My name is Miki and I am a professional Japanese announcer and voice actor.
It would be too long to explain it as follows.
Educational background and work history are summarized separately.
I majored in law at Meiji University, worked hard to obtain a license to teach social studies at junior high and high schools, and graduated from the Faculty of Law. Around this time, I was also selected as a UNESCO 50th Anniversary Net caster.
During my university days, I studied at NHK-CTI Japanese Language Center.
NHK-CTI is the Japanese accent evaluation organization and announcement school of NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation, and is the most rigorous educational institution in Japan regarding pronunciation and accent.
Based on this recommendation, I was hired as an announcer for the Japan Road Traffic Information Center (JARTIC), and I broadcast more than 1,000 live broadcasts a year on major Japanese radio stations such as TOKYO FM, Bay FM, FM Yokohama, Tokyo Broadcasting System Radio(TBS), Nippon Broadcasting System, Radio Nippon, and Nack5. I was in charge of these.
In between live broadcasts, I also did IVR.
After that, I worked as a public relations anchor for “Evening paper Fuji” and a Tokyo subway anchor, and was allowed to skip the next grade and completed “研究科” at TV Asahi Announcement School (ASK). After that, I received training at the Radio Nippon Tokyo FM Personality Course. After working as a reporter for a major radio station, Bunka Broadcasting, I returned to JARTIC as an announcer.
In 2005, at the age of 31, I enrolled in the vocal music department of Ferris Girls’ School and took classes in Japanese singing, German singing, and chorus. (In choral music class, we learned Bach’s Christmas oratorio “Hallelujah.”)
In 2006, I started recording children’s books at home.
In 2018, I enrolled as a scholarship student at the Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Corporation A&G Academy, a voice actor training school, and completed the voice acting, personality, and narration course.
In 2020, I was the host of a stock investment commentary program distributed on You Tube.
I have experience as an announcer, caster, and Voice Over Artist, and I have also sung at live music venues as a jazz singer.
Every voice actor sets their own rate. All of our talents are pros, but the cost can vary depending on their experience and skill level.
Generally speaking, voice over rates depend on:
- Will the voice over be for broadcast and paid ads, or organic, non-promotional use?
- The length of the script (word count).
- Do you need the voice over fully edited and production-ready, or just the raw audio?
- Do you want to direct the voice artist in real-time, or can they record independently?
Many of our voice actors follow our pricing schedule, but you’ll find that rates are negotiable, so if you let them know what you can afford, there’s a good chance they’ll accommodate you!
