When I switch from English (US) to Japanese (Mozc), the default option is “Direct input” meaning my US keyboard layout. Im sure if I check in settings I could change the default.
I have a dropdown menu on my Desktop Dock for Input mode. I have to change it over to Hiragana to start (I haven’t figured out the keyboard shortcut yet for that step).
So I hit Super + Space to switch to Japanese Mozc Then I use my mouse to change from “Direct Input” to “Hiragana”
Not sure if that’s where you were having issues, but yeah there’s probably some youtube guides that’ll help.
Edit:this guide here helped me. I had to set shortcuts for the muhenkan, henkan, and eisu keys, but now I don’t need to use my mouse anymore to swtich.
Thanks for sharing. The formatting messes up once you get to the 2nd page of your resume.