Simple string conversion from Hiragana to Katakana and vice versa. Uses the JapaneseCharacter class from Duane J. May and combines it with a simple Utility class method to perform the actual conversion.

JapaneseCharacter.java

/**
 * JapaneseCharacter contains static functions to do various tests
 * on characters to determine if it is one of the various types of
 * characters used in the japanese writing system.
 * <p/>
 * There are also a functions to translate between Katakana, Hiragana,
 * and Romaji.
 *
 * @author Duane J. May <djmay@mayhoo.com>
 * @version $Id: JapaneseCharacter.java,v 1.2 2002/04/20 18:10:24 djmay Exp $
 * @since 10:37 AM - 6/3/14
 *
 * @see <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/kanjixml/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/kanjixml/</a>
 */
public class JapaneseCharacter {

	/**
	 * Version information
	 */
	private final static String VERSION =
			"$Id: JapaneseCharacter.java,v 1.2 2002/04/20 18:10:24 djmay Exp $";

	/**
	 * Determines if this character is a Japanese Kana.
	 */
	public static boolean isKana(char c) {
		return (isHiragana(c) || isKatakana(c));
	}

	/**
	 * Determines if this character is one of the Japanese Hiragana.
	 */
	public static boolean isHiragana(char c) {
		return (('\u3041' <= c) && (c <= '\u309e'));
	}

	/**
	 * Determines if this character is one of the Japanese Katakana.
	 */
	public static boolean isKatakana(char c) {
		return (isHalfWidthKatakana(c) || isFullWidthKatakana(c));
	}

	/**
	 * Determines if this character is a Half width Katakana.
	 */
	public static boolean isHalfWidthKatakana(char c) {
		return (('\uff66' <= c) && (c <= '\uff9d'));
	}

	/**
	 * Determines if this character is a Full width Katakana.
	 */
	public static boolean isFullWidthKatakana(char c) {
		return (('\u30a1' <= c) && (c <= '\u30fe'));
	}

	/**
	 * Determines if this character is a Kanji character.
	 */
	public static boolean isKanji(char c) {
		if (('\u4e00' <= c) && (c <= '\u9fa5')) {
			return true;
		}
		if (('\u3005' <= c) && (c <= '\u3007')) {
			return true;
		}
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * Determines if this character could be used as part of
	 * a romaji character.
	 */
	public static boolean isRomaji(char c) {
		if (('\u0041' <= c) && (c <= '\u0090'))
			return true;
		else if (('\u0061' <= c) && (c <= '\u007a'))
			return true;
		else if (('\u0021' <= c) && (c <= '\u003a'))
			return true;
		else if (('\u0041' <= c) && (c <= '\u005a'))
			return true;
		else
			return false;
	}

	/**
	 * Translates this character into the equivalent Katakana character.
	 * The function only operates on Hiragana and always returns the
	 * Full width version of the Katakana. If the character is outside the
	 * Hiragana then the origianal character is returned.
	 */
	public static char toKatakana(char c) {
		if (isHiragana(c)) {
			return (char) (c + 0x60);
		}
		return c;
	}

	/**
	 * Translates this character into the equivalent Hiragana character.
	 * The function only operates on Katakana characters
	 * If the character is outside the Full width or Half width
	 * Katakana then the origianal character is returned.
	 */
	public static char toHiragana(char c) {
		if (isFullWidthKatakana(c)) {
			return (char) (c - 0x60);
		} else if (isHalfWidthKatakana(c)) {
			return (char) (c - 0xcf25);
		}
		return c;
	}

	/**
	 * Translates this character into the equivalent Romaji character.
	 * The function only operates on Hiragana and Katakana characters
	 * If the character is outside the given range then
	 * the origianal character is returned.
	 * <p/>
	 * The resulting string is lowercase if the input was Hiragana and
	 * UPPERCASE if the input was Katakana.
	 */
	public static String toRomaji(char c) {
		if (isHiragana(c)) {
			return lookupRomaji(c);
		} else if (isKatakana(c)) {
			c = toHiragana(c);
			String str = lookupRomaji(c);
			return str.toUpperCase();
		}
		return String.valueOf(c);
	}

	/**
	 * The array used to map hirgana to romaji.
	 */
	protected static String romaji[] = {
			"a", "a",
			"i", "i",
			"u", "u",
			"e", "e",
			"o", "o",

			"ka", "ga",
			"ki", "gi",
			"ku", "gu",
			"ke", "ge",
			"ko", "go",

			"sa", "za",
			"shi", "ji",
			"su", "zu",
			"se", "ze",
			"so", "zo",

			"ta", "da",
			"chi", "ji",
			"tsu", "tsu", "zu",
			"te", "de",
			"to", "do",

			"na",
			"ni",
			"nu",
			"ne",
			"no",

			"ha", "ba", "pa",
			"hi", "bi", "pi",
			"fu", "bu", "pu",
			"he", "be", "pe",
			"ho", "bo", "po",

			"ma",
			"mi",
			"mu",
			"me",
			"mo",

			"a", "ya",
			"u", "yu",
			"o", "yo",

			"ra",
			"ri",
			"ru",
			"re",
			"ro",

			"wa", "wa",
			"wi", "we",
			"o",
			"n",

			"v",
			"ka",
			"ke"

	};

	/**
	 * Access the array to return the correct romaji string.
	 */
	private static String lookupRomaji(char c) {
		return romaji[c - 0x3041];
	}
}

Utils.java

public class Utils{
  public static String convertKana(String input) {
	if (input == null || input.length() == 0) return "";

	StringBuilder out = new StringBuilder();
	char ch = input.charAt(0);

	if (JapaneseCharacter.isHiragana(ch)) { // convert to hiragana to katakana
		for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i++) {
			out.append(JapaneseCharacter.toKatakana(input.charAt(i)));
		}
	} else if (JapaneseCharacter.isKatakana(ch)) { // convert to katakana to hiragana
		for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i++) {
			out.append(JapaneseCharacter.toHiragana(input.charAt(i)));
		}
	} else { // do nothing if neither
		return input;
	}

	return out.toString();
  }
}

Really useful tool. Thanks!

thank you so murch !

It seems that you forget to handle "長音符" in katagana.
The "ー" could be affect by the vowel from the character before it.
For example,
"サー"=>"さあ"
"コー"=>"こう"