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Character Names
posted by raze464STAFFMOD on January 6, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Item: Solo Leveling
Language: en-US
Type of Problem: Incorrect_content
Extra Details: I changed the character names of the Regular Cast a few days ago to the ones that appear on the Character section of official website (i.e. Taito Ban as Shun Mizushino instead of Sung Jinwoo) but the main character is still called Sung Jinwoo (and credited as such) in the Japanese version I watched so I'm changing the names back to the Korean names since the rest of the character names are also the Korean names.
Reply by raze464
on January 30, 2024 at 12:55 AM
I was able to access the version that airs in Japan via a VPN (the first episode was available for free on Telasa as of when I wrote this) and it looks like there are at least two versions of the original Japanese audio.
I watched the first episode through Crunchyroll and that is in Japanese but uses the Korean names in both the voiceover and the credits. The version that airs in Japan is in Japanese and uses Japanese names in both the voiceover and the credits. Based on this, Crunchyroll should not be used as a source for character names (the actors seem to be the same for the first episode with only the character names being different).
The English subtitled version that Crunchyroll is airing is not the same as the original version that is airing in Japan since these screenshots are the cast credits used in Japan and these screenshots are the cast credits used by Crunchyroll.
The current Regular Cast has been locked to prevent character name changes so if they need to be removed from the section, please submit a content report indicating which actor needs to be removed.