This game properly used the surname-firstname order for historical Warring States-era figures (eg. Oda Nobunaga)

This remaster still uses firstname-surname order for Japanese historical figures in the Warring States era (eg. Jubei Yagyu instead of Yagyu Jubei)

Japanese historical figures from the Warring States era appearing in this game are named in firstname-surname order (eg. Tadakatsu Honda instead of Honda Tadakatsu)

Unlike prior series titles, this game looks set to have historical figures in Edo-era Japan named with proper surname-firstname order (eg. Miyamoto Musashi)

[Possible update] The Japanese representative leader in this game only has a single name (Himiko) and the Japanese civ featured at launch is from the Meiji era. Will update on future content releases.

This game properly used the surname-firstname order for Japanese historical figures prior to the Meiji era (eg. Minamoto no Yoritomo, Oda Nobunaga)

This game does properly use surname-firstname order for historical Warring States era figures (eg. Oda Nobunaga, Fujibayashi Nagato), but it is not well-received in Japan for other reasons.

Used firstname-surname order for Japanese characters despite taking place in the Bakumatsu era before the Meiji restoration (eg. Ryoma Sakamoto instead of Sakamoto Ryoma)

This game properly used the surname-firstname order for characters in the historical Edo era (eg. Idate Chiyo)

Inconsistent naming order in this Warring States era game - alternates between correct surname-firstname (Kakizaki Kageie) and incorrect firstname-surname (Yoshiaki Satake instead of Satake Yoshiaki)