...while my name is Tae Kyong Kim in English, the "k" sound in Korean is closer to a hard "g". So I decided on 「ギョン」 for my middle name. However, "Kim" is a very common name in Japanese and is written as 「キム」. Also, in Korean, there is no middle name so my actual name is TaeKyong. So while my full name is 「キム・テギョン」, I use Tae among friends. But 「テ」 is a bit too short so I go by 「テイ」, which is closer to the English pronunciation.