diff --git a/input/input_keyboard.c b/input/input_keyboard.c
index 90ade98ed9..c9dc5a233b 100644
--- a/input/input_keyboard.c
+++ b/input/input_keyboard.c
@@ -166,6 +166,32 @@ static bool input_keyboard_line_event(
    return false;
 }
 
+bool input_keyboard_line_append(char* word)
+{
+   char *newbuf = (char*)
+         realloc(g_keyboard_line->buffer, g_keyboard_line->size + 2);
+   if (!newbuf)
+      return false;
+
+   memmove(newbuf + g_keyboard_line->ptr + 1,
+         newbuf + g_keyboard_line->ptr,
+         g_keyboard_line->size - g_keyboard_line->ptr + 1);
+
+   unsigned i = 0;
+   for (i = 0; i < strlen(word); i++)
+   {
+      newbuf[g_keyboard_line->ptr] = word[i];
+      g_keyboard_line->ptr++;
+      g_keyboard_line->size++;
+   }
+
+   newbuf[g_keyboard_line->size] = '\0';
+
+   g_keyboard_line->buffer = newbuf;
+
+   return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * input_keyboard_start_line:
  * @userdata                 : Userdata.
diff --git a/input/input_keyboard.h b/input/input_keyboard.h
index 1bd1600c80..52c36c7c80 100644
--- a/input/input_keyboard.h
+++ b/input/input_keyboard.h
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ typedef struct input_keyboard_ctx_wait
 void input_keyboard_event(bool down, unsigned code, uint32_t character,
       uint16_t mod, unsigned device);
 
+bool input_keyboard_line_append(char* word);
+
 /**
  * input_keyboard_start_line:
  * @userdata                 : Userdata.
diff --git a/menu/drivers/materialui.c b/menu/drivers/materialui.c
index f1e07049d9..b945979bb9 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/materialui.c
+++ b/menu/drivers/materialui.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static void mui_draw_text(font_data_t *font, float x, float y, unsigned width, u
    menu_display_draw_text(font, msg, width, height, &params);
 }
 
-static void mui_render_keyboard(mui_handle_t *mui, char* grid, unsigned id)
+static void mui_render_keyboard(mui_handle_t *mui, char* grid[], unsigned id)
 {
    unsigned i, width, height;
    float dark[16]=  {
@@ -297,10 +297,6 @@ static void mui_render_keyboard(mui_handle_t *mui, char* grid, unsigned id)
    for (i = 0; i <= 40; i++)
    {
       int line_y;
-      char letter[2];
-
-      letter[0] = grid[i];
-      letter[1] = '\0';
       line_y    = (i / 10)*height/10.0;
 
       if (i == id)
@@ -314,7 +310,7 @@ static void mui_render_keyboard(mui_handle_t *mui, char* grid, unsigned id)
       mui_draw_text(mui->font,
             width/11.0 + (i % 10) * width/11.0,
             height*2.5/4.0 + line_y,
-            width, height, letter, 0xffffffff, TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER);
+            width, height, grid[i], 0xffffffff, TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER);
    }
 }
 
diff --git a/menu/drivers/xmb.c b/menu/drivers/xmb.c
index 2c9606d00a..fd4574544c 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/xmb.c
+++ b/menu/drivers/xmb.c
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ static void xmb_messagebox(void *data, const char *message)
    strlcpy(xmb->box_message, message, sizeof(xmb->box_message));
 }
 
-static void xmb_render_keyboard(xmb_handle_t *xmb, char* grid, unsigned id)
+static void xmb_render_keyboard(xmb_handle_t *xmb, char* grid[], unsigned id)
 {
    unsigned i, width, height;
    float dark[16]=  {
@@ -712,10 +712,6 @@ static void xmb_render_keyboard(xmb_handle_t *xmb, char* grid, unsigned id)
    for (i = 0; i <= 40; i++)
    {
       int line_y;
-      char letter[2];
-
-      letter[0] = grid[i];
-      letter[1] = '\0';
       line_y    = (i / 10)*height/10.0;
 
       if (i == id)
@@ -726,7 +722,7 @@ static void xmb_render_keyboard(xmb_handle_t *xmb, char* grid, unsigned id)
                width, height,
                &light[0]);
 
-      xmb_draw_text(xmb, letter,
+      xmb_draw_text(xmb, grid[i],
             width/11.0 + (i % 10) * width/11.0,
             height*2.5/4.0 + line_y,
             1, 1, TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER, width, height, xmb->font);
diff --git a/menu/menu_event.c b/menu/menu_event.c
index 3e4ba6d4d0..8f53294d8f 100644
--- a/menu/menu_event.c
+++ b/menu/menu_event.c
@@ -162,9 +162,15 @@ unsigned menu_event(uint64_t input, uint64_t trigger_input)
    if (menu_input_dialog_get_display_kb())
    {
       if (kbd_upper)
-         strlcpy(kbd_grid, "!@#$%^&*()QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKL:ZXCVBNM <>?", sizeof(kbd_grid));
+      {
+         char* grid[] = {"!","@","#","$","%","^","&","*","(",")","Q","W","E","R","T","Y","U","I","O","P","A","S","D","F","G","H","J","K","L",":","Z","X","C","V","B","N","M"," ","<",">","?"};
+         memcpy(kbd_grid, grid, sizeof(grid));
+      }
       else
-         strlcpy(kbd_grid, "1234567890qwertyuiopasdfghjkl:zxcvbnm ,./", sizeof(kbd_grid));
+      {
+         char* grid[] = {"1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","0","あ","w","e","r","t","y","u","i","o","p","a","s","d","f","g","h","j","k","l",";","z","x","c","v","b","n","m"," ",",",".","/"};
+         memcpy(kbd_grid, grid, sizeof(grid));
+      }
 
       if (trigger_input & (UINT64_C(1) << RETRO_DEVICE_ID_JOYPAD_DOWN))
       {
@@ -197,8 +203,7 @@ unsigned menu_event(uint64_t input, uint64_t trigger_input)
 
       if (trigger_input & (UINT64_C(1) << RETRO_DEVICE_ID_JOYPAD_A))
       {
-         input_keyboard_event(true, kbd_grid[kbd_index], kbd_grid[kbd_index],
-               0, RETRO_DEVICE_KEYBOARD);
+         input_keyboard_line_append(kbd_grid[kbd_index]);
       }
 
       if (trigger_input & (UINT64_C(1) << RETRO_DEVICE_ID_JOYPAD_B))
diff --git a/menu/menu_event.h b/menu/menu_event.h
index d6c9028421..3e2855ee88 100644
--- a/menu/menu_event.h
+++ b/menu/menu_event.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ void menu_event_keyboard_set(bool down, enum retro_key key);
 unsigned char menu_event_keyboard_is_set(enum retro_key key);
 
 unsigned kbd_index;
-char kbd_grid[41];
+char* kbd_grid[41];
 bool kbd_upper;
 
 RETRO_END_DECLS