But it's not pronounced YOH-see.  It's just the same over there as it is over here.  Yoshi is Yoshi, with a sort-of "hiccup/accent" on the "yo."  I think Yossy is a REALLY bad ro-maji 'spelling,' if you ask me, which no one did, so I'll stop now.
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