Character names unchanged in Naruto dub

At the recent New York Licensing show US anime and manga licensers Viz, gave a promotional screening of the dubbed version of popular shounen-jump anime Naruto.
Many fans of the series had been worried Viz would change the name’s of character’s to appeal more to a western audience. However the dubbed promo kept the character names the same as the Japanese version.

Viz are due to release Naruto in the US later this year.

Source: ANN