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ken

A middle aged male Japanese voice. Works well for reading news.

Voiceovers free to try · no credit cardTone: Casual
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#42of 446 Japanese voices
19.1Mcharacters generated last year
6kElevenLabs users added it
11verified languages

Hear ken in other languages

ElevenLabs has verified ken in 11 languages. Each sample is the voice reading in that language.

Japanese Arabic Czech Dutch Hindi Malay Norwegian Romanian Spanish Swedish Turkish

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About ken

A middle aged male Japanese voice. Works well for reading news.

ken is the #42 most used Japanese voice in the ElevenLabs library, out of 446. People generated 19.1M characters with it in the last year, and 6k ElevenLabs users added it to their voices. It was published in March 2024 and is verified in 11 languages.

Best for: entertainment.

Provider
ElevenLabs
Language
Japanese
Gender
Male
Age
Middle aged
Tone
Casual
Published
Mar 2024
Models
Multilingual v2, Flash, v3 (paid)
Voice ID
6XNSYkDqZ1blajSVtPok

Questions about ken

Can I make a voiceover with ken for free?

You can try it with a free JSON2Video account, no credit card: free voiceovers are up to 60 seconds. Paid plans remove the limit.

Can I use my ken voiceovers on YouTube or in ads?

Yes. You can publish the voiceovers and videos you make with ken on YouTube, TikTok, podcasts and ads, and use them in commercial projects.

Which languages can ken speak?

ElevenLabs has verified ken in 11 languages: Japanese, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, Hindi, Malay, Norwegian, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish.

For developers: use ken with the API

Add a voice element to any JSON2Video movie. It works the same from n8n, Make, Zapier and the CLI.

{
    "type": "voice",
    "model": "elevenlabs",
    "voice": "6XNSYkDqZ1blajSVtPok",
    "text": "春になると、庭は色とりどりの花や鳴き鳥でいっぱいになります。古いオークの木は訪れる人々に日陰を提供し、バラの間で蝶々が踊ります。小さな噴水は静かな音を奏で、自然の美しさを楽しんでリラックスするのに最適なスポットとなります。"
}

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