Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-26172742-20150305182127/@comment-1387259-20160407193003

If I recall correctly, early on the scanlators were using Chinese scans, which was all Kanji, no Kana. So they could only guess what the proper pronunciations were, hence things like "Kitsuki" stead of Zangetsu, "Giraki" instead of Zaraki, and "Kurenaihime" instead of Benihime.