Voice Description

Hello, and thank you for your interest!

I am specialized in turnkey voiceover productions for Japanese narrations, presentations, on-hold voice messages, and commerical jingles.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male
• Senior 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
• Adult content
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, informercials, 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 have Phone Patch in my studio
• 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 translation services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer voice direction services

My Home Base

Osaka, Japan

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Unknown - Click here to ask Oki Mikito

My Voice Experience

My voice products are being used by:

Abercrombie & Fitch, USA
Advanced Micro Devices, USA
Airbus, EU
Apple Computer, USA/Japan
ARVAL PHH (Division of Toyota), USA
ASIMI, USA
AT&T, USA
Battle Creek Unlimited, USA
BC Lift, Denmark
BMW, Germany
Boeing, USA
BP, UK
Casa Batllo (audio guide), Spain
CBS Sports PGA Tour, USA/Japan
Cisco, USA
CitiGroup, USA
ComputaCenter, Canada
Daikin, EU/Japan
Dance Academy - dance instruction video, Denmark
Dishnetwork, Japan
ESPN PGA Tour Bell Canadian Open - video, USA
FIFA World Cup, Germany
FRAM autoparts, USA
Gibson, USA
Gifu University Medical Center, Japan
Gorman Bros., Canada
Hewlett-Packard, USA
IBM Corp., USA
InnoPath, USA
ITI, Switzerland
Lignotrend, Germany
ManaTec, USA
Microsoft, USA
Monavie, USA
Nakheel Dubai - investor promotion video, Dubai, UAE
PGA, USA
Pitney Bowes, USA
Porcelanosa, UK/Italy
Revenol, USA
Revlon, USA
SAP Global, USA
Segway, USA
Sheraton Grande Sukumvit, Thailand
Siemens Medical Solutions AG, Germany
SpecTec, Italy
Spencer on Byron Hotel, New Zealand
Symantec, USA
Talking Telescope, UK Tourism Bureau, UK
The Grove, USA
VoCollect, USA
Wieliczka Salt Mine, Poland
Yahoo, USA
Young Living Essential Oils (Ninxia Red), USA

... and many other companies. Thank you all!

My Training

Univ. of Missouri, Kansas City Department of Theatre, USA - Internship
Evolution Audio, Kansas City, MO, USA - Voice/audio production
GK Associates, Inc., Japan - Various production management
Media to People, Inc., Japan - Director / owner

My Studio Equipment

Hardware: Audio
- Resonance-free vocal/instrument booth (DR-35)
- MOTU 828 mkII audio interface
- AKG C-414 B-ULS mic
- Marshall MXL2003 mic
- Shure SM-57 mics
- Canare mic cables and connectors
- Yamaha NS-10M Studio reference monitor
- SONY MDR-7506 headphones
- AKG K240 headphones
- ART Tube MP Studio preamp
- Lexicon MPX G2 effects processor
- Yamaha P-250 piano
- E-mu E4XT sampler
- MOTU Midi Timepiece AV
- Tascam PA-20mkII power amp
- Digigram VXPocket interface
- Yamaha CRW8824SX CD burner
- A 6-string w/ EMG pickups (custom-built)
- Washburn fretless bass
- Mackie 1202 Mixer
- Korg T2
- Seltzer violin

Hardware: Computers and Networking
- Power Mac G5 Dual/2.5GHz/2GB w/ OS-X 10.4.11
- Powerbook G4/1GHz/1GB w/ OS-X 10.4.11
- Powerbook G3/300MHz w/ MacOS 9.2.2
- PowerEdge 1600SC 2.7GHz/2GB (SMP/SCSI RAID 5)
- Intel Core2Duo-based PC w/ Windows XP SP2
- External LVD SCSI hard drives for video
- DVD burners (regions 0 thru 6, and 8)
- 100mbps optical connection to the Internet

Hardware: Visual
- Panasonic DVX100A
- Libec TH-950DV tripod
- Libec MP-60V monopod
- Panasonic TH-32FP50 reference monitor
- Samsung SyncMaster 193P
- Minolta DiMage F100
- Wacom Intuos

Software: Audio/Video
- Digital Performer
- Peak
- Waves plug-ins
- SoundEdit16
- Belle Nuit Subtitler
- Max/MSP
- SoundJam MP
- Final Cut Pro HD w/ PAL/NTSC support
- Motion
- Toast Titanium
- ... and custom audio processing tools w/Python

Software: DTP and others
- Acrobat 5
- Illustrator 8, 10
- Photoshop 6
- InDesign 2
- Pagemaker 6.5
- Fontographer
- Virtual PC w/ Win2000 and XP
- XCode
- Microsoft Office suite
- Wordfast CAT tool
- QuoEdit, VIM, and other RegEx enabled editors

Additional Skills

I have a complete video/audio production setup with a resonance-free recording booth.
With custom-built file naming script and silence-trimming automation script, along with our file server connected via 100 mbps optical fiber, we are capable of delivering large-scale projects with very quick turnaround time.

Payment Methods Accepted

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

Contact Information

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