diff --git a/src/main/java/strman/Strman.java b/src/main/java/strman/Strman.java
index 01a2395..68a13d6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/strman/Strman.java
+++ b/src/main/java/strman/Strman.java
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ public abstract class Strman {
      * @param separator The separator to use
      * @return Concatenated String
      */
-    public static String join(final String[] strings, final String separator) {
+    public static String join(final String[] strings, final String separator) throws IllegalArgumentException {
         if (strings == null) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Input array 'strings' can't be null");
         }
@@ -1131,6 +1131,39 @@ public abstract class Strman {
         return joiner.toString();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Converts the first character of string to upper case and the remaining to lower case.
+     *
+     * @param input The string to capitalize
+     * @return The capitalized string
+     */
+    public static String capitalize(final String input) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        if (input == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("input can't be null");
+        }
+        if (input.length() == 0) {
+            return "";
+        }
+        return head(input).toUpperCase() + tail(input).toLowerCase();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Converts the first character of string to lower case.
+     *
+     * @param input The string to convert
+     * @return The converted string
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
+     */
+    public static String lowerFirst(final String input) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        if (input == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("input can't be null");
+        }
+        if (input.length() == 0) {
+            return "";
+        }
+        return head(input).toLowerCase() + tail(input);
+    }
+
     private static void validate(String value, Predicate<String> predicate, final Supplier<String> supplier) {
         if (predicate.test(value)) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(supplier.get());
diff --git a/src/test/java/strman/StrmanTest.java b/src/test/java/strman/StrmanTest.java
index b4d36f7..b90f1fc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/strman/StrmanTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/strman/StrmanTest.java
@@ -912,4 +912,21 @@ public class StrmanTest {
         String[] emptyArray = {};
         assertThat(join(emptyArray, ","), is(equalTo("")));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void capitalize_shouldCapitalizeFirstCharacterOfString() throws Exception {
+        String[] strings = {
+                "FRED",
+                "fRED",
+                "fred"
+        };
+        Arrays.stream(strings).forEach(el -> assertThat(String.format("%s should be Fred", el), capitalize(el), equalTo("Fred")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void lowerFirst_shouldLowercasedFirstCharacterOfString() throws Exception {
+        assertThat(lowerFirst("FRED"),is(equalTo("fRED")));
+        assertThat(lowerFirst("fred"),is(equalTo("fred")));
+        assertThat(lowerFirst("Fred"),is(equalTo("fred")));
+    }
 }
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