Writing name in Japanese - can I use Kanji instead of Katakana if I have a foreign name?

Question:

Writing name in Japanese - can I use Kanji instead of Katakana if I have a foreign name?
If I have a foreign name which is pronounced just like one of the kanji commonly used in Japanese names. Can I use the kanji to spell my name instead of katakana or would that be rude? I think its neat there is a kanji for my name and I love its meaning, but I don't want to be rude or presumptuous because, although I study Japanese, I am in no way ethnically Japanese. Would using the kanji be okay for a gaijin like me?

Answer:

Not really . You say that it sounds very similar. Ok . But what does it mean ? Stick to hiragana katakana