Kaoru
News & Storytelling
Japanese · KantoMaleMiddle aged
#86 of 417 Japanese
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GenCalm Japanese Narration Voice
A clear, engaging voice designed for narration, reading aloud, and immersive storytelling.
Sample by ElevenLabs
#201of 417 Japanese voices
955kcharacters generated last year
2kElevenLabs users added it
7verified languages
Hear Gen in other languages
ElevenLabs has verified Gen in 7 languages. Each sample is the voice reading in that language.
Japanese
Dutch
English
Greek
Hindi
Norwegian
Turkish
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About Gen
A clear, engaging voice designed for narration, reading aloud, and immersive storytelling.
Gen is the #201 most used Japanese voice in the ElevenLabs library, out of 417. People generated 955k characters with it in the last year, and 2k ElevenLabs users added it to their voices. It was published in January 2026 and is verified in 7 languages.
Best for: narration.
- Provider
- ElevenLabs
- Language
- Japanese · Kanto
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- Middle aged
- Tone
- Calm
- Published
- Jan 2026
- Models
- Multilingual v2, Flash, v3 (paid)
- Voice ID
ETXjMrhy5NZL6i4w0V3W
Questions about Gen
Can I make a voiceover with Gen 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 Gen voiceovers on YouTube or in ads?
Yes. You can publish the voiceovers and videos you make with Gen on YouTube, TikTok, podcasts and ads, and use them in commercial projects.
Which languages can Gen speak?
ElevenLabs has verified Gen in 7 languages: Japanese, Dutch, English, Greek, Hindi, Norwegian, Turkish.
For developers: use Gen 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": "ETXjMrhy5NZL6i4w0V3W",
"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。"
}