Save your name’s furigana in Chrome

1. Find the address or contact record you use

In Chrome settings, look under Autofill and passwords for Addresses and more. Some versions use Contact info or another contact-information label. Compare the saved name and address before choosing the record to edit.

On desktop, you can also paste chrome://settings/addresses into the address bar. Some versions use chrome://settings/contactInfo. These are Chrome settings addresses to enter in the browser’s address bar. Open the three-dot menu beside the intended record and select Edit.

2. Save the phonetic name you actually use

Look for Phonetic name (Furigana), よみがな or ふりがな in the editing screen. The example name is 山田 太郎 and its reading is やまだ たろう. Check both, then save. A standard space separates the two parts here; the name-splitting step below explains its role.

If your name already has an established kana spelling in a membership record, workplace or other context, check which spelling this form needs. Conversion tools can suggest candidates, while a person’s confirmed reading remains the one to preserve. Keep the regular name, phonetic name and address in their own fields.

3. Hiragana in settings can become Katakana in a form

Chrome’s documentation says its settings UI defaults to showing phonetic names in Hiragana, even though either script can be entered. Check that やまだ たろう still represents the intended reading, then inspect the result in the actual form.

Once Chrome has identified a phonetic-name field, it uses its visible label to choose a script. A label containing a Katakana character leads to Katakana; otherwise it defaults to Hiragana. For example, セイメイ calls for ヤマダ タロウ and せいめい for やまだ たろう. The site may impose additional spacing or character-width rules, so compare the filled result with its example. These are Chrome’s documented behaviors; check other browsers separately.

4. Make the family-name boundary clear in the saved record

Chrome has to divide a full-name entry when a form asks for separate family and given names. In settings, 山田 太郎 and やまだ たろう include a standard space to help identify that boundary. Check that separate セイ and メイ fields receive ヤマダ and タロウ.

Compound surnames, several middle names and other name structures need individual checking. Confirm each part using the person’s name and the site’s instructions before filling it. A separator in Chrome helps the browser parse the saved entry; the website decides whether a space belongs in its own field. Check separately entered family and given names too.

Check family and given-name order on Japanese forms →

5. An old reading returns? Check the selected suggestion

After editing a record, note the name and address associated with it. Return to the form, reopen the suggestions and choose the updated record. An edit made only in a website field can leave the saved entry unchanged. To correct the stored reading, open that specific record again.

There may be several similar addresses, or the browser may be using another Chrome profile. Compare the name, address or email in the suggestion to identify its source. Keep family members’ details and other saved addresses intact, and change only the entry you have confirmed is wrong.

6. The reading field is missing, or one site stays blank

Open the address or contact record through Chrome’s settings menu and check for a phonetic-name field. Layout and availability can vary with version, device and region, and phone menus can differ. If you cannot find it, enter the confirmed kana directly in the website and keep the reading somewhere you can copy it later.

If the record has a reading but the website stays blank, check the save-and-fill setting for that information category. Chrome also needs to recognize the destination field, which depends on the site’s labels and form structure. For a field it does not fill, enter the correct kana manually and review the site’s confirmation page.

7. Filled kana still rejected? Read the site’s format requirement

Check whether the message requests 全角カナ, 半角カナ or ひらがな, then inspect its rules for spaces, middle dots and long-vowel marks. Keep the name’s reading and change the required form. A space useful for name splitting in settings still needs checking in the destination field.

When the pronunciation is correct and only width or spacing needs adjustment, use the kana formatter and paste the result back. The input-error guide below covers character width, voicing marks, small kana and length checks in detail.

Check rejected Katakana name input →

Format an existing kana name →

8. Review the name before saving or submitting

Check the regular name, family-name order, reading and spaces, then make sure the address and phone number were filled correctly too. A name already stored by a membership or booking website is a separate record from the browser’s saved information.

When Chrome offers to save or update details, read the name and kana before accepting. Correct a temporary mistake in the website field before saving it back to the record. On later visits, select the checked entry and review the site’s confirmation page before submitting.