Cmatrix Japanese Font -

cmatrix -u 3 -C green -r

(-r uses rainbow mode, though purists stick to green.)

Create a script cmatrix_jp.sh:

#!/bin/bash
# Generate random Japanese characters on the fly
while true; do
printf "%s" "$(printf '\u30A0\u30A1\u30A2\u30A3\u30A4\u30A5\u30A6\u30A7\u30A8\u30A9\u30AA\u30AB\u30AC\u30AD\u30AE\u30AF\u30B0\u30B1\u30B2\u30B3\u30B4\u30B5\u30B6\u30B7\u30B8\u30B9\u30BA\u30BB\u30BC\u30BD\u30BE\u30BF\u30C0\u30C1\u30C2\u30C3\u30C4\u30C5\u30C6\u30C7\u30C8\u30C9\u30CA\u30CB\u30CC\u30CD\u30CE\u30CF\u30D0\u30D1\u30D2\u30D3\u30D4\u30D5\u30D6\u30D7\u30D8\u30D9\u30DA\u30DB\u30DC\u30DD\u30DE\u30DF\u30E0\u30E1\u30E2\u30E3\u30E4\u30E5\u30E6\u30E7\u30E8\u30E9\u30EA\u30EB\u30EC\u30ED\u30EE\u30EF\u30F0\u30F1\u30F2\u30F3')"
sleep 0.01
done | cmatrix -u 4 -s
 cmatrix japanese font

Make it executable and run:

chmod +x cmatrix_jp.sh
./cmatrix_jp.sh

This uses half-width Katakana and block characters to create a denser, more "digital rain" look than the standard character set.

Run this command in your terminal:

cmatrix -f -u 3 -C blue -a -B -o | sed 's/[a-zA-Z0-9]/▒/g; s/[!@#$%^&*()]/▓/g' & 
cmatrix -u 6 -t -c Japanese -k 

Actually, the standard cmatrix does not handle multi-byte fonts (like Kanji) natively. It will crash or display question marks.

Here is the correct, working method to get Japanese characters in your terminal matrix: cmatrix -u 3 -C green -r

Since cmatrix only supports single-byte characters, you should use unimatrix (a Python-based alternative designed specifically for Unicode/Asian characters).