kc 💀 play TRUE LOVE'S CURSE! @npckc.net ✨ game dev & translator / @tokyoindies.comのスタッフ
🎮 made A YEAR OF SPRINGS / a pet shop after dark / A TAVERN FOR TEA / &c.
▶️ site → npckc.net
▶️ blog → tnywndr.cafe
iyasu at Work @iyasun.bsky.social Japanese/English (US) translator ✍️📚 日本語愛も拡大中
Recent translation:
Shakespeare Manga Theater by Osamu Tezuka https://www.amazon.com/Shakespeare-Manga-Theater-Osamu-Tezuka/dp/1684971861
Anh @anhkngo.bsky.social Freelance Japanese-English translator. Mostly working on manga at the time.
鯨井久志🐳 Hisashi Kujirai @hanfpen.bsky.social 翻訳家・書評家・精神科医
SFとラテンアメリカ文学とお笑いが好き。
Japanese SFF translator, reviewer, psychiatrist
Daniel Morales @howtojapanese.com Translator, writer. How to get used to Japanese (Additional topics: Murakami, New Orleans, Chicago, beer, writing, translation, basketball). Based in Osaka. http://linktree.com/howtojapanese
Bango @bangogo.bsky.social Translator of Japanese media!
Sachiko Ishikawa @ishikawasachi.bsky.social Social issues, motherhood, and politics in Japan. NOT AN IMMIGRATION LAWYER.
Andrew "Steiner" Hodgson @distantvalhalla.bsky.social Japanese-to-English Media Translator/Consultant/Project Manager | Retro Eroge Enthusiast (Eroboomer™) | VTuber & Idol Manager for @feebeechanchibi.bsky.social | https://www.abhodgson.com/works/
Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social she/they | Canada → 日本 | Japanese to English translator | English, Français, 日本語
https://taylordrew.me/
Em Hemphill / gmkz @gmkz.moe Japanese-to-English Translator. They/Them. Spends an inordinate amount of time every day doting on their pup.
For work enquiries, please contact me @ contact@gmkz.moe!
Website: https://gmkz.moe
itchio: https://gmkz.itch.io/
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/gmkz
Luna ルナ (Jade W) 🇬🇧 @lunyaku.bsky.social Luna/Jade, Japanese to English translator (Fushi no Kami V7, World's Least Interesting Master Swordsman V9, Making Jam in the Woods, Record of Wortenia War V23+, B-Project: Ryuusei*Fantasia)
I like tea, cats, languages, reading & video games.
Tristan Felix B. @tristiger.bsky.social Emily Balistrieri, Japanese translator: Shihodo Stationery, People Who Talk to Stuffed Animals Are Nice, Tatami Galaxy, Until I Love Myself, Soul Lanterns, Kiki. he/him 日本語では: @tristora.bsky.social Never genAI.
sara linsley @sara.pizza writes code for VIZ, designs fonts, letters comics/manga, she/her, nyc
Tutorials: https://github.com/saraoswald/lettering-tutorials/wiki
Fonts: https://ko-fi.com/salinsley/shop
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/sarasfonts
Effie Colton @effiecolton.bsky.social Manga Letterer on Astro Royale (願いの アストロ), working with VIZ Media and Square Enix!
she/her 🏳️⚧️
Anne ☕ @apricotsushi.bsky.social a little fruit with a big otome game collection ✧ current: upcycled art, freelance JP to EN loc, PR + marketing ✧ did a PhD on shojo + BL manga once ✧ she/her
🔗 apricotsushi.carrd.co 🔗 open to work!
Leona Renee @hatsuu.bsky.social Actor @ Osbrink | Marlis #pgr | Antares #HSR | Click #arknights | Miru #wandance | Anila #granbluefantasy | Piercye/Initia #shadowverse | Elk #ysvstrails | Insta/YouTube: leonareneeva
🟡 @verified.observer
@wombatarama.bsky.social @wombatarama.bsky.social writer, manga editor, crazy pug lady. Once upon a time I had a lot to say on social media but now I'm mostly here to lurk.
also @yokaiparade.bsky.social
Emma @ehanashi.bsky.social Profile image by @flamango.bsky.social!
J to E editor in Tokyo • manga • BL • Kanto Manga Loc (and more!) meetups
Carly Smith 📖✍️ @carlysmith.net Writer, freelance light novel/manga editor. 🌈 She/her. 📖 Editor for The Tiny Witch from the Deep Woods, Reborn to Master the Blade, My Magical Career at Court, I'm a Terminal Cancer Patient, and more!
https://www.carlysmith.net/
TJ Ferentini 🏳️⚧️ @ferenteeny.bsky.social Writer. Voice Actor. Senior Editor @ Kodansha. (Attack on Titan, Boys Run the Riot, Is Love the Answer?, The Spellbook Library, My Summer of You, Wandance, Whisper Me a Love Song, & more.) Lambda Literary Fellow. They/He. 🩷💛💙🏳️⚧️
https://tjferentini.carrd.co/
Jennifer Sherman @jaasherman.bsky.social World's Okayest Loc Editor of Manga/LNs/Game Tie-in Books | 日本語OK! | She/Her 
Robin Herrera (she/her) @robintheherrera.bsky.social Manga and comics editor. Also a writer! Tired all the time. 
Ben Applegate @benapplegate.com Director of publishing, editor, translator. Manga, democracy, civil rights, foster kittens, sci-fi, beer. Another world is possible. He/him. Portfolio etc.: benapplegate.com (pfp: Marume Goshika)
Edward "Edo" Hong @edomonogatari.bsky.social He/Him. JP-EN manga editor for Square Enix (Betrothed to a Fox Demon, Daemons of the Shadow Realm, Dragon and Chameleon, Mechanical Buddy Universe, My Dress-Up Darling, On and Off, Ragna Crimson, Soul Eater, and more).
Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel) @tanyagold.bsky.social 📚 Book Editor, Fr→En Lit Translator, Educator
🍽📖 Working on/devouring speculative fiction, horror, memoir, IF, comics
⭐ Teaching and coaching editors and writers
📘 Faculty @ Emerson's MFA in Popular Fiction
🌈📚 RSM team
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️♿🪫🇨🇭🎨
🚫gen AI
www.TanyaGold.com
AshesIntoFlame @ashesintoflame.bsky.social Ex-Librarian, Freelance Manga and Web Novel Editor, 🎮 LQA, JP - EN Translator, and Cat Mom. 日本語OK!
For inquiries: ashesintoflame@outlook.com
Leocalization @leotranslations.bsky.social JP>EN translator (games and manga)
Master's student in trans research in Tokyo
He/him
Johnny L. @johnnylandmine.bsky.social Osaka-based freelance tranSLAYER and DEADitor for manga and video GRAVES.
鋼のStephen Meyerink @sjmtaelus.bsky.social J-E translator/editor (Pokémon Pokopia, Vivi & Grandpa, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth + more), author, currently at Pokémon, opinions mine only, game design/dev・日英ゲーム翻訳や執筆・ゲーム開発者やプランナー・game music・ゲーム音楽・they/he・FFIX+FFXII+FFT神ゲー・日本語でもOK
https://sjmtaelus.com
Brandon Bovia @brandonbovia.bsky.social Manga letterer/retouch artist - fonts, sound effects, and typography!
Hobbyist animator and Beyblade sicko
Stephen Paul @stephenpaul.bsky.social Translator of One Piece, Vinland Saga, Akane-banashi, Yotsuba&, Sword Art Online, and others.
Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social アレン・ジョセリン
I write. I ramble. I translate. And interpret.
筆者／翻訳・通訳家／取り留めの無い人
(she/they)
brainvsbook.com
kaikatsu.ca
Jan Mitsuko Cash @jmitsu.bsky.social Japanese-to-English manga and novel translator, editor, etc.
Jon Riesenbach 🎮 ひぐらし奉 @moriyoshijon.bsky.social Loc Producer/Sr. Loc Editor @ 8-4, formerly Atlus/SEGA
Indie dev on the side
Credits:
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, Masahiro Sakurai on Making Games, Unicorn Overlord, FE Warriors: Three Hopes, Persona 5, Yakuza K2/3/4/5/6, Judgment, +. He/him
Cal C @cdcubed.bsky.social J->E TL
he/him
Cy Catwell @pixelatedlenses.bsky.social Former 福島 JET / Editor & Book Guy / Editor at AnimeFeminist & AnimeHerald & Yatta-Tachi / They・Them / 腐人・百合人 / EN・日本語 / 🏳️🌈&🏳️⚧️ / Opinions are my own. No AI ever.
Kim🌸 @kpossibles.bsky.social Freelance manga letterer! Loves all things MHA, Kimetsu no Yaiba, BL, manga & lolita fashion 💖 she/her, WI
https://tsundokulife.com/
Kris Taquka'angcuk Knigge @krisknigge.bsky.social Alutiiq. Worked on loc and VO for some games, movies, and anime. He/Him
Avatar by https://artistschnekk.tumblr.com/, banner by @/telekitnetic.bsky.social
Blick Winkel⁉️(H. Anthony Israel) @blickwinkel.bsky.social JE TL (Steins;Gate/RE:BOOT/Manosaba/Root Double/Bustafellows/Gal*Gun/Smee/ASa/Gacha Girls Corps/Bottom-Tier Baron/Ghostpia)
Rina-chan Board Engineer
He/Him
@blockwonkel.twitter
Liz Bushouse @lizbushouse.bsky.social She/Her
Level 10 Word Mercenary
Subclass: Novice Historian
Proficiencies: JP>EN
Skill: No Context (Detects enemies on fog of war maps.)
Win Quote: "May your heart be your guiding interrobang."
lizbushouse.com
Good Haro @goodharo.bsky.social 成人済 | Internet cat photographer, freelance J→E translator
http://19.04se.cc
Julie @clairparfait.bsky.social ゲーム、マンガなどの日英翻訳家🌟Jpn-Eng translator for manga, games, and other stuff. Mom living in Japan ❤️ Sailor Moon & D&D. I also like to draw occasionally ✍️ #fanart #dndart
Translation Portfolio: https://www.jgtranslations.me/
Andrew 太郎 Kiya 🔜 TGS2026 @kiyandrew.bsky.social 69th subscriber to the Unwinnable Final Fantasy subscription drive. localization. narrative and authenticity consultant. ハーフ. he/him. proudly bi 🏳️🌈
Credits: Fantasy Life i, Dead Take, No, I'm Not a Human, Skate Story (and more...)
Mei Amaki☂️ @amaki.bsky.social 日英マンガ翻訳家・同時配信の #魔法少女ダンデライオン #あわいの焔刃 #ギャルとギャルの百合 #グレイキースの魔界語訳録 #尾守つみきと奇日常。 等訳してます・Viz／Kodansha／SQEX／Red String等・下手な絵もたまに描きます 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Ajani Oloye @aoloye.bsky.social 🇺🇸 J-E translator | Award-winning manga editor | Content director | Former content strategist | 日英翻訳家 | 賞歴がある漫画編集者 | 漫画出版社のコンテンツ・ディレクター | 元コンテンツ・ストラテジスト
Cassiel SparklePony ✨ Covid is Airborne 😷 @sparkleponycass.bsky.social JtoE game translator. Mostly romance/VN. 17+ years pro translating! 1 puppy, 2 kitties. She/her, disabled, neurodivergent, queer. I 💖 UTA-PRI & YUMEKURO & BMC!! & bacon.
FYI: I block follow farmers by default.
~somewhere in Aussieland~
Jacqueline Fung @azurephoenix.bsky.social Jacqueline Fung|馮晞雯|J→E Translator/Project Manager|日→英 翻訳者|Wind Breaker, Love in the Palm of His Hand, Versus, Jeweler Richard, others
Random translation ramblings
twit: AzureMizuno
Ask me anything: https://jgftl.straw.page/
Profile Pic: @/soo.zyy (IG)
🔔♪♬SASHA♬♪ 🔔 @sashalalabelle.bsky.social JP-ENG Translation and Localization Specialist || 日英翻訳家 || N1 Cert || She/her, cis/bi/ace, 30+ || All opinions are my own. || 日本語OK || Always posting kitties and fanart.
jasmine🎶 @jazzybern.bsky.social j>e translator 日英翻訳者 | opinions my own | 🧙♂️&✈️ | https://jasminebernhardt.carrd.co
Diana T. ★ Laiska @laiska.bsky.social J-E Translator (Yuri Is My Job!, Wolf Girl & Black Prince, etc) ☆ Writer ☆ Editor ☆ they/she ☆ Mixed ☆ ageless faceless gender-neutral culturally ambiguous adventurer ☆ 日本語ＯＫ！
Portfolio/Links: https://linktr.ee/laiska
translator of the highest-rated game of all time @yukinogatari.moe 🔞 J-E translator (SWORD ART ONLINE Alicization Lycoris, The House in Fata Morgana, etc.), game programmer, sporadic streamer. she/they
Portfolio: https://yukinogatari.moe/portfolio/
Kouryuu @kouryuu.bsky.social J-E Translator | JP➡️EN翻訳者| Works Include: OreImo, Prisma Illya, DEARDROPS, Maggot Baits, Da Capo 3 R | Otaku, Gamer, Tabletop RPG fan | Opinions are my own.
Tomomi Kojima @tomomeken.bsky.social 執筆/翻訳/編集 Writer/Translator(EN→JP)/Editor
ホラー寄りの映画雑食
映画パンフは宇宙だ！で「アリ・アスター短編読本」他編集。
キャロル･J･グローヴァー『男と女とチェーンソー』（晶文社）翻訳。
Manic Street PreachersとClint Eastwoodが大好き。
ごく稀に更新のnote：https://note.com/littlebaby_n/
Michelle・由美・Tymon@通訳&アニメ翻訳🌈🌸 @gshock99.bsky.social アニメ翻訳や通訳をやってます。I translate your anime :B Watch & read Polar Bear Cafe! JP-EN Translator@CR. 一応ハーフです。成人済み30↑ In i7 Hell | 楽紡 |翻訳者|声優オタ| OW2 | Opinions are my own
Loppi☆ @loppimonblanc.bsky.social Japanese→English Translator & Editor for manga and games!
Translator on B-PROJECT RYUSEI*FANTASIA!
https://loppimonblanc.carrd.co/#
Alissa (有沙) Staples @alistaps.bsky.social Children’s illustrator, game localization editor (8-4), & mother of two. A Japanese-Canadian obsessed with creative pursuits! She/her. 日本語話せます♪ http://linktr.ee/alistaps
Nicole F. (Nicoli Ravioli/CodexNi @ Twitter) @nicoliravioli.bsky.social 日英翻訳者 Freelance JP→EN translator in 🇨🇭 || Kodansha, Seven Seas, Vertical, Etc. || Skip and Loafer, Gazing at the Star Next Door, etc. || FFXIV LIFE☆ (CodexNi@Twitter)
https://codexni.carrd.co/ (probably outdated by the time you click it)
Robin @rabalogy.bsky.social Consumer and purveyor of bad puns. Japanese-English game translator
@ Marvelous / XSEED, U-M alum 〽️
日本語もOK!
chart @chartcarr.com I make music and do Japanese to English translation.
https://chartcarr.neocities.org/
https://chart.bandcamp.com
Business inquiries: chartcarr@gmail.com
Rebecca Black @ajolipa.bsky.social webmaster of http://mtgeloproject.net | digital humanities software dev | freelance J-E translator | writer at http://anigay.io and http://logh-icebergs.tumblr.com | queer/bi girl | she/her | #BlackLivesMatter #transrights
Scott Strichart @triggerredd.bsky.social 15+ years and like 80 games in the Japanese side of the industry. Currently VO Manager at SEGA. Metaphor: ReFantazio, Yakuza, and Final Fantasy in the last decade.
Ginny Tapley Takemori @ginnytkmr.bsky.social Literary translator from Japanese
Convenience Store Woman, Earthlings, Life Ceremony, Vanishing World (Sayaka Murata), The Little House, Things Remembered And Things Forgotten (Kyoko Nakajima), Mornings Without Mii (Mayumi Inaba), and plenty more!
tania @passivesoul.bsky.social Aspiring capybara. Localization Director @ Kadokawa World Entertainment. Manga. Comics. Rock 'n' roll. NYR. Curmudgeoness. BLACK LIVES MATTER.
Brian Bergstrom @brianbergstrom.bsky.social Lecturer & Literary Translator JPN -> ENG
Current: DILEMMAS OF WORKING WOMEN by Fumio Yamamoto
21 July 26: CAPITAL FROM ZERO by Kōhei Saitō
Soon: LOVEAHOLIC by Fumio Yamamoto
Tarte 🥧 and Butt 🌈 Enthusiast (à Montréal)
IG: instagram.com/asa_no_burei- B Betsy @bechichandayo.bsky.social
jasmine (joz) ズで書かれている「ジャズミン」 @jyajumin.bsky.social ゲーム業界日英翻訳者。翻訳・言語学・文学専門。言葉が大好き。ポストなどは自分の意見です。J-E translator of vidya at SEGA/ATLUS, linguist. MAs Translation Studies, English/Comparative literature (WIP). I like words. Views my own, likes/reposts ≠ endorsement, etc.
Matthias Hirsh @mattievvv.bsky.social J>E translator of manga and other creative works. Former horse girl, current cat dad. 在ドイツアメリカ人翻訳家。
ファティーマ🪬Fatimah Haji-Asiri @saffronapplepie.bsky.social JP➞EN translator/localizer,日英翻訳者/ローカライズ, linguistic/cultural/media consultant, I don’t shut up about manga demographics and urban planning, politically correct afro
日本語OK
Website + Links: https://linktr.ee/saffronapplepie
Kai☆カイ @kaitranslations.bsky.social Japanese to English Translator | 日英翻訳家 | 🏳️🌈 | Working in manga/LNs/gaming 👾📚 | Lover of old JRPGs, queer media, and pretty words.✒️ 
Daiz @daiz.moe 🔞 Digital media expert & UX designer/developer @ JP-EN media localization
Talks #lightnovels / #anime / #manga / #games / #translation | pro-fiction | Finnish 🇫🇮 but posting primarily in English | opinions firmly my own | he/they
Website ★ daiz.moe ★
Robb @starkravingrobb.bsky.social Husband. Dad. Localization editor. Pronouns are he/him. Trans rights are human rights 🏳️⚧️
Huda@日英翻訳！東京で留学中！ @subheartjp.com 英訳編集・執筆 (英)・日英翻訳・🔞作品多め・制作に挑戦してみたい！18+ J→E editor/writer/translator studying in Tokyo! Exploring new creative work! 💕 Past Clients: Kagura Games, June Lovejoy
Kevin (ケビン) @ktnguyen.bsky.social Twitter @kevintheactor39
J→E translator, TokuNet editor, actor (he | him)
日英翻訳者 、特撮ネットワーク の編集者、 RE-act所属
興味：特撮、アニメ、ローカルヒーロー、日本語
EN + 日本語OK
Sarah T. // サラ @sarasaraht.bsky.social award-winning in-house manga editor @square-enix-books.com // #ThreeHopes editor @ 8-4 // 漫画(英語版)編集者・日英翻訳家 // N1 🈴 JP-EN translator // past 🇯🇵 resident // formerly KLab, Cybird, Voltage // 腐女子です
Marcus Shauer @meshauer.bsky.social JP>EN translator
(The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy; ‘Tis Time for “Torture,” Princess)
Part-time origamist, Karlach stan
John Ricciardi @johntv.bsky.social ハチノヨンとスパデラのジョンです。Tokyo-based game lover/gatherer and 8-4 & SDX co-founder. EGM alum. 集まり屋。(He/Him) くわしいことは本をみて下さい。
Faye Duxovni @ ANYC @duxovni.com Japanese-English translator (Cosmic Princess Kaguya!, The Hero-Killing Bride, The Despicable Duke Settles His Affairs)
she/her
🏳️⚧️ 👩❤️💋👩
Website and portfolio: https://duxovni.com
日本語OK!
Alyssa Weldon @alyssaweldon.bsky.social Japanese to English manga translator
Website and portfolio: weldontranslations.com
Alyssa Niioka | 新岡ありさ @kyaadere.bsky.social 翻訳家。ツイートは主に英語 。J-E LN/Manga/Game Translator. They/Them. Projects: Beautiful Things, Condemned Villainess, Norn9 LE, Trapped in a Dating Sim, and more.
Dermot Creegan @dermolo.bsky.social Writer・Photographer・Soccer person
Localization Director at 8-4. Formerly of Pokémon.
He/Him. Opinions mine.
Dee-mons of the Shadow Realm @deescribe.bsky.social Professional writer • Amateur bookworm • Part-time critic • Full-time Jayhawk • Low-key queer • High-key nerd • she/any • formerly @joseinextdoor
Jenny McKeon @ SPX E6A!! @jennichijou.bsky.social J-E translator (Nichijou, Dragon Maid, Bloom into You, New Game!, So I'm a Spider, Executioner), artist, writer, vtuber ☆ she/her, 日本語OK ☆ https://jennichijou.carrd.co/
Avery Udagawa @averyudagawa.bsky.social Kansan in Thailand, translator of Japanese children's literature, believer in #worldkidlit www.averyfischerudagawa.com
Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social Reader of books and player of games. College professor and pokémon trainer. Writes about media and society. In love with monsters and magic.
🌿 https://digitalfantasydiary.com/ 🌿
Rebecca @stlrebecca.bsky.social 💙 Writer, runner, resister, wanderer, translator and professor, flood survivor. Debut novel The Kimono Tattoo. www.rebecca-copeland.com
Mercedes McGarry @mmmcgarry.bsky.social Manga Letterer for SevenSeas, Kodansha, KUP, Manga Mavericks, Square Enix, Vertical
😺
https://mercedesmcgarry.carrd.co/
Takami Nieda @tnieda.bsky.social Instructor at Seattle Central College
JP-ENTranslator of GO, Finger Bone,The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park, The Lucky Ride. NEXT: Traveling Practice
Info: https://societyofauthors.org/soa-member/takami-nieda/
Ryan @ryanosaurz.bsky.social J→E translator at Square Enix. Resident of Tokyo. Former 早大生. Opinions are nobody’s, probably not even mine. he/him. Also🌈🌈🌈
Kyoko Nitta/新田享子 @kyonitta.bsky.social ばか話が好きな英日翻訳者（トロントに生息）。Bookpotter/Pickleballer kyokonitta.com
Alyssa Scavetta @alyssascavetta.bsky.social Managing editor of danmei and novels at @gomanga.bsky.social
⚓️Manga, danmei, BL, the works.
⚓️I hire artists, translators, rewriters, editors, proofreaders.
All opinions are my own. I block at will.
Dobu @dobu.bsky.social Manga letterer and translator, and cringe connoisseur. Personal (non-industry-related) account
Louise Heal Kawai @louisehk.bsky.social Japanese to English literary translator, occasional actor, film and theatre fan, proud 浜っ子
Brian Gray @brilingual.bsky.social Freelance game translator/writer. ゲーム業界のフリーランス翻訳者・ライター Kingdom Hearts/The World Ends with You/Death Stranding/Fire Emblem/Gotta Protectors
Daniel McCalla @clidante.bsky.social Japanese to English game translator. Formerly freelance, now in-house. ゲームと読書好きな日英翻訳者。
Richard Medhurst📚️🇯🇵 @richardmedh.bsky.social Brit in Yokohama, translator at https://www.nippon.com/en/
Translator of The Essential Akutagawa (Sep 2025)
Interested in Japanese language, literature, and history.
Aila @aila.bsky.social I'm a Freelance Manga Letterer
I love all things comics, especially woman targeted ones, which made me a crazy ShoJosei collector. Over 2,000 manga and counting
Also a huge bookworm.
Website: https://madteaparty.net/