I like a lot of Japanese names too, it's a shame that when they're transcribed you miss the visual elements of the ideograms. I don't master the language, but the official transcription system that's generally used is the following:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepburn_romanization
Of the names you list I like/would possibly use:
SakuraMasamiSayuriHanaHarukoKasumiIzumiMayuri
I also like
Akira for a boy, and Murasaki, which I don't think is used much in modern Japan.
This message was edited 2/20/2008, 12:19 PM