Jpop Female singers with The Best Vocal Register ?
 

Hi

i love the jpop but i have to say that all the jpop divas have regular voices.

who are the asian female singers with the most beautiful and powerful voices, with the best vocal register?
i'm talking about exceptional and extraordinary voices.
singers that could match to celine dion, mariah..etc

In order of strength I'd say....alan, Utada Hikaru, ayaka, and Koda Kumi.

NOBODY!!!!! really, i havent heard anyone even comparable.

or somewhat:
misia? Taeyeon ^_^. alan. mika nakashima. Insooni, and some Korean singers

alan...ayaka, hiromi, mink, emi hinouchi...a lot of people say MISIA...

well imo their voices are amazing. They have the most perfect sound and timbre. Total control when going through ranges. And when you hear them live, they're always perfect as well.

Koda has potential, but she doesn't really have the best control yet, and her voice can be unpleasant when it isn't perfect...which is like always.

hidemi uematsu has a really unique voice, and she's got some power.

I don't know about people who can match celine dion...I mean that level of power doesn't really exist anywhere does it lol

and j-pop...probably isn't the best place. There are some seriously amazing enka and jazz singers in Japan...if you're looking for the big voices. I think your best bet is to look there, or go through the R&B, and ballad-y type people.

Hidemi Uematsu's voice is very unique & distinct & not to mention powerful

she's a great under-rated indie artiste :D

Lyrico has a great voice. Has a big vocal range. It's not showcased too well in her songs though. =(. But I think this was good:

the only artist I can think of is Misia or stephanie who can sings 5-octave notes. Other than that, Alan is one of the nomination too. Her voice is incredible, well, I guess most Tibetans are born with good voice since they sing a lot

People mention hikki and mika etc but I don't agree that their voice is extra-ordinary. They sound good, they really do, but compared to singer like Misia or Celine Dion, there're still a gap between them

I'm not familiar with music terminologies, but you want powerful, big voices and what no, then these are my recommendation:
- bright: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXdA2XWwF6A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INMdKFklUfY

- Mai Fukui: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwM9444II2o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uEajVxn6hg

- Miho Fukuhara: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSxSTLpu1iQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuaEUYS5HcU

- EMYLI: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMIiC1d9Exc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLWDdp3wVU0

I say :
Yuna Ito or MISIA = Celine dion,
Ayaka = Whitney Houston
Stephanie = Mariah Carey

BoA definitely has a unique voice, and extraordinary too! :D

ah yeah, don't forget Taeyeon SNSD and Hikki~!

When I think of exceptional voices, ayaka, MISIA and AI automatically come to mind. They're amazing! Those are top three, for me.
Mika Nakashima also has an amazing voice, and Kumi Koda is near that level, too. Oh, and that Stephanie chick... Her actual voice is kinda eh, but she can hit whistle register - and it seems perfectly~ controlled - so that's impressive. alan is similar to her, too, though not as good, in my opinion. And Angela Aki, she has incredible lung power and pretty good range; a very balanced, very polished singer all around. Sachi Tainaka is an underrated singer, probably since she usually sings anime songs. But unlike the other anime singers, she actually has an amazing range, and she sounds great live.
Hikaru Utada has such great potential, but she often sings out of her capability, and she strains too much. It sounds really bad a lot of the time. So she drops down a few spots because of that. As for BoA.... She's an EXTREMELY overrated singer. The thing about her is, her actual voice is just powerful. Her actual singing is just slightly over average, at best.

More or less impossible to judge when it comes to pop singers since they're never measured excpet their songs. Have to look at the scores I guess, but most pop songs stay within a very limited range. (so that people can sing them at karaoke etc)

most jpop singers sux live...

But if I was going to say who have big voices, I would go for Hitomi Shimatani, Kokia, Angela Aki and Ayaka Hiakara... even if alan and Stephany have good voices, they lack control, Utada sux live, so does Koda, Ayu, Namie, Mika, BoA... Sometimes they can impress, but most of the time they are just average or slightly above it... Never heard Misia live, so I can't say anything about her^^

Ayaka Hikara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9UWh780V7Y

Hitomi Shimatani
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4y...004-tour_music

Angela Aki
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srrLospeLdo

Kokia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_n6yUTMl50

And if we go for older acts, Akina Nakamori

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXmR7KofTpU


Alan is good, but she needs some work to do... But she is young, so, she still has the time ^^

most people have hit a lot of the singers i was thinking of already.

but lets not forget:

Hajime Chitose - she sings in shima-uta style, lots of highs and lows. Great range, good power and control. Shes become rough later on in her career though.


Choi Jin Yi - front woman for kpop band rumble fish. Wicked power, and emotion. Good range tonally and stylistically. Just really fun to listen to!


Natsukawa Rimi - another shima uta singer, but she's a lot cleaner and ....leaner in shima uta style than hajime chitose is. And her voice....just....holy ****. Do you know any other singers whose voice can fill a theatre without a microphone? Her live stuff is incredible. Her albums are still good, but a studio just can't seem to capture her entire voice. INCREDIBLE.

Rimi is very good! *-*

I'd say alan. She one of the most amazing voices I have on my mp3 player. I think that Hidemi Uematsu is amazing too, but her voice is very enka, so it's hard to really compare her.

I know she doesn't exactly fit the J-Pop thingy but I have to say Momoe Yamaguchi.

I think people forget about Yuki Koyanagi. She can belt like crazy and over the years has really learned how to control it.

^Wow she's great! I've never heard of her. Imma look her up!

It's Ayaka Hirahara :P
I think she's one of the best as well. Her voice is really pleasant too


ayaka x Ayaka Hirahara duet. So goood

^^ Oh my gosh, I haven't forgotten about her! :P I actually was gonna say her, but the problem I have with her is, she sometimes over-sings. >_< But then again, she's better than some of the people I listed - like alan or Sachi Tainaka - so I'm not sure why I didn't include her, hah...
But anyway! I definitely agree. :yes She has a nice range, and she can truly belt (sometimes, like I said, too much though ^^').
Love that song, by the way! My favourite from Yuki. :heart

does everyone here forget Yuna Ito. she is one of few artist who has very strong vocally and power

in the video of yuna+celine, celine obviously let to Yuna be the Star and she down her voice and powerful tone.

Misia i think is really close to an extra-ordinary voice...but not too perfect anyway
cause she scream too much...are differences beetween a high note and a scream

i forgot to mention Jane Zhang ^ ___ ^

I dont think she screams. her voice just so strong,
Ayu scream alot lately.

ayaka has a nice and deep voice. Stephanie has a 5-range octave and can hit the whistle note. Hidemi Uematsu has a powerful voice <3

alan can sing...But she has that typical J-Pop tone. The only thing that made her stand out was her wailing.

Oops! Misstype
xD

You know... I don't think I really listen to any Japanese singers I would say are really great singers, or even near being comparable to Celine Dion. O__o The closest thing I can even think of would be ayaka, but I'm one of the few people who doesn't seem to be really all that crazy about/impressed with her vocal abilities. She's a good singer but she always sounds bored/bores me and I don't think the songs she sings really manage to show off her voice at all.

i would say ayaka and hitomi shimatani have very good vocal,
from most female singers i have listened to so far.

if in j-pop case,,,

misia is great singer with 5 octav range vocal,,,,

if the topic is asian singer with great voice

in my country there's a diva called KRISDAYANTI
she has a great voice imo,,,,:yes
check it out

Can't believe no one has mentioned these two: Shiho Ochida (Superfly) and NOKKO (in the 80s to early 90s)

Shiho has I think by far the best voice in j-pop/rock right now:

Superfly performing Janis Jopelin's Piece of my Heart:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKIh7...layer_embedded

Nokko - Manatasu no Ame (1987) Very unfortunate that she damaged her voice later.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0J-w...layer_embedded

I think Wada Akiko's voice is so great, it's low, but when she goes high without her microphone, it's so great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zkyt0sLPO0

^ Oh yeah, she has an awesome voice!! Such an amazing tone. But I would have never thought of her, because I still can't think of that as a female voice...

utada hikaru
eri nobuchika
jasmine
crystal kay
yuna ito

Kokia, definitely. She has an operatic voice.

whoever mention Ayaka hirahara and Eri Nobuchika i agree with. same for Yuna Ito

i think Eiko Shimamiya has pretty nice voice too.

I forgot to mention KOKIA (just say that someone said her name though, I applaud you). She can sing with a cute voice, regular voice, powerful voice, or her (AMAZING) opera voice. She has the best register out of any J-Pop singer, no doubt against that. If anyone would like to argument that then please show me who has a better register than KOKIA.

absolutely amazing bridge starts at 2:40 absolutely amazing and strong vocals.


I also think utada had a semi strong voice a few years ago. She did really well in passion with all that backup singing with the "aaahhhsss" in the background, screaming like lol. Not really anymore though. :/

koda kumi has a nice register imo, emi hinouchi has powerful pipes too

Wow Ayaka Hirahara....her voice is so nice. Don't listen to her much but isn't she like a one hit wonder? Her version of Jupiter lol...I didn't even know it was a cover. I think of the National Geographic intro when I think of Jupiter...

alan... omg i watched her concert last night and omg she is just so good


also koda kumi, this girl can go really low and then go falsetto very easily as well (moon crying for example *o*)

Kokia for sure is the best japanese voice =D followed by Hidemi Uematsu.
Kokia -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ1EdrPPuSk *_*

alan definitely. also AZU

Thank you I had forgotten all about Rimi! She does have an amazing voice and Chitose sucks in her current lives, like, hard even though the recorded version sounds great; maybe it just deteriorated.

I'm a big fan of ayaka, MISIA, and Superfly and their voices are amazing.

Although I love Ayu and Hikki and like several of Kuu and Mika's songs, they aren't that special at all vocally although they're nice to listen to. ayaka, Misia and Superfly can blow them all out of the water any day.

Here's how Hajime Chitose sounds now (duet with ayaka and Aoyama Thelma [even Thelma was better O___o]:

^yeah...its sooooooooooooooooooooo sad....
her lives used to be just beautiful ;__;

shes just ruined her voice somehow. even her studio stuff suffers sometimes.

And the beginning is not that bad; half way into the video and towards the end I want to die.

i know its terrible...

thats why we dont talk about that :)

ayaka is okay. But people are forgetting about Superfly! She has one of the most powerful voices I ever heared in J-Pop. Crystal Kay and AI are also strong contenders.

MISIA, Kokia, Stephanie, and alan are the ones that come to mind, in that order. Ayaka Hirahara also has an amazing voice but haven't heard too much of her music to say for myself. Perhaps she could be up there with MISIA.

And while I think Koda Kumi, Mika Nakashima, and Utada Hikaru are good singers, I have to agree with an earlier comment in this thread and say they are far from outstanding vocalists. Their voices occasionally lack emotion in them and their ranges are too limited to be outstanding vocalists. Still, I find all their music enjoyable and have all their albums.

^ Um, really, the ranges on all three of those people are pretty much the best things about their voices!! :thud Well, honestly, Hikaru's range is exaggerated a bit in the studio, because I've rarely seen her hit high notes correctly live, but it's still definitely above average. And I've seen both Kuu and Mika hit amazing notes almost perfectly live. If you don't think they're the best singers, that's understandable, certainly. But they don't have limited ranges, by any means. :no

^ But this is about singers with the best vocal registers, not those with above average or good. Yes, Kumi and Mika have good ranges, but in comparison to MISIA, Mariah, Kokia, Barbara Streisand, and the other vocal greats, they aren't on the same league.

Probably MISIA :yes

Koda Kumi may have a good vocal register, but she lacks the control several of the other singers mentioned have, such as MISIA or Superfly. Plus, she doesn't exactly have a PRETTY voice. Well, that may just be me though. I don't dislike her voice per se, but I don't like it either.

Stephanie, seriously this girl is so cool :thud

I understand, they aren't as great as some. I just thought you meant they had limited ranges in general, and that was kinda crazy, hah.

No, not just you, lol. :X I think she's a great singer, but her voice is so.....ugly. Harsh and nasal at the same time, and she truly sounds like a man when she tries so hard to make it deeper (I guess she does this because she needs to sing in the lower register more, since she does so much dancing, but it just sounds weird and kinda gross usually >_<').

^ ugly is quite harsh isnt it? :P Koda's voiced annoyed me to no end when i first heard her live but boy did it grow on me. i think she's got much better control now than before too, on her ballads anywho.

i would go for ayaka btw. adore her voice.

Sorry, hah... But no, I think Kuu's voice is just that: ugly. :\ I mean, she sings beautifully, but it would be AMAZING if her actual voice weren't so eehh. :\ And yeah, I agree, she's gotten amazing control over the years. And I don't think it was ever bad to begin with, either. I don't know why some people don't think so. :shrug The only person I can think of that should be picked on for control is Hikaru. :X

And yay, another ayaka vote. :D

fair enough fair enough! haha i can see what you mean. but for me, being 19 and yet having such a high voice makes me covet deep voices like hers lol in regards to her control, yea she had it before definately, its just the small details in her live songs i've noticed she's gained some more control over like in walk. she doesn't yell out the oo's anymore. or in her black cherry live of yume no uta, the wahooooooooooooooooooee was breathtaking compared to the previous lives.

and yep. ayaka's voice is heavenly imo. i'm no musical genius so i cant describe it with that kind of terminology so i'll go with heavenly

Koda has the best voice IMO. She just needs to get abit more control and stop wailing, oversinging even at times.

Kyushima Misachi has a great voice. Very strong! She sounds really good/better when she sings her folk/traditional songs (aka Alan type songs).

Looking purely at vocal register, there are only a few that can match MISIA. (I would name them, but I simply don't know them!). People keep naming Koda Kumi but I really don't see how she's such an amazing singer >.<.

Aside from that, when looking at how POWERFUL everybody's vocals are, the list changes a bit, I think. Mika Nakashima has good control but she can't really belt it out like, say, ayaka or Superfly can.

I love female singers XD

MISIA



KOKIA <3

Akiko Shikata?

Ayaka Hirahara ( ilove classicals~)

i think KOKIA can beat MISIA...

Miho Fukuhara

I definitely agree with those saying KOKIA. I haven't heard MISIA or Superfly, but I think KOKIA's amazing. Her range is terrifying sometimes. And although it's completely unrelated, she's an amazing songwriter. It's like music just streams through her blood.

A good, underrated singer is Kanon (not Wakeshima! although I love her too). She had professional training while she lived in Western countries (and Australia) so she's really good in the technicalities. I have heard complaints about her vibrato, but I guess that has little to do with her range.

Lingering Snow~Nagori Yuki

or

Saga~This is My Road

Otherwise I think it's difficult to find really great singers in J-Pop. It's like pop everywhere, it's image that sells in the end with a bit of help from a decent voice.

YES Kanon!!
i love her Kiseki Song Of Love, Wings to Fly, You Raise Me up!!!
i heard her thru My Destiny~

KOKIA is god!!! her voice...omg
she can sing cute pop songs, opera-kind etc..

Rina Aiuchi is one of the best voices ever, IMO. It is so powerful...! But it can be also very sweet, if it comes to pop calming songs and/or ballads :)

So if you hadn't listened to her songs yet, you should give her a try!

To further prove the glory that is KOKIA, here's a video where she holds an operatic note...for 29.2 seconds. I think it's pretty intimidating, but she sounds lovely :D

KOKIA is really amazing. <3

MISIA:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGfEkNMatmU

And here's Superfly:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWZw0...eature=related

From the ones I know, I'd say Olivia Lufkin.

and OMFG!!!!
KOKIA is amazing!!!!

alan is definately the best 4 me. She has the best voice in JPop for me

KOKIA ~
MISIA always sings like shes kind of 'shouting' :P

...i would say, Fukuhara Miho has the best voice and control for me among all Jpop artists that i've known so far. I really love her voice. :)

alan of course
KOKIA
Cocco
Mika Nakashima
BoA