MANABU [professional Japanese male] - natural, sincere, soft sell - MANABU [professional Japanese male] at Voice123

natural, sincere, soft sell

• MANABU [professional Japanese male] is registered with Voice123 since Jul 01, 2009.
• MANABU [professional Japanese male] started his/her voice over career in 1999.
• Currently MANABU [professional Japanese male] is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 5
• MANABU [professional Japanese male] was last active on Voice123 3 days ago

Voice Description

Thank you for visiting my site. First of all, please hear my demos.
Some are for corporate projects, persuasive but not coercive.
The others, I hope you would feel my power of expression.

Even if you like other type of voices such as senior stately voices, female voices for your project, I know professional Japanese voice talents who are active here in Japan very well. Please let me know anything.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

• Japanese

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for ACTRA (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for British Equity signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

• Jobs for Union des Artistes (Canada) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• I can record and then upload the audio files via FTP
• I can record and then deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer copywriting services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer voice direction services
• I offer radio ad production services
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

Tokyo, Japan

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Standard Japanese.

I am a REAL native Japanese speaker, not live in overseas. As a matter of fact, I have never been to foreign countries ever before. But I am sure that I have things that bilinguals don't have.

My Voice Experience

I have experienced Radio,TV commercials, business presentations, web videos including a lot of world famous companies, video games, audio books, audio guides and city tour guides.

VOICES in the past year:
American Express, IBM, Cargill, Zimmer, Google, Cisco and many others. Audio guides for national museums and city tours in France, in USA, India, Norway and others. Video games and podcasts.

The most important point:
I'm a narrator in Japan and have been working for Japanese companies here. If you need voices fared in Japan, please contact me :-)

My Training

I began my career as an actor (played at small theaters) and a voice artist from 22 years old.

My Studio Equipment

All of my demos were recorded at my studio.

I utilize

Mac Pro & iMac
Nuendo 5 & Final Cut Pro and a few digital audio editors.
FOSTEX NF-01A / FOCAL CMS65 (monitor speakers)
SONY MDR-CD900ST

Please hear my demos and check them on by yourself.
I have confidence that the voice quality would be fine and fit to your utilization.

Thank you very much.

Additional Skills

I can introduce more than 8 Japanese voice-talents who are active in Japan anytime you need good Japanese voices.

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in any currency
• Wire transfers