Zanpakuto Name Generator
Bleach Zanpakuto names with Shikai and Bankai forms
Generate zanpakuto names in the style of Bleach: poetic two-kanji compounds like Zangetsu and Hyorinmaru, 'X no Y' names like Sode no Shirayuki, and full bankai titles such as Senbonzakura Kageyoshi, all with the meaning behind each name.
About zanpakuto names
In Bleach, a zanpakuto is a Soul Reaper's sword and a living spirit, and its name is something the wielder has to learn rather than choose. Tite Kubo's names follow a few clear patterns. Most are compact two- or three-kanji compounds that read like a haiku fragment: Zangetsu (slaying moon), Hyorinmaru (ice ring), Haineko (ash cat), Kazeshini (wind of death). Others take the classical form 'X no Y', as in Sode no Shirayuki (sleeve of white snow) or Kamishini no Yari (god-killing spear). Many end in -maru, an old suffix for treasured swords and boys' names, or in a nature word (-getsu moon, -zakura cherry blossom, -kaze wind).
The imagery is deliberately Japanese: seasons, weather, flowers, moons and Buddhist or Shinto figures like Jizo, Vidyaraja and the four guardian beasts. Bankai names then expand the shikai name with a grand modifier in front, so Senbonzakura becomes Senbonzakura Kageyoshi and Hyorinmaru becomes Daiguren Hyorinmaru. A good original name usually hints at the sword's ability without stating it, which is why Kyoka Suigetsu (mirror flower, water moon, an idiom for illusion) works so well for an illusion blade.
The list gives well-known canon zanpakuto with their meanings, plus original shikai and bankai names built the same way: ice, fire, yokai, flowers, the underworld, four-character idioms, old-calendar terms, insects, court arts and swordsmithing.
How to choose zanpakuto names
- Start with the ability, then choose two nature or myth words that describe it sideways: an ice sword called Awayuki (light snow) is more Kubo than one called Ice Sword.
- Use classical structures: a two-kanji compound (Kazeshini), a -maru name (Fubukimaru) or an 'X no Y' phrase (Karasu no Ha), and include the English meaning in parentheses for readers.
- For a bankai, keep the shikai name and add a grander modifier in front, as in Tensa Zangetsu or Daiguren Hyorinmaru, rather than inventing an unrelated second name.
- Match tone to the wielder: gentle captains have flowers and snow, brutal ones have demons and blood, and Kubo often uses an ironic contrast (Wabisuke, the wretched one, on a cheerful lieutenant).
- Check the romanization: use Hyorinmaru or Hyōrinmaru consistently, and avoid mixing Japanese words with English ones in the same name.
Frequently asked questions
How are zanpakuto named in Bleach?
Zanpakuto names are short Japanese compounds drawn from nature, weather, flowers and mythology, such as Zangetsu (slaying moon) or Senbonzakura (thousand cherry blossoms). The name belongs to the sword's spirit, and a Soul Reaper must learn it to release shikai.
What is the difference between a shikai and a bankai name?
The shikai name is the sword's true name. The bankai keeps that name and adds a grander title in front, so Zangetsu becomes Tensa Zangetsu and Senbonzakura becomes Senbonzakura Kageyoshi.
What does -maru mean at the end of a zanpakuto name?
Maru is a traditional suffix for boys' names, ships and famous swords in Japan (like the real Onimaru and Dojigiri). In Bleach it appears in Hyorinmaru, Zabimaru, Hozukimaru and Gonryomaru and gives a name a classic, treasured-blade feel.
Can I use these names for a Bleach OC or my own story?
Yes. The original names here are free to use for fan characters, roleplay or your own fiction. Canon zanpakuto names like Zangetsu belong to Tite Kubo's characters, so reserve them for the characters that own them.
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All 1,000 zanpakuto names
A: 47 names
- Aburazemi (Oil Cicada)
- Adanami (Fickle Waves)
- Aiuchi (Mutual Strike)
- Ajisai (Hydrangea)
- Akagane (Copper)
- Akakage (Red Shadow)
- Akane (Madder Red)
- Akatonbo (Red Dragonfly)
- Akatsukimaru (Dawn Circle)
- Akebono (Spring Dawn)
- Akikaze (Autumn Wind)
A, continued
- Akisame (Autumn Rain)
- Akumu (Nightmare)
- Amadare (Raindrop)
- Amagoi (Rain Prayer)
- Amagumo (Rain Cloud)
- Amanogawa (River of Heaven)
- Amanojaku (Heavenly Contrary Demon)
- Amaterasu (Heaven Illuminating)
- Amatsukaze (Heavenly Wind)
- Ame no Kagami (Mirror of Rain)
- Ame no Murakumo (Heavenly Gathering Clouds)
- Amefuri (Rainfall)
A, continued
- Amenonuhoko (Heavenly Jeweled Spear)
- Anun (Dark Clouds)
- Aoarashi (Blue Storm)
- Aoi Honoo (Blue Flame)
- Aokage (Blue Shadow)
- Aosagi (Grey Heron)
- Aranami (Raging Waves)
- Arare (Hail)
- Arashimaru (Storm Circle)
- Ariake (Moon at Daybreak)
- Arijigoku (Antlion Pit)
- Asagao (Morning Glory)
A, continued
- Asagi (Pale Indigo)
- Asagiri (Morning Mist)
- Asahi (Morning Sun)
- Asanagi (Morning Calm)
- Asatsuyu (Morning Dew)
- Asayake (Morning Glow)
- Ashisogi Jizo (Leg-Cutting Jizo)
- Ashura (Asura)
- Awayuki (Light Snow)
- Ayame (Iris)
- Ayatsuri (Puppet Strings)
- Azami (Thistle)
B: 20 names
- Bakeneko (Monster Cat)
- Bakufu (Waterfall)
- Banbutsu Ruten (All Things Flow)
- Banrai Ikazuchimaru (Ten Thousand Thunders Thunderclap Circle)
- Benihime (Crimson Princess)
- Benikaze (Crimson Wind)
- Benitsuru (Crimson Crane)
- Benizakura (Crimson Cherry Blossom)
- Bishamon (Guardian of the North)
- Biwa Hoshi (Lute Priest)
B, continued
- Biwa no Ne (Sound of the Lute)
- Bofu (Storm Wind)
- Bonno (Worldly Desire)
- Botan (Peony)
- Botanyuki (Peony Snow)
- Bugaku (Court Dance)
- Byakko (White Tiger)
- Byakudan (Sandalwood)
- Byakuren (White Lotus)
- Byakuya no Kaze (Wind of the White Night)
C: 5 names
- Chiburi (Shaking the Blade Clean)
- Chidori (Plover)
- Chinkonka (Requiem)
- Chinmoku (Silence)
- Chishibuki (Blood Spray)
D: 15 names
- Daichi no Kiba (Fang of the Earth)
- Daichimaru (Great Earth Circle)
- Daidarabotchi (Mountain-Building Giant)
- Daien Kagaribi (Great Blaze Watch Fire)
- Daigetsu Hyorinmaru (Great Moon Ice Ring)
- Daiguren Hyorinmaru (Grand Crimson Lotus Ice Ring)
- Daikan (Great Cold)
- Daikoku Tokoyami (Great Black Everlasting Dark)
- Datsueba (Robe-Stripping Crone)
- Denkosekka (Lightning Flash)
- Denrai (Lightning Thunder)
- Dokubari (Poison Stinger)
- Dokuga (Poison Moth)
- Doto Dakuryu (Raging Billows, Muddy Torrent)
- Doukyo (Bronze Mirror)
E: 12 names
- Eiko Seisui (Glory and Decline)
- Enbu (Flame Dance)
- Engetsu (Scathing Moon)
- Enjin (Fire Blade)
- Enju (Flame Beast)
- Enko Kagutsuchi (Blazing Light Fire God)
- Enkou (Flame Light)
- Enma (Flame Demon)
- Enma no Sabaki (Judgment of Enma)
- Enrai (Distant Thunder)
- Enten (Blazing Sky)
- Esha Jori (Those Who Meet Must Part)
F: 18 names
- Fubuki no Tsurugi (Sword of the Blizzard)
- Fubukimaru (Blizzard Circle)
- Fude no Ato (Trace of the Brush)
- Fudo (Immovable)
- Fudoshin (Immovable Heart)
- Fuji Kujaku (Wisteria Peacock)
- Fujin no Ha (Blade of the Wind God)
- Fujinami (Wisteria Wave)
- Fukamizu (Deep Water)
F, continued
- Fukurou (Owl)
- Fumizuki (Month of Letters)
- Funayurei (Ship Ghost)
- Fusatsu (Wind Slayer)
- Futsu no Mitama (Spirit of the Cutting Blade)
- Fuurin (Wind Chime)
- Fuyugare (Winter Withering)
- Fuyugomori (Winter Seclusion)
- Fuyunagi (Winter Calm)
G: 34 names
- Gagaku Kairo (Corridor of Court Music)
- Gaki (Hungry Ghost)
- Ganryu (Rock Dragon)
- Garyu (Reclining Dragon)
- Gashadokuro (Rattling Skull)
- Gashin Shotan (Sleep on Firewood, Taste Gall)
- Gegetsuburi (Five-Formed Head)
- Gekiryu (Raging Torrent)
- Gekka Bijin (Beauty Beneath the Moon)
- Gekko no Yaiba (Blade of Moonlight)
- Genbu (Black Tortoise)
G, continued
- Genei Kagemusha (Phantom Shadow Warrior)
- Genjibotaru (Genji Firefly)
- Geshi (Summer Solstice)
- Gesshoku (Lunar Eclipse)
- Getsuei (Moonlight)
- Getsuga no Tsume (Claw of the Moon Fang)
- Gin no Kiba (Silver Fang)
- Ginga (Galaxy)
- Ginrou (Silver Wolf)
- Ginryu (Silver Dragon)
- Goisagi (Night Heron)
G, continued
- Gokkan (Bitter Cold)
- Goko (Halo)
- Gokuen Rasetsu (Hellfire Rakshasa)
- Gokuenmaru (Hellfire Circle)
- Gokuraku (Paradise)
- Goma no Hi (Fire of the Prayer Rite)
- Gongu Jodo (Seek the Pure Land)
- Gonryomaru (Solemn Spirit)
- Gouka (Hellfire)
- Gozu Mezu (Ox-Head, Horse-Head)
- Gunro Toboe (Howl of the Wolf Pack)
- Guren (Crimson Lotus)
H: 111 names
- Hachi no Hari (Sting of the Bee)
- Hachiman (God of Eight Banners)
- Hae (South Wind)
- Hagi (Bush Clover)
- Hagoromo (Feather Robe)
- Haguro Tonbo (Iron Drink Dragonfly)
- Hai no Kaze (Wind of Ash)
- Haineko (Ash Cat)
- Hakaishi (Gravestone)
- Hakka no Togame (Censure of the White Haze)
- Hakubai (White Plum)
- Hakucho (Swan)
- Hakuchou no Mai (Dance of the Swan)
H, continued
- Hakuchumu (Daydream)
- Hakufuku (White Prostration)
- Hakuja Fubukimaru (White Serpent Blizzard Circle)
- Hakumei (Twilight)
- Hakuro (White Dew)
- Hakuryu (White Dragon)
- Hakutei Yukiusagi (White Emperor Snow Rabbit)
- Hakuu (White Rain)
- Hamon (Temper Line)
- Hanaakari (Blossom Glow)
- Hanabie (Blossom Chill)
- Hanachiru (Scattering Flowers)
- Hanafubuki (Flower Blizzard)
- Hanagasumi (Blossom Haze)
H, continued
- Hanagumori (Blossom-Season Clouds)
- Hanaikada (Flower Raft)
- Hanakage (Flower Shadow)
- Hanazakari (Full Bloom)
- Hannya (Mask of the Jealous Demon)
- Haran Banjo (Stormy Waves, Endless Turns)
- Harugasumi (Spring Haze)
- Haruichiban (First Gale of Spring)
- Harusame (Spring Rain)
- Hashigakari (Bridge to the Stage)
- Hasso (Eight-Phase Stance)
- Hasu no Ha (Leaf of the Lotus)
- Hatsugori (First Ice)
- Hatsuhi (First Sunrise)
H, continued
- Hatsushimo (First Frost)
- Hatsuyuki (First Snow)
- Hayabusa (Peregrine Falcon)
- Hayase (Swift Rapids)
- Hayate (Gale)
- Hazakura (Cherry Tree in Leaf)
- Hazuki (Leaf Month)
- Hebi no Doku (Venom of the Serpent)
- Hekireki (Thunderbolt)
- Hi no Kagami (Mirror of Fire)
- Hibana (Spark)
- Hibari (Skylark)
- Hibashira (Pillar of Fire)
- Hichiriki (Court Reed Pipe)
H, continued
- Hidama (Fireball)
- Hifuki no Kozuchi (Fire-Blowing Mallet)
- Higan (Far Shore)
- Higanbana (Red Spider Lily)
- Higekiri (Beard Cutter)
- Higuma (Brown Bear)
- Higurashi (Evening Cicada)
- Hihio Zabimaru (Baboon King Snake Tail)
- Hiiragi (Holly Olive)
- Hiiro (Scarlet)
- Hikari no Yaiba (Blade of Light)
- Hikishio (Ebb Tide)
- Hikoboshi (Cowherd Star)
- Himawari (Sunflower)
H, continued
- Himeyuri (Star Lily)
- Hinokami (Fire God)
- Hinoki (Cypress)
- Hinoko (Fire Sparks)
- Hinotori (Firebird)
- Hisagomaru (Gourd)
- Hisame (Freezing Rain)
- Hisui (Jade)
- Hitodama (Soul Flame)
- Hitorimushi (Moth to the Flame)
- Hitotachi (Single Stroke)
- Hiuchiishi (Flint)
- Hizamaru (Knee Circle)
- Hokiboshi (Broom Star)
H, continued
- Hokushin (Pole Star)
- Hokuto (North Star)
- Homura (Blaze)
- Homurabi (Blaze Fire)
- Hone no Hana (Flower of Bone)
- Hono no Tsubasa (Wings of Flame)
- Honryu (Rushing Torrent)
- Hoomaru (Phoenix Circle)
- Horagai (Conch Trumpet)
- Hoshigumo (Star Cloud)
- Hoshikuzu (Stardust)
- Hoshizora (Starry Sky)
- Hotaru (Firefly)
- Hotarubi (Firefly Light)
H, continued
- Hototogisu (Lesser Cuckoo)
- Hozukimaru (Demon Light)
- Hyakka Hanaarashi (Hundred-Blossom Flower Storm)
- Hyakka Ryoran (A Hundred Flowers in Bloom)
- Hyakki Yako (Night Parade of a Hundred Demons)
- Hyakuren Tamahagane (Hundred-Times-Forged Jewel Steel)
- Hyakusen Renma (Tempered by a Hundred Battles)
- Hyakuya Sasameyuki (Hundred Nights of Fine Snow)
- Hyochu (Ice Pillar)
- Hyoga (Glacier)
- Hyojin (Ice Blade)
- Hyoketsu (Frozen Solid)
- Hyorinmaru (Ice Ring)
- Hyoto (Ice Sword)
I: 32 names
- Ibara (Thorn)
- Ibaranohime (Thorn Princess)
- Ibushigin (Smoked Silver)
- Ichigeki Hissatsu (One Strike, Certain Kill)
- Ichigo Ichie (One Meeting, One Lifetime)
- Ichijitsu Senshu (One Day, a Thousand Autumns)
- Ichimo Dajin (One Net, Whole Catch)
- Ichiren Takusho (One Lotus, One Fate)
- Icho (Ginkgo)
- Idaten (Swift-Footed Guardian)
I, continued
- Ikazuchi no Kiba (Fang of Thunder)
- Ikazuchimaru (Thunderclap Circle)
- Ikiryo (Living Spirit)
- Ikki Tosen (One Rider Against a Thousand)
- Ikomikidomoe (Cocoon of Life and Death)
- Inabikari (Flash of Lightning)
- Inazuma (Lightning)
- Inga Oho (Karmic Retribution)
- Innen (Fate and Cause)
- Inugami (Dog Spirit)
- Inuwashi (Golden Eagle)
I, continued
- Ishikirimaru (Stone Cutter Circle)
- Isshoku Sokuhatsu (One Touch From Bursting)
- Itegumo (Frozen Cloud)
- Itto Ryodan (One Stroke, Cut in Two)
- Iwakage (Rock Shadow)
- Iwakudaki (Rock Breaker)
- Iwao (Great Crag)
- Iwato (Rock Door)
- Izanagi (He Who Invites)
- Izanami (She Who Invites)
- Izayoi (Sixteenth Night Moon)
J: 17 names
- Jakuho Raikoben (Hornet Thunder Whip)
- Jakumetsu (Quiet Extinction)
- Jifubuki (Ground Blizzard)
- Jigo Jitoku (Reap What You Sow)
- Jigoku no Kagi (Key of Hell)
- Jinari (Earth Rumble)
- Jinchoge (Daphne)
- Jindaiko (War Drum)
J, continued
- Jisei no Ku (Farewell Poem)
- Jishin (Earthquake)
- Jiware (Split Earth)
- Johakyu (Opening, Break, Rush)
- Jorogumo (Spider Bride)
- Joya no Kane (Bell of the Year's Last Night)
- Jugoya (Fifteenth Night)
- Juhyo (Rime Trees)
- Juzumaru (Rosary Circle)
K: 186 names
- Kacho Fugetsu (Flower, Bird, Wind, Moon)
- Kaede (Maple)
- Kaen no Mai (Dance of Flames)
- Kaenju (Flame Beast)
- Kaenken (Flame Sword)
- Kaenmaru (Flame Circle)
- Kaenryu (Flame Dragon)
- Kagami Kudaki (Mirror Breaker)
- Kagami no Naka (Inside the Mirror)
- Kagayaki (Brilliance)
- Kage no Kusari (Chains of Shadow)
- Kageboshi (Shadow Figure)
- Kagehime (Shadow Princess)
- Kagehoshi (Shadow Star)
K, continued
- Kagekiri (Shadow Cutter)
- Kagemaru (Shadow Circle)
- Kagemusha (Shadow Warrior)
- Kagenui (Shadow Stitch)
- Kagerou (Heat Haze)
- Kagerou no Mai (Dance of the Heat Haze)
- Kagerou Tsubaki (Heat Haze Camellia)
- Kagetsu (Flower Moon)
- Kagurabue (Shrine Flute)
- Kagurasuzu (Shrine Bells)
- Kagutsuchi (Fire God)
- Kaiba (Sea Horse)
- Kaijin (Sea God)
- Kaiken (Bosom Dagger)
K, continued
- Kaiko (Sea Tiger)
- Kaikyo Namikiri (Ocean Mirror Wave Cutter)
- Kaimetsu Nadare (Annihilating Avalanche)
- Kaiou (Sea King)
- Kairyu (Sea Dragon)
- Kajin (Fire Blade)
- Kakitsubata (Rabbit-Ear Iris)
- Kamaitachi (Sickle Weasel)
- Kaminari no Mai (Dance of Thunder)
- Kaminari Suzume (Thunder Sparrow)
- Kaminari Tsuru (Thunder Crane)
- Kamishini no Yari (God-Killing Spear)
- Kangetsu (Cold Moon)
- Kannazuki (Month Without Gods)
K, continued
- Kannon Kotodama (Merciful Word Spirit)
- Kanpu (Cold Wind)
- Kanrai (Winter Thunder)
- Kanro (Cold Dew)
- Kanun Yakaku (Idle Clouds, Wild Crane)
- Kanzashi (Hairpin)
- Kappa no Kawa (River of the Kappa)
- Karakasa (Paper Umbrella Ghost)
- Karakkaze (Dry Winter Wind)
- Karasu no Ha (Feather of the Crow)
- Karasumaru (Crow Circle)
- Karatachi (Thorned Orange)
- Karatakewari (Bamboo-Splitting Cut)
- Kareha (Withered Leaf)
- Karura (Garuda)
K, continued
- Karyudo (Fire Hunter)
- Kasha (Fire Cart)
- Kasumigakure (Hidden in Haze)
- Katen Kyokotsu (Flower Heaven, Crazed Bone)
- Kawagiri (River Mist)
- Kawakaze (River Wind)
- Kawasemi (Kingfisher)
- Kawatare (Dim Before Dawn)
- Kawauso (River Otter)
- Kazaguruma (Pinwheel)
- Kazamidori (Weathervane)
- Kazanmaru (Volcano Circle)
- Kazehana (Wind Flower)
- Kazekiri (Wind Cutter)
K, continued
- Kazenagi (Wind Calm)
- Kazeshini (Wind of Death)
- Kazetsubaki (Wind Camellia)
- Keichitsu (Awakening of Insects)
- Keiryu (Mountain Stream)
- Kemurikage (Smoke Shadow)
- Kendatsuba (Gandharva)
- Kengamine (Sword Peak)
- Kenkon Itteki (Heaven and Earth on One Throw)
- Kesagiri (Slanting Robe Cut)
- Kiki Ippatsu (A Hair From Disaster)
- Kikka (Chrysanthemum)
- Kikyo (Bellflower)
- Kimon (Demon Gate)
K, continued
- Kinkaku (Golden Crane)
- Kinmokusei (Fragrant Olive)
- Kinpika (Glitter)
- Kinryu (Golden Dragon)
- Kinshara (Golden Sal Tree)
- Kinshara Butodan (Golden Sal Tree Dance Troupe)
- Kirameki (Glitter)
- Kirara (Sparkle)
- Kirigakure (Hidden in Mist)
- Kirigirisu (Katydid)
- Kirikaeshi (Returning Cut)
- Kirin (Qilin)
- Kirisame (Drizzling Rain)
- Kisaragi (Month of Layered Robes)
- Kishi Kaisei (Wake the Dead, Return to Life)
K, continued
- Kishin (Fierce God)
- Kissaki (Blade Point)
- Kitakaze (North Wind)
- Kitsune no Yomeiri (Fox Wedding)
- Kitsunebi (Fox Fire)
- Kobai (Red Plum)
- Kochi (East Wind)
- Kocho (Butterfly)
- Kocho no Yume (Dream of the Butterfly)
- Kodachi (Short Sword)
- Kodama (Tree Spirit)
- Kogarashi (Withering Wind)
- Kogarasu (Little Crow)
- Kogitsune (Little Fox)
K, continued
- Kohaku (Amber)
- Koharubi (Little Spring Day)
- Koi no Takinobori (Carp Climbing the Falls)
- Koiguchi (Scabbard Mouth)
- Kokage (Shade of the Trees)
- Kokemusu (Moss-Grown)
- Koketsu Koji (Tiger's Den, Tiger's Cub)
- Kokoro Kudaki (Heart Breaker)
- Kokujo Tengen Myo'o (Divine Black Bindings, Vidyaraja of Kalasutra)
- Kokuren (Black Lotus)
- Kokuryu (Black Dragon)
- Kokutan (Ebony)
- Kokuten Ageha (Black Heaven Swallowtail)
- Kokuu Zangetsu (Void Slaying Moon)
K, continued
- Kokuyou (Obsidian)
- Komorebi (Sunlight Through Leaves)
- Komoriuta (Lullaby)
- Komuso (Monk of Emptiness)
- Konayuki (Powder Snow)
- Kongo (Diamond Thunderbolt)
- Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo (Golden Leg-Cutting Jizo)
- Konpeki (Deep Azure)
- Kooriyama (Ice Mountain)
- Kori no Hana (Flower of Ice)
- Kori no Kusari (Chains of Ice)
- Koshi Tantan (Tiger Eyes, Lying in Wait)
- Kotetsu (Small Iron)
- Koto no Ito (String of the Koto)
- Kotobuki (Longevity)
K, continued
- Kotodama (Word Spirit)
- Kotori (Little Bird)
- Koumyou (Radiance)
- Koun Ryusui (Drifting Clouds, Flowing Water)
- Kubikiri Orochi (Beheading Serpent)
- Kuchinashi (Gardenia)
- Kugutsu (Marionette)
- Kuma no Te (Paw of the Bear)
- Kumadori (Stage Shadow Paint)
- Kumataka (Mountain Hawk-Eagle)
- Kumo no Ito (Thread of the Spider)
- Kumogakure (Cloud Hidden)
- Kumokiri (Cloud Cutter)
- Kuon (Eternity)
K, continued
- Kurayami no Ori (Cage of Darkness)
- Kurenai (Crimson)
- Kurenai Higanbana (Crimson Spider Lily)
- Kuretake (Black Bamboo)
- Kuroageha (Black Swallowtail)
- Kurogane (Black Steel)
- Kurohane (Black Feather)
- Kurohime (Black Princess)
- Kurokage (Black Shadow)
- Kurokiri (Black Mist)
- Kuroneko (Black Cat)
- Kurorou (Black Wolf)
- Kuroshio (Black Current)
- Kurotetsu (Black Iron)
K, continued
- Kurotsubaki (Black Camellia)
- Kurotsuru (Black Crane)
- Kuroyuri (Black Lily)
- Kusakiri (Grass Cutter)
- Kusamakura (Grass Pillow)
- Kusanagi (Grass Cutter)
- Kusarigama (Chain Sickle)
- Kusunoki (Camphor Tree)
- Kuwagata (Stag Beetle)
- Kuzu no Ha (Leaf of the Kudzu)
- Kyogan (Giant Rock)
- Kyoka Suigetsu (Mirror Flower, Water Moon)
- Kyoka Utsusemi (Mirror Flower Cicada Shell)
- Kyoten Dochi (Startle Heaven, Shake Earth)
- Kyubi (Nine Tails)
M: 59 names
- Maboroshi (Phantom)
- Magatama (Curved Jewel)
- Maiogi (Dancing Fan)
- Makurakotoba (Pillow Word)
- Mamorigatana (Guardian Blade)
- Mamushi (Pit Viper)
- Manjushage (Flower of the Heavens)
- Marishiten (Goddess of the Heat Shimmer)
- Matsukaze (Wind in the Pines)
- Matsumushi (Pine Cricket)
- Mayonaka no Uta (Song of Midnight)
- Mayugomori (Cocoon Seclusion)
- Meido no Kaze (Wind of the Underworld)
- Meikyo Shisui (Clear Mirror, Still Water)
M, continued
- Meno (Agate)
- Michishio (Rising Tide)
- Midareba (Wild Temper Line)
- Migiwa (Water's Edge)
- Mikazuki (Crescent Moon)
- Mimizuku (Horned Owl)
- Minamo (Face of the Water)
- Minasoko (Water's Depths)
- Minazuki (Purify the Flesh)
- Miotsukushi (Channel Marker)
- Misago (Osprey)
- Misogi (Cleansing Rite)
- Mitsuboshi (Three Stars)
- Mizore (Sleet)
- Mizuchi (Water Serpent)
M, continued
- Mizuchi no Kiba (Fang of the Water Serpent)
- Mizuho (Water Ear of Rice)
- Mizukagami (Water Mirror)
- Mizukiri (Water Cutter)
- Mizushibuki (Water Spray)
- Moegi (Sprout Green)
- Mokugyo (Wooden Fish Drum)
- Mokuren (Magnolia)
- Momiji no Ame (Rain of Maple Leaves)
- Momijigari (Autumn Leaf Hunt)
- Mozu (Shrike)
- Mugen Hoyo (Dream, Phantom, Bubble, Shadow)
- Mujina (Badger)
- Mukaebi (Welcoming Fire)
- Mukaikaze (Headwind)
M, continued
- Muken (Hell Without Respite)
- Mukyu Semishigure (Unending Cicada Chorus)
- Mumei (Unsigned Blade)
- Mumyo (Unlit Ignorance)
- Murakumo (Gathering Clouds)
- Muramasa (Village Justice)
- Murasaki no Kiri (Purple Mist)
- Murasakikaminari (Purple Thunder)
- Murasame (Passing Shower)
- Murasuzume (Flock of Sparrows)
- Musasabi (Flying Squirrel)
- Musha Shugyo (Warrior's Pilgrimage)
- Mushin (No Mind)
- Muso Kaenryu (Peerless Flame Dragon)
- Myojo (Morning Star)
N: 37 names
- Nadeshiko (Pink)
- Nagare (Flowing Current)
- Nagareboshi (Shooting Star)
- Nagatsuki (Long Month)
- Naginata (Mowing Blade)
- Nagisa (Shore)
- Nagoriyuki (Lingering Snow)
- Nake Benihime (Cry, Crimson Princess)
- Namidaame (Rain of Tears)
- Namikiri (Wave Cutter)
- Naraku (Abyss)
- Narukami (Sounding God)
N, continued
- Nehan (Nirvana)
- Nejibana (Twisted Flower)
- Nekomata (Forked Cat)
- Nemurihime (Sleeping Princess)
- Nenashigusa (Rootless Grass)
- Neyuki (Lasting Snow)
- Niji no Ha (Blade of the Rainbow)
- Nijibashi (Rainbow Bridge)
- Nijigasumi (Rainbow Mist)
- Nio (Twin Temple Guardians)
- Nishikiori (Brocade Weave)
- Nisshoku (Solar Eclipse)
N, continued
- Niwakaame (Sudden Rain)
- Nobushi (Field Warrior)
- Nodachi (Field Sword)
- Norito (Shrine Prayer)
- Noroshi (Signal Smoke)
- Noto (Return to the Sheath)
- Nowaki (Autumn Gale)
- Nozarashi (Weather-Beaten)
- Nue (Chimera)
- Nukaame (Misty Rain)
- Nukiuchi (Strike on the Draw)
- Numakage (Marsh Shadow)
- Nyudogumo (Thunderhead)
O: 30 names
- Oborozuki (Hazy Moon)
- Ochiba (Fallen Leaves)
- Ochimusha (Fallen Warrior)
- Odaiko (Great Drum)
- Oikaze (Tailwind)
- Oimatsu (Aged Pine)
- Ojo (Passing Into the Pure Land)
- Okibi (Glowing Embers)
- Okina (Mask of the Old Man)
- Okuri Okami (Escorting Wolf)
- Okuribi (Farewell Fire)
- Ominaeshi (Maiden Flower)
- Omokage (Lingering Likeness)
- Omukade (Giant Centipede)
- Onami (Great Wave)
O, continued
- Oni no Kanabo (Iron Club of the Ogre)
- Onibi (Demon Fire)
- Onikiri (Demon Cutter)
- Onimaru (Demon Circle)
- Oniyanma (Demon Dragonfly)
- Oniyuri (Tiger Lily)
- Onri Edo (Leave the Defiled World)
- Onryo (Vengeful Spirit)
- Ookami no Kiba (Fang of the Wolf)
- Ookamimaru (Wolf Circle)
- Ootori (Great Bird)
- Orizuru (Folded Crane)
- Oroshi (Wind Down the Mountain)
- Oshidori (Mandarin Ducks)
- Otohime (Princess of the Dragon Palace)
R: 45 names
- Raden (Mother-of-Pearl Inlay)
- Raicho (Ptarmigan)
- Raiden (Thunder and Lightning)
- Raiho (Thunder Cannon)
- Raijinken (Thunder God Sword)
- Raiju (Thunder Beast)
- Raika (Thunder Blossom)
- Raika Goen Kaku (Thunder Blossom Roaring Flame Crane)
- Raikiri (Lightning Cutter)
- Raiko (Thunder Light)
- Raimei (Thunderclap)
- Raito (Thunder Sword)
- Raiu (Thunderstorm)
- Rakan (Arhat)
- Rakka (Falling Blossom)
R, continued
- Rakurai (Lightning Strike)
- Rangetsu (Storm Moon)
- Rasen Uzushio (Spiral Whirling Tide)
- Rasetsu (Rakshasa)
- Reiho (Sacred Peak)
- Rekka (Raging Fire)
- Rekka no Tsurugi (Sword of Raging Fire)
- Renge (Lotus Blossom)
- Rengoku (Purgatory)
- Renjishi (Paired Lions)
- Rindo (Gentian)
- Rinne Tensho (Wheel of Rebirth)
- Risshun (First Day of Spring)
- Ritto (First Day of Winter)
- Rokudo (Six Paths)
R, continued
- Rokusho (Verdigris)
- Rouga (Wolf Fang)
- Ruri (Lapis Lazuli)
- Ruri'iro Kujaku (Azure Peacock)
- Ryu no Kotsu (Bone of the Dragon)
- Ryugu (Dragon Palace)
- Ryuhyo (Drift Ice)
- Ryujin Jakka (Flowing Blade-like Flame)
- Ryuko Sohaku (Dragon and Tiger Clash)
- Ryumon Hozukimaru (Dragon Crest Demon Light)
- Ryuryoku Kako (Green Willow, Red Blossom)
- Ryusei Hoshigumo (Meteor Star Cloud)
- Ryuseimaru (Meteor Circle)
- Ryuto Dabi (Dragon Head, Snake Tail)
- Ryuubi (Dragon Tail)
S: 137 names
- Sagi no Mai (Dance of the Heron)
- Sagimusume (Heron Maiden)
- Sakaki (Sacred Evergreen)
- Sakanade (Counter Stroke)
- Sakurafubuki (Cherry Blossom Blizzard)
- Sakuragari (Cherry Blossom Hunt)
- Samidare (Early Summer Rain)
- Sango (Coral)
- Sanpo Kenju (Three-Step Sword Beasts)
- Sanzu no Watashi (Ferry of the Three Crossings)
- Sasakiri (Bamboo Grass Cutter)
- Sasori (Scorpion)
- Satori (Awakening)
S, continued
- Satsuki (Rice-Planting Month)
- Sayafushi (Sheathless)
- Sazanami (Ripples)
- Sazanka (Sasanqua Camellia)
- Sazareishi (Pebbles)
- Seifu Meigetsu (Cool Breeze, Bright Moon)
- Seigan (Aimed at the Eyes)
- Seimei (Clear and Bright)
- Seiryumaru (Azure Dragon Circle)
- Seishuku (Constellations)
- Seiten Hakujitsu (Blue Sky, White Sun)
- Sekirei (Wagtail)
- Senbazuru (Thousand Cranes)
- Senbonzakura (Thousand Cherry Blossoms)
S, continued
- Senbonzakura Kageyoshi (Vibrant Display of a Thousand Cherry Blossoms)
- Senju Tsuchigumo (Thousand-Armed Earth Spider)
- Senko Hanabi (Sparkler)
- Senkou (Flash)
- Sennen Kitsune (Thousand-Year Fox)
- Senpen Banka (A Thousand Changes)
- Senri Karigane (Thousand-League Cry of the Wild Goose)
- Senshi Banko (A Thousand Purples, Ten Thousand Reds)
- Seseragi (Murmuring Stream)
- Sessho Seki (Killing Stone)
- Setchuka (Flower in the Snow)
- Setsugetsuka (Snow, Moon and Flowers)
- Setsuka (Snow Flower)
- Setsuna (Instant)
S, continued
- Shaka no Te (Hand of the Buddha)
- Shakuen (Scorching Flame)
- Shakuhachi (Bamboo Flute)
- Shakujo (Pilgrim's Ringed Staff)
- Shakunage (Rhododendron)
- Shakunetsu (Scorching Heat)
- Shakuyaku (Herbaceous Peony)
- Shichiten Hakki (Fall Seven Times, Rise Eight)
- Shidareyanagi (Weeping Willow)
- Shidarezakura (Weeping Cherry)
- Shide no Tabi (Journey to Death)
- Shiden (Purple Lightning)
- Shien (Purple Smoke)
S, continued
- Shigure (Late Autumn Rain)
- Shikigami (Summoned Spirit)
- Shikkoku (Jet Black)
- Shiku Hakku (Four Pains, Eight Pains)
- Shimenawa (Sacred Rope)
- Shimizu (Pure Water)
- Shimobashira (Frost Pillar)
- Shimogare (Frost-Withered)
- Shimotsuki (Frost Moon)
- Shimoyo (Frosty Night)
- Shinboku (Sacred Tree)
- Shingetsu (New Moon)
- Shinigami no Kama (Scythe of the Death God)
- Shinkai (Deep Sea)
S, continued
- Shinken Hakkyoken (Sacred Sword Eight Mirror Sword)
- Shinkiro (Mirage)
- Shinku (Deep Crimson)
- Shinogi (Blade Ridge)
- Shinonome (First Light in the East)
- Shinpu (Divine Wind)
- Shinra Bansho (All of Creation)
- Shinsei Yatagarasu (Sacred Three-Legged Crow)
- Shinshutsu Kibotsu (Appear as a God, Vanish as a Demon)
- Shinso (God Spear)
- Shiokaze (Sea Breeze)
- Shion (Aster)
- Shiosai (Roar of the Sea)
- Shippu (Hurricane)
S, continued
- Shirabyoshi (White-Robed Dancer)
- Shirafude Ichimonji (Straight Line of the White Brush)
- Shiragiku (White Chrysanthemum)
- Shiranami (White-Capped Waves)
- Shiranui (Unknown Fire)
- Shirasagi (White Heron)
- Shirayuri (White Lily)
- Shirogane (Silver)
- Shirohane (White Feather)
- Shirokage (White Shadow)
- Shirokasumi (White Mist)
- Shirokitsune (White Fox)
- Shiroyasha (White Demon)
S, continued
- Shishi Funjin (Fury of the Lion)
- Shishimai (Lion Dance)
- Shishimaru (Lion Circle)
- Shiun (Purple Cloud)
- Shiwasu (Running Priests)
- Shizuku (Droplet)
- Shogyo Mujo (All Things Must Pass)
- Shoja Hitsumetsu (All That Lives Must Die)
- Shunrai (Spring Thunder)
- Shura Kamakiri (Carnage Mantis)
- Shuraba (Scene of Carnage)
- Shuten Doji (Drunken Demon Boy)
- Shuumatsu no Kane (Bell of the End)
- Sode no Shirayuki (Sleeve of White Snow)
S, continued
- Sogyo no Kotowari (Truth of Pisces)
- Soko (Frost Descends)
- Sorakiri (Sky Cutter)
- Sotoba (Grave Marker)
- Sougetsu (Blue Moon)
- Soyokaze (Gentle Breeze)
- Subaru (Pleiades)
- Sugikage (Cedar Shadow)
- Suguha (Straight Temper Line)
- Suigetsu (Water Moon)
- Suijin (Water God)
- Suirenka (Water Lotus Blossom)
- Suiryu (Water Dragon)
- Suisen (Daffodil)
S, continued
- Suishomaru (Crystal Circle)
- Suiten Ippeki (Water and Sky, One Blue)
- Sumibi (Charcoal Fire)
- Suminagashi (Floating Ink)
- Sumire (Violet)
- Sumizome (Ink-Dyed)
- Sunaarashi (Sandstorm)
- Susanoo (Impetuous Male)
- Susuki (Pampas Grass)
- Suzaku (Vermilion Bird)
- Suzukaze (Cool Breeze)
- Suzumebachi (Hornet)
- Suzumushi (Bell Cricket)
- Suzumushi Tsuishiki: Enma Korogi (Bell Cricket Final Form: Devil Cricket)
T: 82 names
- Tachibana (Wild Orange)
- Tachikaze (Earth-Severing Wind)
- Tachimachizuki (Moon Awaited Standing)
- Taimatsu (Pine Torch)
- Taisho (Great Heat)
- Takamaru (Hawk Circle)
- Takekaze (Bamboo Wind)
- Takemikazuchi (Thunder Warrior)
- Taki no Ne (Sound of the Waterfall)
- Takibi (Bonfire)
- Takikiri (Waterfall Cutter)
- Takitsubo (Waterfall Basin)
- Tamamo (Jeweled Seaweed)
T, continued
- Tamamushi (Jewel Beetle)
- Tanabata (Seventh Night)
- Tancho (Red-Crowned Crane)
- Tasogare (Dusk)
- Tatara (Bellows Furnace)
- Tatsumaki (Tornado)
- Tekken Tachikaze (Iron Fist Earth-Severing Wind)
- Tenchi Kaibyaku (Parting of Heaven and Earth)
- Tengai (Canopy of Heaven)
- Tengu no Tsume (Claw of the Tengu)
- Tengumaru (Long-Nosed Goblin)
- Tenka Muso (Peerless Under Heaven)
- Tenken (Heavenly Punishment)
- Tenko (Heavenly Fox)
T, continued
- Tenkuu (Heavens)
- Tenmaru (Heaven Circle)
- Tenmo (Net of Heaven)
- Tenpen Chii (Upheaval of Heaven and Earth)
- Tenrai Raijinken (Divine Thunder God Sword)
- Tenrin Mochizuki (Heavenly Wheel Full Moon)
- Tenrou (Sirius)
- Tensa Zangetsu (Heavenly Chain Slaying Moon)
- Tessen (Iron Fan)
- Tetsu no Ame (Rain of Iron)
- Tetsuryu (Iron Dragon)
- Tetsuzan (Iron Mountain)
- Tobiume (Flying Plum Tree)
- Toji (Winter Solstice)
T, continued
- Tokatsu (Hell of Reviving)
- Toki (Crested Ibis)
- Toki no Kusari (Chains of Time)
- Tokiwa (Evergreen)
- Tomoshibi (Lamplight)
- Tonbokiri (Dragonfly Cutter)
- Tora no O (Tail of the Tiger)
- Torakiba (Tiger Fang)
- Torikabuto (Wolfsbane)
- Toro Nagashi (Floating Lanterns)
- Toro no Ono (Axe of the Mantis)
- Totsuka no Tsurugi (Sword of Ten Hand-Breadths)
- Tsubaki (Camellia)
T, continued
- Tsubame (Swallow)
- Tsubamegaeshi (Swallow Reversal)
- Tsubanari (Ring of the Guard)
- Tsubazeriai (Locked Guards)
- Tsubute (Thrown Stone)
- Tsuchikage (Earth Shadow)
- Tsuchikaze (Earth Wind)
- Tsugomori (Moonless Last Night)
- Tsugumi (Thrush)
- Tsuki no Namida (Tears of the Moon)
- Tsukikage (Moonlight Shadow)
- Tsukikiri (Moon Cutter)
- Tsukimiso (Evening Primrose)
- Tsukishiro (Moon White)
T, continued
- Tsukumogami (Spirit of Old Tools)
- Tsukuyo (Moonlit Night)
- Tsukuyomi (Moon Reader)
- Tsumujikaze (Whirlwind)
- Tsunami (Tidal Wave)
- Tsunzakigarasu (Splitting Crow)
- Tsuraramaru (Icicle Circle)
- Tsuru no Hitokoe (One Cry of the Crane)
- Tsurugi no Tsuru (Crane of the Sword)
- Tsuta (Ivy)
- Tsutsuji (Azalea)
- Tsuyuake (End of the Rains)
- Tsuyukusa (Dayflower)
- Tsuzumi (Hand Drum)
U: 28 names
- Ubume (Birthing Woman Spirit)
- Uguisu (Bush Warbler)
- Ukigumo (Drifting Cloud)
- Ukikusa (Floating Weed)
- Ume no Kaori (Scent of Plum)
- Umibozu (Sea Monk)
- Umikaze (Ocean Wind)
- Uminari (Sea Rumble)
- Umineko (Black-Tailed Gull)
- Unabara (Ocean Plain)
- Unchu Hakkaku (White Crane in the Clouds)
- Ungai Soten (Blue Sky Beyond the Clouds)
- Unkai (Sea of Clouds)
- Unryu (Cloud Dragon)
U, continued
- Unsan Musho (Clouds Scatter, Mist Fades)
- Urozakuro (Rainstorm Pomegranate)
- Urushi (Lacquer)
- Ushimitsu (Dead of Night)
- Ushioboshi (Tide Star)
- Usuakari (Faint Light)
- Usurai (Thin Ice)
- Usuzumi (Pale Ink)
- Utakata (Bubble on the Water)
- Utsusemi (Cicada Shell)
- Utsutsu (Waking World)
- Uwabami (Great Serpent)
- Uzuki (Deutzia Month)
- Uzumaki (Whirlpool)
W: 8 names
- Wabisuke (The Wretched One)
- Wadatsumi (Sea God)
- Wakaba (Young Leaves)
- Wakatake (Young Bamboo)
- Wakimizu (Welling Spring)
- Wanyudo (Wheel Monk)
- Washi no Tsume (Talon of the Eagle)
- Wasuregusa (Grass of Forgetting)
Y: 64 names
- Yadorigi (Mistletoe)
- Yaegetsu (Eightfold Moon)
- Yaegumo (Eightfold Clouds)
- Yaezakura (Double Cherry Blossom)
- Yakiire (Quenching)
- Yamaarashi (Mountain Storm)
- Yamabiko (Mountain Echo)
- Yamabuki (Kerria)
- Yamabushi (Mountain Ascetic)
- Yamagami (Mountain God)
- Yamagiri (Mountain Mist)
- Yamakaze (Mountain Wind)
Y, continued
- Yamakiri (Mountain Cutter)
- Yamakuzure (Landslide)
- Yamaneko (Wildcat)
- Yamase (Cold Northeasterly)
- Yamauba (Mountain Crone)
- Yamazakura (Mountain Cherry)
- Yamikiri (Darkness Cutter)
- Yaminomai (Dance of Darkness)
- Yamiyo (Dark Night)
- Yanagi (Willow)
- Yaoyorozu Kagura (Dance for the Eight Million Gods)
- Yarazu no Ame (Rain That Bids You Stay)
- Yashamaru (Yaksha Circle)
Y, continued
- Yata no Kagami (Eight-Span Mirror)
- Yatagarasu (Three-Legged Crow)
- Yayoi (Month of New Growth)
- Yoake (Daybreak)
- Yobanashi (Night Tale)
- Yogan (Lava)
- Yogiri (Night Mist)
- Yoiyami (Twilight Dusk)
- Yokan (Lingering Cold)
- Yokobue (Side-Blown Flute)
- Yomotsu Hirasaka (Slope of the Underworld)
- Yoru no Kiba (Fang of the Night)
- Yorukaze (Night Wind)
Y, continued
- Yoruzakura (Night Cherry Blossom)
- Yotaka (Nightjar)
- Yoto (Bewitched Blade)
- Yotsuyu (Night Dew)
- Yowa (Midnight Hour)
- Yozora (Night Sky)
- Yudachi (Sudden Evening Shower)
- Yugao (Moonflower)
- Yugen (Mysterious Depth)
- Yugiri (Evening Mist)
- Yukiakari (Snow Light)
- Yukibotan (Snow Peony)
- Yukige (Snowmelt)
Y, continued
- Yukikaze (Snow Wind)
- Yukionna (Snow Woman)
- Yukishiro (Snow White)
- Yukitsubaki (Snow Camellia)
- Yukoku (Deep Valley)
- Yume no Ito (Threads of Dreams)
- Yumeji (Dream Road)
- Yumemiru (Dreaming)
- Yumiharizuki (Drawn-Bow Moon)
- Yunagi (Evening Calm)
- Yuo Maishin (Push Bravely Onward)
- Yuuhi (Setting Sun)
- Yuuyake (Evening Glow)