Utaite Spotlight: Nayugorou

[southerncross]

なゆごろう/Nayugorou

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Nayugorou is one of the youngest people I've encountered in Nico Nico Douga. She's only 16 years old but she's been uploading songs actively since 2008. Her voice is childlike -- very sweet and cute. I'm reminded of Kano when I listen to her covers. Unlike Kano, her voice is slightly higher and isn't whisper-like. When I first listened to her voice, I thought that she was someone in her 20s who just sounded really young. I wasn't surprised when I found out that she's very young.

What's great about Nayugorou is she manages to choose songs that would fit her voice like Hello, How are you and Melancholic. There was one instant that she sang Romeo and Cinderella and she managed to pull off an angelic version of it.

Not only her voice is cute, you could see her cute dancing skills in this video posted in her community. Somehow, her voice fits her appearance very well. If you check out her blog, Nayugorou likes to post about her plushies, dresses and even the purikara with her friends.

sample songs
letter song (doriko original)
Seventeen (scop original)
Melancholic (JUNKY original)
Namae no Nai Uta (DATEKEN original)
Hoshizora Sketch (koma'n original)
Nakimushi Kareshi with Smile (Honeyworks original)

len says

I encountered Nayugorou in Smiling ✽ Xmas edition ✽. I have a habit of checking out the mylists of the utaite included in a Smiling collab and check if they've covered a favorite song of mine. I saw that Nayugorou covered Namae no Nai Uta. I listened to it and I wasn't disappointed with the cover. I'm usually turned off by overly cute voices but Nayugorou has managed to sing the songs sweetly that it's hard not to love it.

Comments

[jakuu]

thanks for writing about her!

i first encountered her in the first season (?) of nama uta and i liked her voice a lot and thought she sang pretty well.

she has a naturally gentle/sweet (?) voice and it suits the songs she chooses to upload <3

[stephieku]

She was in the second season! I don't think I know anyone from the first season....

[jakuu]

hmmm, i'm quite sure she was in the first though. she had long hair back then :>

[stephieku]

woooaaaahhh D8 Yeah I just found a video of her from the first season. I didn't know you could enter both seasons!

[stephieku]

Ahh I see, she went under 菜遊 in that season :3 that's why I didn't see it under the "nayugorou" tag.

[jakuu]

haha yeah 8D i suppose they allow it!

[southerncross]

I didn't check her second name tag when I was researching on her! /goes stalking now :D

[southerncross]

I saw her nama uta video and she's so cute there! <3 I like the sweetness/gentleness of her voice. <3

[stephieku]

Is it just me, or does she look like Horikita Maki?

[linii]

i just listened to her aikotoba and man, you pick really great utaite to cover :'D

[southerncross]

Thank you! We really try to feature good underrated ones here! <3

[elkishly]

She is one of my fav "cutesy" voice utates so its really nice seeing a spotlight on her~ <3
Another pretty good young singer is Smile, he is 16 as well and holyshit so adorable in his namas.

[southerncross]

Wow! Smile is also young! It's so nice to see young and talented people on NND <3

[stephieku]

She was really adorable in Namauta <3 Her voice is cute, but not forced!


uwaaaa he did a duet with Smile *A* It's freaking adorable....

Namauta contestants unitteeeee

[southerncross]

I watched the Namauta vids. So cute <33333

[noircheshire]

I think I first encountered her through Tkun with their "Juvenile" cover and I thought she sounds so cute and their voices pretty much blend well together. X3
She's also bubbly in her namas along with KEISUKE. XD