It isn't. When ficitional names are chosen they are also chosen with a western written version in mind and not only the Kanji/Katakana -> Romaji version like Katakana of Sephiroth -> Sefirosu but actually also "Sephiroth" (it is not always used or sometimes mistranslated but that is an extra topic) so Sefirosu very well is supposed to be Sephiroth or Kuraudo as Cloud and it is not that there is no "th" but that "s" and "th" share the same sound, the "su"-sound. Sephiroth was always supposed to be Sephiroth with the "th" sound which is why he was not spelled "Sefirotto" but "Sefirosu" which can be either "Sephiros" or "Sephiroth" with "th" being correct and the pronounciation as that is the existing and intended word that can either be pronounced "Sephirot" or "Sephiroth" - and that it is not the "t" was already explained as the "tto" would have been used then. And Aerith is Aerith as she is an allusion to Earth. That has been stated in the Kaitai Shinsho even before the new millenium, a Japanese book about Final Fantasy VII supervised by Square that provides information that was only included in that book. Sefiros is only the Japanese pronounciation as no "th" is used. In Japanese my name would be written and pronounced differently and still it is actually the same as it is exactly this intention. And "Wark" was only used because of the sound but that doesn't change the fact that it is "Ku-e".




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