Pitch accent aside, I think the biggest difference between how I say my name in English vs in Japanese is something my partner pointed out! When we say my surname in English, the '-to'（と）goes from the Japanese [to] to a very soft alveolar tap [ɾo] (the same type of 't' in American English 'water')
@kodyisover.comFor English-First Language speakers, you can go way softer on the consonant enunciation than Adrian Pang does here and I wouldn't mind! Getting the right vowel sounds matters more for me when someone is pronouncing my name in English!
