Utaite Spotlight: Pokota

[southerncross]

For ofurotaimu's anniversary month, we will be featuring two utaite spotlights each week. These two singers have uploaded collaborations with each other over the years. Last week, fascinais has featured Vivienne and Ten. For this week, stephieku and I will be writing about a very famous pair.

Pokota/ぽこた

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Pokota is very popular singer on Nico Nico Douga. Once you've entered the fandom, he will be one of the first ones you'll meet. Pokota's voice is very deep and vibrant. Rather than comparing him to other utaite, his voice is similar to Gackt. He started in Nico Nico Douga back in 2008 by uploading his covers to show his skill in impersonating Gackt. Eventually, he has managed to stir away from being compared to Gackt and managed to make the covers his own. His voice is less fuller and gentler in comparison. He has uploaded a couple of ballads and his voice fits them perfectly.

Along with Rino, Pokota is part of egamyer. They're a duo who releases original songs and covers. He provides the vocals while Rino is in charge of the keyboards, mixing and programming. They also created few vocaloid songs like message featuring Hatsune Miku.

Pokota's lives are a treat to watch because you'll never know what he'll be doing. Unlike other singers, he usually shows his face in his lives. His lives would really depend on what mood he's on but most of the time, you'll find yourself laughing while watching him. You can also catch him dancing in his lives. You can check his community and this mylist for some recordings of his lives.

Aside from singing, Pokota has also showed his talent in acting. He was part of the Nico musical along with Dasoku and the Nico Nico Douga CM with Gackt.

Pokota is very active in the Nico Nico Douga community. He has a lot of album releases under his belt, being a part of smiley*2 and Sengoku Band to name a few. He has also performed a lot of lives including the Nico Nico Daikagi. Because of his popularity on Nico Nico Douga, Pokota quit his job as a real agent and dedicated his time into his music career.

He has collaborated with a lot of other singers like Dasoku, Clear, Sekihan, Piko and Riseha but the most popular collaboration he has is with Hanatan.

sample songs:

solos:
Dancing☆Samurai (KanimisoP original)
Paranoid Doll (natsuP original)
Uta ni Katachi ha Nai Keredo (doriko original)
Kiritosen (40mP original)
Episode 0 (KanimisoP original)

collabs:
Fate:Rebirth -with Dasoku and Riseha- (natsuP original)
Aquarium -with Clear- (Kihee original)
Perfect Crime -with Hanatan- (samfree original)
Cendrillon -with Hanatan- (SignalP original)

len says

Pokota is someone I find very amazing because he is very talented. He sings, dances, acts and composes. I am really impressed with him. Pokota is a joy to watch as he is an interesting character. He is also a great performer. If you've watched him in Daikagi, you'd see how much effort he puts in giving a high level of performance.

Comments

[pockymonster25]

Hehe I like this guy; his lives are so funny to watch!

I didn't know he was a real estate agent.

I have quite a few of his songs/collabs on my iPod (and moreso on my iTunes since the former is running out of space...).

[southerncross]

Really fun to watch! Too bad I couldn't catch him that much anymore!

Got that from the article stephieku linked!

[sillygrl1990.livejournal.com]

Haha, Pokota is definitely am interesting person! He's always amusing in one way or another and very cheery. ^^ ....and his dancing LOLOL
Pokota's voice is very soothing and nice to listen to and I enjoy his duets with Hanatan.

[southerncross]

I enjoy this duets with Hanatan too. Their voices complement each other very well! <3

[jakuu]

i'm always impressed with him, especially during his live performances ^^ they're always interesting because he really knows how to entertain the crowd XD

[southerncross]

Such an entertainer! He's always fun to watch! <3

[nanamka]

Why not mentioned that he's definitely the biggest PERVERT among utaite, responsible for all BL fanservice?! Like nanpa-ing and molesting Dasoku. His nama are sometimes really R18+ and totally random... Beware.

[southerncross]

I can't say that here. Hahahahaha. But I'm pretty sure everyone knows that already. XD

[maidrouge]

...real estate agent Pokota what

[southerncross]

Yeah! XD From this article.

[shannaroooooo]

Well, of course. Pokota the great. /DIES Hrkkk Pokota ; u ;

[southerncross]

The great! \o/

[akiramenai]

Pokotan ♥
His lives are always entertaining *///*
And him being a real estate agent is something I've never heard of before oAo)

[stephieku]

Just wanted to stick this here :3 the Real estate agent thing is from here: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20110609a1.html

[southerncross]

Thanks for linking it here, Stephie! <3

[southerncross]

He is very entertaining! I miss watching his lives now! ;A;

[stephieku]

Pokota is one of the most amusing guys out there XD He's very enjoyable to watch, even though I'm not always the biggest fan of his singing, I always enjoy watching concerts and lives with him. He's got great stage presence and can perform well!

Also Aquarium is by Kihee, Nanou did the guitars so it's a bit confusing XD

[southerncross]

Thanks for the correction, Stephie! I'll change it now! <3