- Language
- Japanese (日本語)
- Accent
- Japan
- Gender
- Female
- Voice type
- Standard voice
- Delivery
- Clear, neutral and consistent from the first word to the last
- Speaking styles
- 3 (chat, cheerful, customerservice)
- Price
- Free to use, no sign-up
About Nanami
As a standard voice, Nanami is fast, clear and reliable. Standard voices keep exactly the same tone over very long texts, which is why they are popular for documents, lessons, accessibility and phone messages.
Accent: Standard Japanese (hyōjungo), based on Tokyo speech.
You can also change how Nanami delivers a line. She supports 3 speaking styles, from casual, like a conversation, happy and upbeat and polite and helpful, so one voice can cover several moods in the same project.
Creators usually choose Nanami for long articles and documents, e-learning and accessibility and announcements and phone menus. A steady voice that never tires makes long reading comfortable for listeners.
What Nanami is best for
- Long articles and documentsA steady voice that never tires makes long reading comfortable for listeners.
- E-learning and accessibilityClear pronunciation helps students and people who prefer listening to reading.
- Announcements and phone menusA neutral tone suits messages that must be understood the first time.
Speaking styles of Nanami
Choose a style in the tool to change the delivery of Nanami:
- Chat: casual, like a conversation
- Cheerful: happy and upbeat
- Customerservice: polite and helpful
Try Nanami with this text
This line is already in the tool above. Press Generate to hear Nanami read it, or replace it with your own text:
お聞きいただいているのは Speechma です。この声で、動画のナレーションやオーディオブックの朗読ができ、自然でスタジオ品質のサウンドがあらゆる物語に命を吹き込みます。 How to get the best results with Nanami
- Keep sentences under about 25 words so the intonation stays natural.
- Use a new paragraph for a longer pause between ideas.
- Write names in hiragana or katakana if the kanji has several possible readings.
- Use Japanese punctuation (、。) so the pauses fall in the right place.
- Write foreign words in katakana for a natural Japanese pronunciation.
How to use Nanami
- Open Text to SpeechNanami is already selected in the voice list at the top of this page. Press "Use this voice" to jump straight to it.
- Type or paste your textUp to 2,000 characters per conversion, written in Japanese (Kanji, hiragana and katakana script).
- Adjust the deliveryPick a speaking style, then change the speed or pitch if you need to.
- Generate and downloadPress Generate, listen to the result and download your MP3.
Nanami compared with similar voices
Not sure Nanami is the one? These voices are the closest in language, accent, type and style:
| Voice | Gender | Accent | Type | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nanami (this voice) | Female | Japan | Standard voice | Long articles and documents |
| Keita | Male | Japan | Standard voice | Long articles and documents |
| Misaki | Female | Japan | Luxury Brand styled voice | Premium brand ads |
| Ayaka | Female | Japan | Customer Service styled voice | Help desk and IVR |
| Sora | Female | Japan | Bedtime Story styled voice | Bedtime stories |
| Gongitsune | Female | Japan | Natural voice | Social media videos |
About the Japanese language
Japanese is spoken almost entirely in Japan and is written with three scripts together: kanji (Chinese characters), hiragana and katakana. It uses pitch accent, and politeness levels are built into the grammar.
Japanese is spoken by about 125 million people and belongs to the Japonic language family. Speechma has 84 Japanese voices, and you can also use Voice Cloning, Voice Changer, Voice Design, Speech to Text, AI Dubbing in Japanese.
