Do you think Hikki's Voice sounds wierd?
 

I mean, I LOVE her voice. It's so unique, and I can really easily sing her style.

To me, it just sounds like she talks funny. Like, she pronunciates her words differently. In both Japanese and English. Perhaps its the way she moves her mouth when she talks and sings?

Perhaps I'm just used to hor Ayu pronounces her words, but Hikki just sounds...almost like an accent. Does she have one when she speaks in Japanese?

I think I understand what you are saying about her voice. There is a slight accent. But I don't find it weird.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp9lzwJTj2c

There. She talks :o

Well, she lived in the USA for the first part of her live, then she moved to Japan in teenage years. I don't know how she learned both languages, but I suppose she might have accent in both Japanese and English due to bilinguality.

I think Beni Arashiro might have it the same way.

It's a bit warbly at times [like.. a bird.. thing..] but overall, it's good. XD

(warble - see BE MY RASTO. XD)

Oh yeah, that accent when she speaks English and Japanese.. :laugh I remember thinking she was mumbling or something. But it makes her unique. Quite different from her super clear singing. I mean, you'd never guess it was HER who sang those amazing songs.

all i know that she talks quite fast..and not like a japanese people talking..
she's just like another foreign people who learns and speaks japanese..
maybe she lives in the US for quite a long time..so it makes her mother language is sounded a bit different..

*i've never heard her speak english before..anybody has the video of her speaking english? pls share with me..*

^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-hJNSN1Y-k
She's talking about Exodus on CNN :)

Sounds like she mumbles in English. :\

i've always though her voice sounds weird in english. but it's cute :)

I don't think she's mumbling...she just talks really fast...in both English and Japanese...

I don't think she has an accent in English..

I've always thought her voice sounded weird. I never really minded though. As far as her talking I never really noticed anything strange. Then again I rarely hear her talk.

Exactly. I was watching Hazukis video, and she's not mumbling. She just talks really fast in a low voice, but you an understand what she is saying.
Utada does have a tiny, tiny accent, but definitely not very noticeable. But it sounds nice.
I can't say the difference when she's speaking in Japanese though.

I've always thought that she has a slight lisp when she's speaking Japanese, and a little bit of an accent when she's speaking in English.

And I think bilinguality has something to do with that, since both Chinese and English are native to me. I can't pronounce either perfectly, but you'll most probably be able to understand what I say perfectly. Like now. :laugh

I think that she just has a weird speaking voice.

Yeah, Hikki's voice is a little strange to me. (her singing voice...I haven't heard her speaking voice.) I love her singing style it's just so I dunno different. lol

Do you think she's very anxious when she's being interviewed? It seems to me that way....... like she's having a hard time expressing herself..... with all the stutters...

I'm refering to both Youtube clips by the way.

Compared to Ayu, Ayu seems more relaxed during interview

^I've always noticed Japanese stars pausing and stuttering a little during interviews. They always seem careful about their answers and comments...(which is a good thing to me...) I think Ayu's more relaxed because she's seasoned to interviews and she might even rehearse her answers backstage...You know like think of questions they may ask and then make a good answer in her head.

She's not mumbling in the video I posted, but when she talked in english once she talks.. kinda fast xD

But in the one Norrel posted, she was gonna say her album name in english then said it in engrish!

"Utura Bruu"

I dont think it's weird. I think its versatile.

She is compared to Britney Spears in that too.... o_o

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I can notice the little "mumble" she has in English. She talks kinda like my Japanese teacher, with a slight "mumble".