Tamiya and Hasegawa? Wondered that for years.
Is it TAM e ya?
TA me uh?
Tum MI ya?
Hazy GAH wah?
Has ZEE gah wah?
None of the above?
Silly question, I know.
Tamiya is TA-ME-YA.
Hasegawa is: HA-ZAE-GA-WA ZAE is like in amAzing. All other A are pronounced like Amazing
Thank you!
I say it like this-
Tah-Mi-Uh
Has-eh-gah-wah
Course that’s just here in Ohia… hehe
yay, fun thread, i will join in too.
from what I know.
Tamiya would be Ta (like in TAr**)-** Mi (from ME) - Ya (from YeAH… lol, can’t believe they end up being words…) TA means field, and MIYA is something like a palace.
Hasegawa is Ha-Se (from SEction) - Ga (from GUArd) - Wa (from …ever heard of WAWA’s? there is this one convenience store next to my work…)
Wonder if they’d consider just going with “Hazy” and “Tami” as company names? 
Having met and spoken to both Mr. Tamiya and Mr. Hasegawa on many occasions, I can confirm that the above is absolutely correct.
I’m witch you! Cambridge, Ohio.
i pronounce them GREAT MODELS
After the Japanese ones, you can mess around trying to get the Czech ones right![;)]
Smer (Smnyair) I haven’t stuck that nifty accent mark over the e, but when you see an m immediately followed by an e with that accent mark, it creates a distinct “nyu” sound between the m and e sounds.
Bilek (Bee-lek).
Don’t even get me started on the proper pronunciation of the full, proper name of Kopro.
Rock on!
Being, as I am, European, I’ve always worked off the typical European concept of emphasising the first syllable. Or at least, not emphasising the second. Thus, by coincidence, it seems that I’ve managed to get them correct, judging by the above posts.
NTM
Ditto
David
That is correct, except YA in Tamiya is pronounced more like JA.
7 Years in Japan has tought me something, at least.
There are some who call them “Tim”
Sorry, couldn’t resist!!
Tamiya and Hasegawa are easy to pronounce, since the Japanese language only has 5 vowel sounds!
A - like the u in mud, but you have to open your mouth wider
E - like the e in get
U - like the oo in toot
I - like the ee in meet, but just a tad shorter
O - like the o in orange
So Tamiya is pronounced tum-EE-yuh
Hasegawa is huh-seh-GAH-wah
(The uppercase letters denote the stress.)
“Ha” is huh and “ga” is GAH??? you are contradicting yourself there buddy.
Well, I would have liked to say it’s pronounced as it’s spelled.
HA SE GA WA.
the romanji A is “Ah” in english language, not the short U sound. i was taught by five japanese senseis for my minor in college and my mom and that’s how they had said it.
when you use parts from a tamiya and a hasegawa you pronounce it
tah me gah wah on the mainland and on the smaller islands it is
a hah zee me ya[(-D]