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teksy

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Teksy is a fairly new utaite, having started just last year, but he has been a namahousou person for a longer time. He is considered to be a promising new face to the utattemita community.

He is known to sing with his own guitar accompaniment in his singing namahousous, but he only does this kind of nama until 22:00 in consideration of his neighbors. From 22:00, his namas are often about gaming and chatting. He is known to have been playing the guitar for eight years now. He also likes gaming and his most favorite food is chahan.

Teksy's voice is deep and rough with a certain solidity that makes him good at singing hard rock songs. He also has an admirable range even at fast-paced or strong songs. In terms of intensity and range of his voice, he can be likened to utaite Kanzentaicell and Soraru. He's able to carry strong notes without obvious effort in fast, rock songs. On the other hand, he has a rather emotional rendition of ballads that he almost seems like crying every time. He is presently being dubbed by fans as someone having an ike-voice.

At the moment, he only sings Vocarock songs, but he sings more ballads in his namahousou. In his nama he also sings songs by BUMP of CHICKEN, Mr. Children, 19, B'z, Kobukuro, Sukima Switch, Spitz, UVERWorld, RADWIMPS, etc.

sample covers
• Bye-bi Baby Sayonara (saiB original)
• Hysteria (KuwagataP original)
• Invisible (kemu original)
• Kagerou Days (Jin original)
• Seigi Funsai (Maki original)

nikki says:
Teksy is one of those new people who I think will become pretty popular soon because of the quality of covers they put out. I first heard him from his Hysteria cover and was quite impressed, although his big break came later on with his cover of Seigi Funsai which remains his best cover yet. If you don't have time to listen to all of his covers, I highly recommend listening to that song. I'm also hoping that soon he'll be able to upload his ballads because they sound really good (from his namahousou)! Anyway, not much can be said aside from hoping he'll have more listeners since he deserves them...and his neighbors are really lucky.

Himawari / 向日葵

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Himawari became well known to the international fanbase just recently, although she's been uploading covers since 2008. Despite the fact that she has mostly sung only Vocaloid songs until now, she is most well-known for her cover of a Pokemon Matroyshka parody. She also has rare collabs for Nico Nico Indies, the most recent with Vocaloid producer NioP and artist Meisa.

Himawari's voice is said to be quite similar to Ritsuka's and a little bit to Riseha's at low volumes, which is a bit true, but her voice has a certain youthfulness to it, whether she's singing an upbeat song or a heavy ballad. Her singing is very light and airy, which is surprisingly distinct and persistent even though she sometimes sings songs that require a deeper or stronger delivery. She can also hold very high and very low notes well, although her low reaches tend to sound a bit shaky (but not in a bad way). Because of her voice quality and range, all her covers are nice to the ears and generally sound gentle and sweet even if they're suggestively sexy or angry songs.

sample songs
• Usotsuki (Tsunamaru original)
• Cinderella Syndrome (Karasuyasabou original)
• Tómur (NioP original)
• Discommunication (FatmanP original)
• Risky Game (KurousaP original)

Nikki says
Himawari isn't really one of the singers I name as my favorites, but every time I listen to her songs I just feel like I love her voice more. I first noticed her when she sang "Discommunication", which is my favorite fatmanP song then. Hers is the only one I liked a lot. Sometimes, she has a tendency to "eat" her words, especially at the fast phrases, but in ballads she sounds sooo amazing. I also like the little sighs and whispery lines she does at the intros and interludes. I don't like her autotuned voice but somehow she still sounds okay even with it.

Chachako / 茶茶子

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Chachako is one of the earlier utaite, having started uploading covers of Vocaloid and anime songs since late 2008. She is fondly called "Oneesan" or "Chacha-nee" by other utaite/producers as well as fans.

Chachako has a powerful, medium-register voice which shows off an "adult" air, as some fans call it. While she mostly sings songs in a low to medium pitch, she can still easily sing high notes at the end of songs/lines without pinching her voice. Her vocal quality is similar to Kakichoco's or Mitani Nana's, as she is also known for singing with amazing clarity. Her choice of genre is also flexible, ranging from pop to rock to ballads to eurobeat (samfree XD), although she mostly sings pop to pop rock songs where she can easily show off her vocal prowess. Fans also commend her wonderful diction even when singing English lines.

Like most utaite who started early, Chachako was known for covering Black Rock Shooter and soon became a regularly popular female singer. When she sang Symmetry, she was acquainted with its composer Re:nG. Soon, they became a unit, with Re:nG mixing for her and sometimes collaborating with her in original songs. They became known as "Ch:A&Re:nG" (Challenge). Chachako further collaborated with Re:nG, this time with guitarist prkr to form the unit Athanasia.

sample covers:
• Megumegu ☆ Fire Endless Night (samfree original)
• Symmetry (Re:nG original)
• Es~dirty aspiration~ (Araken original)
• HAKUMEI (Onigashima original)
• Saiaku no Carnival (LiveP original)

original songs (w/ Re:nG)
• Brave
• REIGNITION (Athanasia)

nikki says
To be honest, I've heard of Chachako's name since I was a newbie in Utattemita and I found her Symmetry cover to be really beautiful (it's probably one of the best covers of the song out there). However, I only started listening to her songs regularly when she released the cover for Es~dirty aspiration~, which was a simple, straightforward yet impressive cover. As you might have gathered from my previous spotlights, I especially like singers with wonderful lyric pronunciation, like Kakichoco and Seriyu, so it wasn't hard to like Chachako's covers, too. She rarely uses improvisations and covers by the book, but that makes her covers easy to listen to, especially when you like the original Vocaloid versions, too. One example of her cover which I really really like because of her by-the-book rendition because I'm attached to the original is Saiaku no Carnival.

Her unit with prkr and Re:nG, Athanasia, released a single recently and it's quite good for a first single. It reminds me of some TWO-MIX songs in terms of beat and 90's rock/pop groups which is quite nostalgic XD. You can buy the single in Amazon.

Task

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Task is a very new utaite, having started covering Vocaloid songs just this year. He is different from the PV/CG-maker Task, by the way XD;. You might have known him if you follow Nano, since they've been in a collab before.

Task has a low, boyish voice and clear diction, a quality similar to ShounenT and Aisu but with a bit of huskiness. He is also known for his vibrato, mostly apparent in his low, stretchy notes. Because of these, he suits singing ballads and slow pop songs wherein he utilizes the smooth charm of his voice perfectly. Still, he also sings rockish songs, which always sound interesting because he often sounds almost short of breath, but he surprises people by pushing through wonderfully. He also seems to have a short range, so he's most fit to sing low-key ballads. He rarely uses effects and adlibs in his covers, although he has an interesting way of phrasing his lyrics differently from the original versions.

While his sincere, straightfoward covers gain only praises for his singing voice, Task doesn't seem to get enough limelight due to the fact that he always sings popular songs usually at the time when people cover the song a lot. Still, for a new singer, he has gained quite an impressive following, not to mention a long list of covers.

sample sovers
• Calc. -piano ver- (JimmythumbP original)
• Mozaik Role (DECO*27 original)
• Namae no Nai Uta (DATEKEN original)
• Hello/How Are You? -acoustic original- (Nanou original)
• fix (keeno original)
• Shinpakusuu #0822 (w/ Nano; ChouchoP original)

nikki says
I followed Task immediately after hearing his cover of Calc. -piano ver-, which impressed me so much. I always like his type of voices (as you might notice from the trend of my spotlights ^^; ) and it's not difficult to get used and love his singing. I just wish he'd be a bit more adventurous and try singing lesser known Vocaloid songs. Either way, it would be nice to see him improve and continue his career as an utaite from here on.

Iincho / いいんちょ

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Iincho has yet to pass his first year since he uploaded his first cover in NND last November, 2010, which is why he only has a few uploads, some of them repeats of his older covers. Despite that, he has quite a satisfactory view rate, most probably because of the high quality of his uploads plus his signature voice quality. Note that he is different from the Taiwanese utaite, Iinchou, and their names' spellings are different, too ^^.

Iincho's voice is deep and solid, with a slight velvety aura in ballads or jazz songs. He has a very low range, but he can do falsettos if he wants to with little effort, making him really flexible. He has, however, just a bit of force in his voice, so he sounds a bit weak at rockish songs. Despite that, he can pull off singing rock and upbeat songs by making his cover sounds suave instead of loud. His voice can be likened a bit to Panyo and Yuuto. He's often described as someone with an ike-ero voice.

While he only has a few solo covers, Iincho likes collaborating with other people, mostly in duets. He also appeared in Smiling ~Show Time!.


sample songs
A. Solos
• Panda Hero (hachi original)
• 1925 -jazz arrange (T-pocket original; OreginalP arrange)
• Yubikiri (scop original)
• Yogoreta Prism (NioP)

B. Collabs
• Sweets & Bitters (w/ FISH; Yuuto original)
• Kimi no Te, Boku no Te (w/ Tsukiyo; 40mP original)
• ggrks (w/ Utsusemi; AatamiP original)

nikki says
I first knew of Iinchou in Smiling ~Showtime!, but since there were so many singers in that collab, it was a bit hard to keep track of everyone. Eventually I found him again in his cover of Sweets and Bitters with FISH and I instantly loved the cover (even more than the original). Since then, I've been following his works, which are sadly very few, but still good listens.