Chrome Autofill now better supports Japanese phonetic names (Furigana), allowing automatic filling of both Kanji and Furigana fields. Since HTML lacks a standard autocomplete value for phonetic names, Chrome uses heuristics based on the autocomplete attribute, field labels, and name attributes to detect phonetic fields. Developers should use standard autocomplete values (name, family-name, given-name) and descriptive field names/labels in Japanese characters. Chrome also auto-detects whether to fill Katakana or Hiragana based on the label content. The post includes a best-practice form example, DevTools debugging steps, and guidance on name splitting with delimiter characters.
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