Most Japanese love American (western) sounding names as much as Americans
love European ones.

The main reasons for names (odd or otherwise) is because of 3 very important
things:
Marketing, Marketing, and Marketing.

What sounds odd to you is perfectly normal to another. I believe the Japanese
even make Americanized names for things like hot dogs (pronounced
"hot-doh-doh-goo" me thinks).

BenT
San Francisco