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Hanako

Young Japanese female voice.

Voiceovers free to try · no credit cardTone: Casual
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#115of 417 Japanese voices
4Mcharacters generated last year
5kElevenLabs users added it
1verified languages

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About Hanako

Young Japanese female voice.

Hanako is the #115 most used Japanese voice in the ElevenLabs library, out of 417. People generated 4M characters with it in the last year, and 5k ElevenLabs users added it to their voices. It was published in February 2026.

Best for: conversational.

Provider
ElevenLabs
Language
Japanese
Gender
Female
Age
Young
Tone
Casual
Published
Feb 2026
Models
Multilingual v2, Flash, v3 (paid)
Voice ID
IIUvcn96WSMnC5WxNypI

Questions about Hanako

Can I make a voiceover with Hanako 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 Hanako voiceovers on YouTube or in ads?

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

Which languages can Hanako speak?

Hanako is a multilingual ElevenLabs voice: with the Multilingual v2 model it can read text in 29 languages and keep the same tone.

For developers: use Hanako 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": "IIUvcn96WSMnC5WxNypI",
    "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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