Ookami or Okami?

[Alipoprocks]

Haven't taken Japanese classes in a very long time, so I don't remember much nor do I know much about it. But I kinda remember double letters are to denote a pause in the pronunciation. So ookami would be pronounced o kami instead of okami. If I remember correctly.

[Sagittarian]

Haven't taken Japanese classes in a very long time, so I don't remember much nor do I know much about it. But I kinda remember double letters are to denote a pause in the pronunciation. So ookami would be pronounced o kami instead of okami. If I remember correctly.

The double letter you are referring to is used when there is a small "tsu" つ , like in my character name 熱心な or ねっしんな (ne-shin na) in hiragana. The small tsu is "used for indicating a voiced consonant in the middle of a compound word".

The issue with 狼 is that English and Japanese don't have a good way to indicate long/short vowels. You could even write it Ohkami if you wanted to make the English pronunciation obvious.

[Quesse]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IC9KfOMwQU

Pronunciation at :04

[Warlyx]

who cares? cute wolverine is cute.

[CannedGeek]

It's written out as オオカミ (ookami). Okami without the extra o is an entirely different word that means hostess or landlady.

[GenJoe]

I have no help, just some ramblings.

Perhaps the "correct" spelling depends on who you talk to. Like English words such as favorite vs. favourite. Both are "correct." One's just a bit more British.

I can tell you that the video game only uses one "O" though Okami

that's not exactly how transliteration of languages work.. favorite vs. favourite are regional differences..

Ookami vs. Okami is not, it's the same name in Japanese, it's two different ways of writing the same word but considering its origin, I find it hard to accept that there are multiple correct ways to write another people's language. Not that they haven't tried with my own language..
Just a personal rant, it gets to be really annoying when people start spelling words in your native language 5 different ways and ask me which way is the correct way to spell it.. I always tell them, the correct way would be to not write it in English first..

[Crafter]

Another way is to spell it "Ohkami". Similar to people who spell their last name o-o-ma-e as Ohmae. "Omae" could mean "you", but "Ohmae" doesn't mean "you". So, it's clearer to spell "Ohmae".
Ookami, Okami, and Ohkami are all correct. It's more to do with how you can prevent people from mistakenly take it as a different word. Like CannedGreek mentioned "Okami" means landlady.

Other examples:
To-u-kyo-u is spelled as Tokyo. It could have been spelled as Toukyoh.
O-o-sa-ka is spelled as Osaka. It could have been spelled as Ohsaka.

[Mikita]

okii thanks for your help i think im going to go Ookami again tyvm for the help

Late to the discussion, but as a Japanese speaker I wanted to chime in that I think you made the right choice. ^^

There are several ways to write Japanese with the roman alphabet, and all 3 are acceptable: Okami, Ookami, Ohkami

"Ookami" is the clearest and avoids confusion.

"Okami" hints at a short "o" and as others have noted, actually has a few different meanings other than "wolf".

"Ohkami" probably gives the right pronunciation hint, but my impression is that you will usually see this style used for names on things like business cards when the intended recipient is non-Japanese and wouldn't otherwise know how to pronounce the name correctly.

[kyuven]

"Ohkami" probably gives the right pronunciation hint, but my impression is that you will usually see this style used for names on things like business cards when the intended recipient is non-Japanese and wouldn't otherwise know how to pronounce the name correctly.

"ohkami" implies it's "おうかみ” though
when it's おおかみ

[Tsukino]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Japanese is quite accurate if anyone is interested.

I, too, prefer "ookami" and think the OP made the right choice.