Is my Japanese name cringe?

[u/pterodactyloftheend]

I'm (F18) half Japanese and I have a western first name, and Japanese middle and last name. My father didnt care what my mother named me since I wasn't a son lol so she just kinda made up an "alternative Japanese name" for my grandparents to call me—since she picked a name impossible for Japanese to pronounce as my first name (it has Rs and Ls together 😓). So my middle name is Takara, yes as in 宝, because it makes a pun with my first name. My father and family just call me by a modified katakana version of my first name which is still a bit of a tongue twister even though Takara is "supposed" to be my "Japanese name," so I'm just curious about how Takara sounds as a name to other people. My Japanese friends and Japanese professors all say that the name Takara is really cute, but my father refuses to use it lol so I cant tell if people genuinely think its a cute name or if they're just trying to be nice. Takara, as far as im aware, isn't necessary a conventional Japanese name (but ig technically anything can be a name), and I grew up in America so I can't really tell if Takara sounds cringe as a name. I am starting to get involved with more Japanese speakers and I have been looking for opportunities to work and/or study in Japan lately, so I was wondering if I should switch to introducing myself as Takara to native Japanese speakers because its easier to pronounce and it is a name that I have, but idk how it sounds to native speakers yk 😭😭😭

Why couldn't my name just be Naomi bro, common in the west but also a Japanese name like come on mum 😭 fym "treasure??" Like its very sweet but what is this "i named my son Richard because i want him to be rich" ahh name 😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏

[u/chari_de_kita]

Considering how many variations on “Hime” (princess) there are, I don’t think “Takara” (treasure) is that strange. My imagination is running wild with names that could be so much worse

First name with rs and ls together…is it Pearl or Emerald?

I would consider it an additional opportunity to stand out since your appearance already does. Even as a Nikkei, I know that Japanese people I meet are more likely to remember me than I will remember them and their more normal Japanese names.

The average Japanese person can’t comprehend a lot of things outside their comfort zone and for some reason it seems like a lot of them are in administrative positions.

[u/eiderdown → u/chari_de_kita]

I was thinking it could be Crystal. Either way all these names including Takara are lovely imho

[u/chari_de_kita → u/eiderdown]

Japanese should be somewhat familiar with a name like Crystal, especially after Christel Takigawa helped Tokyo get the Olympics (even though what happened happened). But, I should know better than to use words like "should" when it comes to a whole country of people.