Adult Narrator
Calm, trustworthy guide voice for galleries, palaces and historic sites.
Japanese Audio Guide Narrator
Native Japanese narration for audio guides, apps and multimedia tours — warm, clear and paced for visitors on the move.
Two voices for different routes and audiences. Recorded in my own broadcast‑quality studio.
Calm, trustworthy guide voice for galleries, palaces and historic sites.
Bright, friendly delivery for family routes, kids' tours and casual apps.
Everything you need from a Japanese voice partner, from one point of contact.
Natural, visitor‑friendly Japanese for museums, heritage sites, city tours and apps.
Need several characters or routes? I can cast additional trained Japanese narrators from my network.
Proper names, places and historical terms checked; awkward translated phrasing flagged before recording.
File format, naming, loudness and splits exactly as your production requires.
Based in Japan (UTC+9), I can record while your team is offline — handy for tight European and US schedules.
Quotes based on the GVAA Rate Guide, per project.
Simple and predictable — the way a production schedule should be.
Share the script, word count and delivery specs.
Receive a quote, plus a short custom sample if you need one.
Clean, edited files recorded in my studio, checked for pronunciation.
Files delivered to your format, with revisions handled quickly.
I'm Akira Kataoka, a Japanese narrator and voice director. Alongside narration work, I run hitocoe, a community of Japanese narrators, and a weekday voice program on Voicy. That network is how I can offer additional Japanese voices when a project needs them.
Let's work together
Send me a few lines of your script and I'll record a short custom sample — free, no obligation.
akilakataoka@gmail.com