Dub Name Change/Japanese to Spanish

Anime and Manga

 * Kiki's Delivery Service
 * Kiki to Nikki (Kiki is a slang word in Spanish associated with sex. "Echar un kiki" means roughly "To get laid". This change did not occur in the Latin American dubs)


 * The Mazinger trilogy (Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger and UFO Robo Grendizer):
 * Boss to Jefe (literal translation)
 * Dr. Hell to Doctor Infierno (literal translation)
 * Baron Ashura to Baron Ashler (in Spain)
 * Iron Masks to Máscaras de Hierro
 * Iron Cross to Cruces de Hierro
 * Great Mazinger to Gran Mazinger
 * Tetsuya to Tatsu (in Latin America)
 * Grendizer to Grandizer
 * Kouji Kabuto to Carlos Caribe (in Spain in the third series)
 * Daisuke Umon to Daniel
 * Hikaru to Hillary
 * Maria Grace to Gracia María
 * Danbei to Benito
 * Goro to Poncho
 * Bunta to Venancio


 * Digimon
 * Paildramon to Ledramon
 * Read "Japanese-English: Digimon" on this same page


 * Ranma ½
 * Hikaru Gosunkugi to "Beto Fetiches" (kinda like: "Bob Fetishes"; no not in the sexual sense). This was later dropped in favor of his actual name.
 * Tatewaki Kuno to Kuno Tatewaki - The translator probably assumed too much, seeing how there is a Mexican actor named Kuno Becker.
 * Not really. The first Spain dub has the exactly same change as well.
 * Kodachi Kuno to Kodachi Tatewaki.
 * In the first Spain dub, Ukyo Kuonji is at first named Federica, a plain Spanish name, and then it's weirdly changed to the Japanese name Kaori.
 * Happosai to Chen (first Spain dub)


 * Magic Knight Rayearth
 * Hikaru Shidou to Lucy.
 * Nova to Luz.
 * Fuu Hououji to Anaís.
 * Umi Ryuuzaki to Marina.
 * Lantis to Latis.
 * Ferio to Paris.
 * Lafarga to Rafaga.
 * The Autozam mecha FTO to Iron.


 * Slayers
 * Gourry Gabriev to Gaudy.
 * Lina to Reena.


 * Mistress Centipede from Inuyasha had her name changed from Mukade Joro(Japanese) to Mistress Centipede. The strangest part? Most other demon kept their original name except her.
 * Kagome to Aome ("Cagome" means, literally, "he/she shat on me".)
 * Kageromaru to Kaigeromaru


 * Doraemon to Cosmico (Some Latin American dubs only and this is not always upheld)


 * Ojamajo Doremi to Magical Doremi (Latin American dub)
 * Hazuki Fujiwara to Emilie Fujiwara.
 * Rere to Mimi.
 * Aiko Senoo to Sophie Senoo.
 * Mimi to Fifi
 * Onpu Segawa to Nicole Segawa.
 * Fafa to Lolo.
 * Momoko Asuka to Mindy Asuka.
 * Popu Harukaze to Bibi Harukaze.
 * Solsol to Fafa.
 * Majo Rika to Majorka.
 * Majo Ruka to Malissa.


 * Virtua Fighter (anime) to El defensor virtuoso ("the virtuous defender"; Latin American dub).
 * Akira Yuki to Alex Yuki (in the first episode he signs as Akira, and claims it's his artistic name)
 * Pai Chan to Erika Chan
 * Lau Chan to Carlos Chan
 * Jacky Bryant to Roberto Fantini
 * Shun Di to Fausto
 * Kagemaru to Victor
 * Jeffry McWild to Jaime Martinez
 * Ryu Kowloon to Daniel Kowloon
 * Alexander to Luxito


 * Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT (Mexican dub - averted in the Mexican print of the manga).
 * Chichi to Milk - In Spanish, the word "chichi" is slang for girl parts; in Mexico it's slang for breast (which curiously, matches one of the meanings for the original Japanese name)
 * Gyu-mao- to Ox Satan
 * that change just astounds anyone by obvious reasons, besides, "Mr. Satan" was not changed later.
 * Pilaf to El Marciano ("The Martian/Alien", though only on the early chapters)
 * Kame Sen'nin to Master Roshi
 * Tsuru Sen'nin to Master Tsuru
 * Piccolo Daimaoh to Picoro Daimaku
 * Hatchan to Octavio (playing with "Octavo", which means Eighth)
 * From an earlier Mexican dub (Zero and the Dragon):
 * Goku to Zero
 * Kuririn to Cachito (a term of endearment in Mexico)
 * Yamcha to Senaki/Zedaki
 * Oolong to Mao Mao


 * Other shows like Sailor Moon and Saint Seiya gets the English versions of the names but the footage and everything else was from the Japanese versions (except things like the Ear Worm main song of Saint Seiya on his first transmissions) and other translated versions of anime main songs)
 * In Latin America, all names in Saint Seiya are kept except for Mascara de Muerte (a literal translation of Deathmask) and Krishaor Krista (Krishna). It also picks up the name (Caballeros del Zodiaco) and terms (Caballero/"Knight" instead of Saint and Armadura/"Armor" instead of Cloth) from the french dub.
 * In Spain, every single major character in Sailor Moon gets a Spaniard name, except Usagi and Ami, who are called "Bunny" and "Amy", like in English. The only character who maintained the Japanese name was Chibiusa.


 * In Spain, the Captain Tsubasa dub used the name changes made in the French dub, with several changes so all of them would sound like English names. The show had such a deep impact in Spaniard children that when the manga arrived to Spain 15 years later using the original Japanese names, the first volumes included an appendix explaining who was who.


 * Bt X (Latin American dub):
 * Teppei Takamiya to Marlon de Quevedo
 * Kotaro Takamiya to Mitchell de Quevedo
 * Karen to Lourdes
 * Fou to Falcon
 * Hokuto to Homero
 * Misha to Damian (later switched back to Misha)
 * The Juggler to El Ilusionista ("The Illusionist")
 * Aramis to Leopoldo


 * Detective Conan
 * Shinichi Kudo to Bobby Jackson
 * Conan Edogawa to Conan Blassy
 * Ran Mouri to Claudia Guzmán
 * Kogoro Mouri to Carlos Guzmân
 * Dr. Agasa to Dr. Cardillo
 * Inspector Megure to Inspector Vera
 * Heiji Hattori to Alfredo Adame, then to Alfredo Gutiérrez, then to Héctor Garza, then to Nano Díaz (uff...)


 * Naruto keeps almost all the names of the human characters intact, but some terms are translated (Latin America):
 * Iccha Iccha Paradise to Haciendolo en el Paraiso (Doing that in Paradise)