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Sakura

Japanese Female Young Narration

Earnest, gentle, and sincere. A kind, quiet, calm, and unhurried voice.

Voiceovers free to try · no credit cardTone: Calm
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#157of 417 Japanese voices
1.9Mcharacters generated last year
2kElevenLabs users added it
15verified languages

Hear Sakura in other languages

ElevenLabs has verified Sakura in 15 languages. Each sample is the voice reading in that language.

Japanese Czech Dutch English Finnish Indonesian Italian Malay Portuguese Romanian Spanish Swedish Tamil Turkish Ukrainian

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About Sakura

Earnest, gentle, and sincere. A kind, quiet, calm, and unhurried voice.

Sakura is the #157 most used Japanese voice in the ElevenLabs library, out of 417. People generated 1.9M characters with it in the last year, and 2k ElevenLabs users added it to their voices. It was published in December 2025 and is verified in 15 languages.

Best for: narration.

Provider
ElevenLabs
Language
Japanese
Gender
Female
Age
Young
Tone
Calm
Published
Dec 2025
Models
Multilingual v2, Flash, v3 (paid)
Voice ID
xwDy9oDEtzWzFo6FqAI9

Questions about Sakura

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

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

Which languages can Sakura speak?

ElevenLabs has verified Sakura in 15 languages: Japanese, Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian.

For developers: use Sakura 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": "xwDy9oDEtzWzFo6FqAI9",
    "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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