Thread:Old McDonald/@comment-27347196-20161207200757/@comment-27347196-20161207212811

Let me try to explain as best as possible.

All Japanese names are written in kanji which was based off traditional Chinese and one kanji symbol can have couple of meanings, which is why furigana (little text usually written above kanji or besides it in mangas that is written in hiragana and sometimes katakana to help you read kanji correctly).

As you can see that little text besides, way her name is said, has not changed because this is what we got beside kanji "きりしま とうか" which is spelled as "Kirishima Tōka". Meaning, her name is still said same way but symbol used in her name is different.

Think of it this way, lets say your name is Viktoria.

It is written as Viktoria and its registered that way, then suddenly someone writes your name as "Victoria". Still same thing when you say it right? But you can't say that "k" and "c" are same letter.

Just like that 董 and 薫 are two different symbols.