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YuCalm, Gentle & Clear
A calm, low-pitched male voice. Recommended for narration and readings.
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#194of 417 Japanese voices
1Mcharacters generated last year
2kElevenLabs users added it
1verified languages
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About Yu
A calm, low-pitched male voice. Recommended for narration and readings.
Yu is the #194 most used Japanese voice in the ElevenLabs library, out of 417. People generated 1M characters with it in the last year, and 2k ElevenLabs users added it to their voices. It was published in January 2026.
Best for: narration.
- Provider
- ElevenLabs
- Language
- Japanese
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- Young
- Tone
- Calm
- Published
- Jan 2026
- Models
- Multilingual v2, Flash, v3 (paid)
- Voice ID
M9z57dX6l2GUAII0uLhy
Questions about Yu
Can I make a voiceover with Yu 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 Yu voiceovers on YouTube or in ads?
Yes. You can publish the voiceovers and videos you make with Yu on YouTube, TikTok, podcasts and ads, and use them in commercial projects.
Which languages can Yu speak?
Yu 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 Yu 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": "M9z57dX6l2GUAII0uLhy",
"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。"
}