Looking for Full-size Japanese RGB keyboard

[Virtualnate]

Hi all, I've been looking for the longest for a Japanese RGB gaming keyboard

 

What I'm looking for:

-Double-shot PBT keycaps

-Cherry MX RED switches

-RGB

-Full size

 

-and a very important one for me, I've only seen Corsair do it: I want BOTH the Japanese AND English characters to be backlit. (Other brands implement the backlighting on the English character ONLY)

 

Now, I COULD purchase a Corsair keyboard, but I've seen that their PBT keycaps are smoother and also I'm looking into all possible options.

 

If you also happen to know where to purchase JUST a keycap set with these features I'll really appreciate it, but I'd rather get something that's already fully assembled with these features in mind.

 

Thanks all!!!

[Entropy.]

6 minutes ago, Virtualnate said:

Hi all, I've been looking for the longest for a Japanese RGB gaming keyboard

 

What I'm looking for:

-Double-shot PBT keycaps

-Cherry MX RED switches

-RGB

-Full size

 

-and a very important one for me, I've only seen Corsair do it: I want BOTH the Japanese AND English characters to be backlit. (Other brands implement the backlighting on the English character ONLY)

 

Now, I COULD purchase a Corsair keyboard, but I've seen that their PBT keycaps are smoother and also I'm looking into all possible options.

 

If you also happen to know where to purchase JUST a keycap set with these features I'll really appreciate it, but I'd rather get something that's already fully assembled with these features in mind.

 

Thanks all!!!

Budget? Do you mean japanese keycaps or japanese period? I'd probably get keycaps aftermarket, getting something that has stock japanese keycaps is going to be quite a bit more expensive, and a much harder to find. 

[kelvinhall05]

Do you want a JIS layout or just Japanese legends?

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33 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Do you want a JIS layout or just Japanese legends?

I thought JIS was only a design for Apple, unless I'm wrong. I want the English on top and the Japanese symbols under. Sorry I'm a noob and I don't know much about layouts. I guess most Japanese keyboards have 4 keys between M and SHIFT and a shorter spacebar. I'd be good with that.

 

what layout would this be?

 

Corsair K70 RGB Japanese Keyboard Gaming Kb441 Ch-9109012-jp for sale online | eBay

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52 minutes ago, Brok3n But who cares? said:

Budget? Do you mean japanese keycaps or japanese period? I'd probably get keycaps aftermarket, getting something that has stock japanese keycaps is going to be quite a bit more expensive, and a much harder to find. 

Anything below $150 would be ideal. I guess I'll get a Corsair then, thanks!

[Entropy.]

Just now, Virtualnate said:

Anything below $150 would be ideal. I guess I'll get a Corsair then, thanks!

uhh no, hold that thought. 

[Virtualnate]

Just now, Brok3n But who cares? said:

uhh no, hold that thought. 

unless there are better options

[kelvinhall05]

46 minutes ago, Virtualnate said:

I thought JIS was only a design for Apple, unless I'm wrong. I want the English on top and the Japanese symbols under. Sorry I'm a noob and I don't know much about layouts. I guess most Japanese keyboards have 4 keys between M and SHIFT and a shorter spacebar. I'd be good with that.

 

what layout would this be?

 

Corsair K70 RGB Japanese Keyboard Gaming Kb441 Ch-9109012-jp for sale online | eBay

This is JIS.

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45 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

This is JIS.

Yes, JIS is perfectly fine for me. Now when I type on my IBM model M, when I type for example "Nihon" I hit the N/I/H/O/N keys and then I press spacebar and that generates the word in hiragana/Kanji. Now, on a keyboard like this is it the same method? because for instance on this Corsair, the "ni" hiragana character is on the "I" key...I' confused

[kelvinhall05]

Just now, Virtualnate said:

Yes, JIS is perfectly fine for me. Now when I type on my IBM model M, when I type for example "Nihon" I hit the N/I/H/O/N keys and then I press spacebar and that generates the word in hiragana/Kanji. Now, on a keyboard like this is it the same method? because for instance on this Corsair, the "ni" hiragana character is on the "I" key...I' confused

I'm not sure, that sounds to me like something that would be handled OS-side.

[Virtualnate]

22 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

I'm not sure, that sounds to me like something that would be handled OS-side.

Ok, so I just found out it may not make a difference at all since Japanese people completely ignore the Japanese legends on US layouts so they won't have to learn two different layouts just to type in their language. The method of typing by using the Japanese legends is not widely used in Japan either. They've grown so accustomed to the English alphabet when it comes to keyboards so it's like using Roomaji to type in Japanese. I guess any good PBT RGB keyboard will do then. Thank you for your time

 

Thanks for the help!!