Japan-easy Season 1 Episode 2 Basic sentences: A is B (Part 2) ( Air Date 2016-04-17 ) Genre category. Overview "When saying "My name is Tanaka", in Japanese, after the part that means "My name", we put "wa" particle. If the other person's name is also Tanaka, "wa" particle replaces "mo" article. Mastering this rule can take your Japanese one step further.".