Talk:Aoki Lapis/@comment-78.154.90.34-20120820203312/@comment-5017500-20120825185234

"Her surname is "blue princess""

Yes and no. It depends on how you spell "Aoki" in kanji characters.

Aoki is a very common Japanese surname. But it is usually (almost 100%) written as "青木". And "青木" does not mean "blue princess". It means "blue tree". So, when you meet a person named Aoki, you'd better not say "Oh, you are a blue princess!". :-)

I-style project replaced "青" by "蒼"(blue), and "木" by "姫"(princess). This is a kind of word play. This doesn't change the reading of the kanji spelling, though I think "Aohime" would be a more natural reading of "蒼姫". Anyway, "蒼姫" can be read as "Aoki", and it can mean "blue princess". But I bet no Japanese person has the surname spelled as "蒼姫". Of course I know that's no problem, because she is not a person, but a fairy. :-)