Japanese Kanji Translation Help

I was wondering if there was anyone on these forums that can read/translate some kanji for me? It's from an image rather than text so can't use an online translator. Also, I believe it's a name.

If anyone would be willing to look at it for me please let me know and I'll link the image.

Thanks in advance!

Thanks for the reply. I have attached two images of the same karate belt but from different sources. Hopefully one of them is clear enough - I can't yet find anything of a better quality. It's one line of what I think is Kanji, and all I really need is a rough idea of the translation if possible (of the left-hand side when looking at the image).





Thanks again.

mrsir2009 said:

Haha, well, I'm not too good but I'll give it a shot And if you post it here someone else might see & recognize it too.

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Did you have any luck with the translation? Hope the image is clear enough.

mrsir2009 said:

Hey, sorry for the late reply. It was a bit beyond me, however I asked a Japanese friend of mine and she said that the "館長" part is "a tytle meaning the head of the club." And the rest of it apparently was just the guy's name.

Hope this helps!

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patent10021 said:

kanchou kanazawa hirokazu
かんちょう　かなざわ　ひろかず

Rank: 館長 (Highest Instructor of specific Ryu-Ha or Kai Ha)
Guy's name: 金澤弘和


Advantage of living in Japan

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Thank you both very much for the help. In case you're interested, the research is part of my 3rd dan grading and I've been looking into how the customisation of belts has changed over the years among some of the masters. Now that I know the name is on that side, I know it is following a very traditional style.

Anyway, that's my attempt to send you to sleep!

patent10021: I take it the name on the belt is in Kanji, and かんちょう　かなざわ　ひろかず is the katakana version?

Many thanks again.

patent10021 said:

The writing (moji・文字) on the belt is kanji. かんちょう　かなざわ　ひろかず is hiragana, a kana variant. The katakana variant is 　カンチョウ　カナザワ　ヒロカズ。

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Ah I see, thanks very much once again for the help.