He is known as '''Joseph "Joey" Wheeler''' in the 4Kids dub and video games as well as the Brazilian and Portuguese version of the manga, and called '''Joseph "Joey" Katsuya''' in the Funimation Uncut dub. In the Swedish dub of the anime his name is '''Katsuya Jonouchi''', like in the original Japanese, but to fit 4Kids' edited script, he was given the nickname '''Jono'''. His name is sometimes spelled '''Katsuya Jyonouchi''' in the Japanese anime. His dub name could be based on the character of [[wikia:w:c:captainplanet:Wheeler |Wheeler]] from ''[[Wikipediawikipedia:Captain Planetand the Planeteers|Captain Planetand the Planeteers]] '', who also has a Brooklyn accent (and a voice actor named is voiced by [[wikipedia:Joey Dedio|Joey)Dedio]]. In the manga when [[Ryo Bakura (manga)|Ryo Bakura]] invited the protagonists to play the ''Monster World'' RPG, Jonouchi's character was named "Joey". [[Keith Howard (manga)|Bandit Keith]] also nicknamed Jonouchi "Joey" as an insult.