Talk:Natalie Nakase

A fact from Natalie Nakase appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 July 2014. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Natalie Nakase was the first female head coach in Japan's top professional men's basketball league?

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Pronunciation of name

Latest comment: 9 months ago6 comments3 people in discussion

Can we include the pronunciation of a person's name in their Wikipedia page? I don't watch TV, so had to Google a youtube video to hear a sports announcer introduce her. Seems like it is 'Nah-KAH-say'. Thank you. SherryFromSF (talk) 16:27, 25 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

@SherryFromSF: Yes, you can refer to MOS:LEADPRON. Regards. —Bagumba (talk) 16:34, 25 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

So I would put this

^/nɑːˈkɑːseɪ/

after her last name? SherryFromSF (talk) 17:15, 25 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

@SherryFromSF: It's not something I usually edit, but from Ralph Fiennes and MOS:FULLNAME, it looks like it'd go inside the parenthetical before her birthdate. —Bagumba (talk) 17:43, 25 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

But just because an announcer pronounced it that way, it doesn't necessarily mean it's how she pronounces it--maybe it shouldn't be written as such unless we have footage of her saying her own name. She might easily prefer it stressed on the first syllable. 130.44.180.27 (talk) 21:55, 16 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

Feel free to present such footage. —Bagumba (talk) 22:10, 16 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

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