Pronunciation of Ōsaka / 大阪 / おおさか / オオサカ Is the difference in pronunciations of Ōsaka in Google Translate different for the same reasons as "Sayaka" ? I acknowledge this may be a dupe.

For the **_place name_** : LHHH

Reference: See under category {} in <

For the **_family name_** : HLLL

Reference: None found. Just trust me if you could.

Pitch accents often differ between family names and place names (hat are written the same way) though it is something not many Japanese-learners seem to be aware of.

{} is pronounced LHH as a place name and HLL as a family name.

{}, as a place name, is LHH, but as a family name, it is HLL.

The name is pronounced {HLL} by us native speakers, but quite a few J-learners would pronounce it {LHL}.

**_NOTE: Needless to say, all pronunciations above are based on Standard Japanese._**