When are foreign language based words written with kanjis? I was reading the wikia of an anime and I found this, Red Riot Unbreakable () (Reddo Raiotto Anbureikaburu) The name of a technique "Reddo Raiotto Anbureikaburu" based in the english words "Red Riot Unbreakable" are written with the kanjis . I thought foreign words were always written with katakana but this isnt the case. When are foreign language words written into japanese using kanjis?

This is something that can be called a , which is explained in this question: Origin of ?

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They often wore coats full of difficult kanji like this. This type of creative ateji is basically unique to the / culture in the Showa era. Today, almost no young people do this seriously any more, but you may still see this type of ateji in fiction. The user of is not directly related to , but this ateji seems to symbolize his rough but mannish and upright character.