wiki. The aim of this article is to provide you with the Japanese names of your favourite characters, for all details regarding the game, I strongly suggest you pay Animal Crossing Wiki a visit!

A Guide to the Japanese Islands // Including Some Hidden Gems

Fun Fact to get us started, Japan is made up of 6,852 islands! Today we cover the main Japanese islands and everything they have to offer.

A Very Quick History of Animal Crossing

Animal Crossing was created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami in 2001, two video game designers for Nintendo.

Katusya Eguchi has the idea of creating Animal Crossing, and his inspiration for the game is quite unexpected!

At 21, Eguchi moved from Chiba, Japan to Kyoto to work for Nintendo. He wanted to recreate the feeling of arriving in a new town, alone, without knowing a single familiar face.

Source

Inspiration does indeed come from all aspects of one’s life!

Here’s a very simple breakdown of all Animal Crossing games through time:

Animal Crossing – Main Characters

Brace yourself now for the ULTIMATE list of the main characters of Animal Crossing in Japanese!

Who is your favourite character?

Let us know in the comments

This list includes characters from all games.

Seasonal Characters of Animal Crossing

Don’t worry, we didn’t forget them!

Even though they appear only once a year, there is no way they couldn’t be included in this article:

Villagers of Animal Crossing in Japanese

Are you ready for this MASSIVE list of all the names of the villagers, 413 in total!?

Again, this article was solely created to make it easier for you to check your favourite character’s name and objects in Japanese.

For more details about your favourite characters such as their personality type, story, name origin etc, please visit Animal Crossing Wiki.

If you already know the name of the villager you are looking for, skip to its chapter by clicking the letters below, or use the shortcut Ctrl + F and type their name (Cmd + F for Mac).

If not, just keep browsing! You might stumble upon a name that rings a bell.

ANIMAL CROSSING NAMES IN JAPANESE – A to G

Let’s start with the Animal Crossing villagers whose name start with A up to G.

You’ll notice that many of their names in Japanese are actually English names!

DID YOU KNOW | The Katakana alphabet is used to translate foreign names to Japanese

NOTE – Did you notice that most of the Koala villagers have Australian city names?!

It’s not over yet!

If you’re struggling with reading Japanese without the romanisation, here’s a list of articles you might find very useful:

• Why is there 3 Japanese Alphabets?
• Learn Katakana
• Learn Hiragana
• Learn Kanji

The 3 Japanese Alphabets // Discover Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji

The Japanese Alphabet is not singular. In fact there are 3 alphabets in Japanese! Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji. We teach you why and how to use them.

ANIMAL CROSSING NAMES IN JAPANESE – H to O

Here we go! Animal Crossing names in Japanese from H to O.

Let us know in the comments who your favourite villagers are! 👀

Want more details about each villager? Check out the Animal Crossing Wiki.

ANIMAL CROSSING NAMES IN JAPANESE – P to Z

Here’s the third and last part of our Animal Crossing names.

Yes, this is a long one (there’s 413 villagers to be listed in total!!) but we hope you found your favourite character names in Japanese!

Congratulations, you reached the end of the Animal Crossing villagers’ list!

Did you find the one you were looking for? We hope so!

Don’t leave us just yet, we still have one last chapter to go through to complete our Animal Crossing in Japanese article.

Buildings, Tools & Items

To end this lengthy article about Animal Crossing in Japanese, let’s see the buildings, tools and other items included in the game.

Animal Crossing Buildings in Japanese

Animal Crossing Fruits in Japanese

Lucky is the one who gathered all the fruits from the game! Let’s check them out below.

Animal Crossing Tools in Japanese

How many Golden Tools do you have? Let us know in the comments!

Animal Crossing Items in Japanese

Here is the last table of this article!

On a side note, you will notice in this table a great mix of words written in either Katakana, Hiragana and Kanji.

If you do not know yet how to read them, here is once again a great list of article for you to visit:

• Learn Katakana
• Learn Hiragana
• Learn Kanji

Will you be brave enough to change the language setting of your Nintendo Switch and start playing Animal Crossing in Japanese?

Just like changing the language of one’s smartphone is a great immersive way to learn Japanese, gaming in Japanese is equally efficient and a lot more fun!

Some of our students already made the leap, will you too?

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