I recall one set of advice to fic writers somewhere -- not mine -- that suggested just working with an English-Japanese dictionary to come up with names that have appropriately symbolic meanings for their owners, on the grounds that Japanese names are barely one level of abstraction above things like "He Who Runs Fast". After all, "Ichiro"/"Jiro" basically means "first son" and is traditionally used for first sons (for example). So following this advice, you would name a character who's going to be in fistfights a lot the Japanese equivalent of "Strong Arm" or maybe "Easy Anger", whatever they might be, and you'd build the family name much the same way, unless you have a "stock" name you've already decided with. I can't see that you can go too far wrong with this method.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.