In Korea the last name goes first and the first name goes last so basically their name normally consists of Two syllables... for Korean names must have a 3 syllable name Last Name - 1 syllable and First name - 2 syllables like Yeom is one syllable which is his last names and Cheong-ho as his first name is two syllables... I hope this clears things up
In S.Korea and Japan, they have say family/surname first and the first name. So yes, Dan & Yeom, are their surnames. Not sure if that's true for other far east Asian countries.
The family name is more to do with bloodline (I think), so no in those countries they don't change their surnames after marriage. Korean first names mostly have 2 syllables. Hence the dash (-). Some don't. Like Kim Dan from Jinx.
Hope that helps!
also maybe you might be confused because the dan is the family name so it's dan yi rim but in athlete's shirt or tournament sometimes they put the last name last so the might put something like yi rim dan or yi rim d. if it's too long especially if they only put initials
Oh thank you all for the explanations! <3
So im not asian and i keep getting confused about asian last names in mangas. Can someone explain it to me (its 4 am so please excuse my lack of googling)?
Correct me if im wrong but in the manga Dan is his last name and Yi-rim is his first right? (Same for Yeom Chong-ho). Is this how names pronounced in most east asian countries?
And is changing your last name after marriage is a thing?
One more question: why is there a - in the characters names in the manga? Does this mean something like they have two names? What does their names mean?