Talk:Akatsuki/@comment-174.54.113.52-20141009085032/@comment-918376-20141009121108

"Kanji" is, I guess you could call it, a shorthand for "Name in Japanese" on many Wikis, regardless of whether it's kanji, katakana, or hirigana.

Akatsuki's name in the original work is spelled using katakana, which is why it's listed that way. On the character introduction page in volume 2 of the light novel, you will see that.