User blog comment:AtlantisUchiha/English names/@comment-39969631-20190918221433

It is because Japanese is Asian and Naruto is heavily inspired off of various Asian cultures, religions, and groups, but not much of anything western aside from the presence of kumogakure ninja with their hip-hop culture.

So, things like Chinese MAY be acceptable in most circumstances (I think, not 100% sure), but if I had ninja using a renaissance-era rapier with a tricornered hat from the colonial period and his name was "Bob" and his Nazi moustache was enchanted with the powers of the greek gods, it wouldn't fly cause Naruto is not western oriented. I'm just being over-the-top with that one lol.

But also, going back to kunogakure being a bit different, I belive most of the hidden villages tend to redlect different parts of the world, though I'm not 100% sure. For instance, the sand village doesn't look very Japanese.

As for india, the show is heaviliy influenced by Hinduism.

As for japan: Shintoism.

The gentle fist is inspired by Baguazhang, an internal Chinese martial art heavily rooted in Taoist beliefs, so there is most certainly elements of Taoism.

And of course, buddhism is often mentioned.

Even the Jashin (hidan's cult) are based on a real group of people, perhaps from india as well, but I'm not 100% sure.

So, all in all, I understand wanting to use English or European names/themes, but it doesn't fit in with the universe currently.

That's just my two cents.