>Sonic's Japanese name is ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ (Sonikku za Hejjihoggu), which is a phonetic transliteration of "Sonic the Hedgehog" using the Japanese writing system, katakana. The pronunciation is very similar to the English name, with "Sonic" written as "Sonikku" and "Hedgehog" written as "Hejjihoggu"