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From the manga Hunter x Hunter, one of the character's Japanese names is
ウボォーギン. It looks like the ボ is getting its お sound elongated twice, with the
small ォ and the ー. In English it gets translated as Uvogin, but I would have
thought the name would be ウヴォーギン then.

Is ボォー the same as ぼ、お、う? Is that possible?

Or maybe is this a slight pronunciation difference, like か and きゃ？
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Is there a triple vowel extension in this character name?
This type of combination (adding ァィゥェォ after a katakana of the _same_ vowel)
is fairly rare, but I occasionally see it in fictional names. (Sometimes
creators want odd-looking names...) Basically ァィゥェォ works like a long vowel
marker, but from my experience, the length does not exceed two morae even if
another long vowel marker follows.

  * ブゥ, リィ, レェ, ロォ: Pronounced in two morae, like ブー, リー, レー, ロー
  * ブゥケ, リィン, レェラ, ロォト: Usually pronounced in three morae (like ブーケ, リーン, レーラ, ロート), but some people may pronounce them shortly (like ブケ, リン, レラ, ロト).
  * ブゥーケ, リィーン, レェーラ, ロォート: Pronounced in three morae, just like ブーケ, リーン, レーラ, ロート. "Double-elongation" does _not_ happen.

To take another example, ブードゥー (Voodoo) is occasionally spelled as ブゥードゥー, but
this ブゥー is pronounced the same way as ブー.

So I think ウボォーギン is pronounced just like ウボーギン. But if it were ウボオーギン (non-
small オ), most people would read it with a "double-elongated vowel", as
discussed in [this question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/52017/5010).
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