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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Lucha

There is literally no "V" sound in Japanese. Hence pronunciations like "Baiolet" for Violet, "Bui" for V, etc...

That katakana is used to transliterate "V"/"Vu" words from other languages, yes, but functionally it's still pronounced "Bu."

Yes, you're correct when we consider solely the standard rule set, but there is a little workaround method within the Japanese language to emulate the V sound for some cases by adding the dakuten mark (the double quotation-looking mark used to express sounds such as が, ば, ざ, and だ (ga-, ba-, za-, and da-) to か, は, さ, and た (ka-, ha-, sa-, and ta-) respectively) on the letter ウ (romanized as u but pronounced ooh). This results in the letter ヴ which is used to express sounds such as ヴァ, ヴィ, ヴェ, and ヴォ (pronounced va-, vi-, ve-, and vo- respectively). This has been a relatively recent addition, since 1954 according to what I googled, as more non-Japanese words have been integrated into the vocab pool so to speak.