Pronouncing the name Touya requires respecting the traditional Japanese vowel length, where the "ou" digraph represents an elongated "oh" sound rather than a short "ow" diphthong. Native speakers articulate it smoothly as "toh-yah," ensuring the first syllable is held slightly longer while maintaining a crisp, dental "t" consonant. English speakers occasionally mispronounce it with a sharp "toy-uh" sound, but proper phonetic delivery requires a clean, elongated O-vowel followed by an open A-vowel.