Can I find a Japanese card's English name on the official sites?

Published September 24, 2026 · By the Cards from Japan editors

Summary

For Yu-Gi-Oh!, the ONE PIECE Card Game, the GUNDAM CARD GAME, and Dragon Ball Super Card Game Fusion World, yes. The Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh! database page prints the English name beside the Japanese one. The other three games use the same card number in both languages, so searching that number in the English card list brings up the English name. Cards given out only in Japan don't show up on the English lists.

Yu-Gi-Oh! puts it on the Japanese page

On the Japanese side of the official database, Yu-Gi-Oh! Neuron, the heading for 青眼の白龍 shows its reading followed by the English name, Blue-Eyes White Dragon. ブラック・マジシャン shows Dark Magician. The English page for the same card lists TCG printings only, so none of the Japanese -JP set codes appear there.

Same number in both languages

In the ONE PIECE card lists, OP01-120 is シャンクス in Japanese and Shanks in English, with the same SEC rarity, cost of 9, and power of 10000. GUNDAM's GD01-001 is ガンダム in Japanese and Gundam in English, LR in both. Fusion World's FB01-001 is 孫悟空 and Son Goku.

A search for OP01-120 returns seven entries in Japanese and six in English. The one missing from the English list is the prize card from the July 2023 Flagship Battle.

Sources

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