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Soraru

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Soraru's Original Song: Aurora
  

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Soraru's Ikanaide Cover
  

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Soraru's Haiiro to Ao Cover with Mafumafu

Soraru (そらる) is a rather popular utaite known for his low, breathy voice, with a slight drawl. His voice is usually described as being sultry and ikemen-type by fans, and is easily recognizable, with a distinct huskiness to it. He often does collabs with ShounenT, Lon, Komeru and especially Mafumafu forming the collaboration units SoraT (そらT), Soralon (そらろん), Lemoc Raros (which is Soraru and Komeru reversed and with alternate romanization), and After the Rain or initially called Sorairo Muffler (そらいろまふらー, Sky-Coloured Muffler), respectively. He is also well-regarded as a sound editor, and often mixes and masters songs for VOCALOID producers as well as other utaite. He had also uploaded videos under the name lieL for a week in August 2011; all covers under this name have either been deleted or made private since then.

He is very emotive and changes his singing style to most effectively match the song he is covering: ranging from a stronger, rougher and more husky approach for rock or higher paced songs to a more soft, gentle approach when covering ballads or slower songs. He is also capable of hitting extremely high notes with little difficulty; for example, his cover of "Last Night, Good Night" sung in the song's original key, which has over 88k views. On his TMBox, he even sang "Last Night, Good Night" four keys higher than the original key without sounding strained. In "Mahou Shoujo ATR album," he sang in mid-range feminine voice.

Initially known mostly for his rapid, prolific upload rate, he later became known for his almost meteoric rise to fame despite a long period of relative obscurity compared to his contemporaries. Up until his breakthrough hit cover of "Nisoku Hokou" in late 2009, his uploads rarely broke the 10-20K view mark and were often tagged as being deserving of more views (もっと評価されるべき, motto hyouka sareru beki) due to their consistently high quality, with that same "ought to have more attention" label being extended to Soraru himself.

Though his upload rate has since slowed in comparison to 2008-2009 levels, he has gone on to become one of the more well-known members of the utattemita community, with several of his covers breaking the one million view mark on Nico Nico Douga: his duet cover of "Rimokon" with Lon, as well as his cover of "Kagerou Days" . However, his cover of "Mozaik Role" , which currently has 2.1M views and 35K Mylists, remains his most popular cover to date. His first cover, an acoustic arrangement of BUMP OF CHICKEN's "Suimin Jikan" , currently has 36K views and 993 Mylists, while his first hit solo cover was "Nisoku Hokou" , and currently has 618K views and 10K mylists.

He is quite active on Twitter and his friendship with various producers and other utaites like Chomaiyo, Lon and ShounenT can be visibly seen. This is especially evident with Mafumafu, whom he most interacts with and frequently collaborates with. Soraru also holds livestreams often, with one of his utaite friends commenting or being a part of it, for instance with Lon, especially when they play together. He also hosts Soralon Radio (そらろんラジオ) with Lon, and Hikikomoranai Radio (ひきこもらないラジオ) with Mafumafu, the irregularly occurring podcasts where the two of them talk about various subjects.

On his 27th birthday (November 03, 2015), Soraru posted his first VOCALOID song "Usotsuki Majo to Haiiro no Niji" on NND.

In 2018, he started his on-off radio series "Soraru's Lazy Radio" (そらるのぐーだらじお), which airs on Youtube. They were previously held on his main channel, but after his gaming and namahousou content was moved to his side, they've been hosted there ever since. The format of the show has also changed from live-action to a more standard ''namahousou'' format.

Affiliations and Collaboration Projects

  1. Member of Asukasoromanya-z (disbanded) with Lon, MACCO (illust & design), Suzumu (arrangements), and Saine (さいね) (illust & movie)
  2. Member of the Yozora Chorus Project
  3. Member of the Singlink chorus group B.L.Revolution with Remyu, Narcissistic BL ★ Tamago, Nao., Platyco and Otsuki
  4. Member of Kotonoha Project
  5. Member of Stars on Planet
  6. Canna Cinq ~ Aru Himegimi to Ningyoushi no Hanashi ~ (Ritorno album) (Released on May 05, 2010)
  7. ECHOES (Released on May 05, 2010)
  8. Koko Dake no Hanashi (Released on October 24, 2010)
  9. Spaceship with ShounenT (Released on January 16, 2011)
  10. Kamikyoku wo Utattemita 4 (Released on March 16, 2011)
  11. Yuuaisuu with Lon (Released on May 01, 2011)
  12. Timbré (Released on June 12, 2011)
  13. Ikemen Voice Paradise 3 (Released on June 15, 2011)
  14. Kamikyoku wo Utattemita 5 (Released on September 07, 2011)
  15. Trois Coloris (Released on October 26, 2011)
  16. Hallows with Lon (Released on October 30, 2011)
  17. POLYHOLIC (Released on December 31, 2011)
  18. Haruiro Portrait (Released on March 21, 2012)
  19. Gakuen Reversi with Lon (Released on April 28, 2012)
  20. Laugh Life (Released on May 19, 2012)
  21. endless resist (Released on August 11, 2012)
  22. Kamikyoku wo Utattemita 6 (Released on August 15, 2012)
  23. BabyPod (Released on September 26, 2012)
  24. Com Nama CD (Released on October 10, 2012)
  25. Ikemen Voice Paradise 5 (Released on October 17, 2012)
  26. HoneyWorks Kyoku Utattemita 3 (Released on December 31, 2012)
  27. Kuuchuu Sanpo with Lon (Released on December 31, 2012)
  28. Gakuen Shisoutan (Released on December 31, 2012)
  29. Shuuen -Re:write- (Limited Edition) (Released on February 27, 2013)
  30. EXIT TUNES ACADEMY BEST (Released on May 01, 2013)
  31. QuaLia with Ryo-kun & Itou Kashitarou (Released on May 27, 2013)
  32. PANDORA VOXX REBOOT (Released on June 12, 2013)
  33. GigaBanana The Best ~ NORISHIO Aji ~ (Released on July 24, 2013)
  34. Shoubu Zenya Ginpuu ~ Utaite ver. ~ (Released on August 07, 2013)
  35. Stars on Planet (Released on August 12, 2013)
  36. Seishun no Aji to Kuuron no Kimi with Lon (Released on August 12, 2013)
  37. HoneyWorks Kyoku Utattemita 4 (Released on December 31, 2013)
  38. wonder heart (Released on December 31, 2013)
  39. After Rain Quest with Mafumafu (Released on April 28, 2014)
  40. Daydream QuestioN ? (Released on April 26, 2014)
  41. N43 Animate bonus CD (Released on July 09, 2014)
  42. Upload feat. Vocalist (Released on December 10, 2014)
  43. ♯IVPB ~Ikemen Voice Paradise Best~ (Released on April 03, 2015)
  44. Finale (Released on August 16, 2015)
  45. Prerhythm Arch with Mafumafu (Released on August 16, 2015)
  46. earnest.zero (Released on September 11, 2015)
  47. My Name is Love Song (Released on September 30, 2015)
  48. Tokyo Kenbunroku (Released on December 31, 2015)
  49. Clock Crest Story with Mafumafu (Released on April 13, 2016)
  50. Summer Riot (Released on August 05, 2016)
  51. NEGATIVE (Released on December 31, 2016)
  52. Oreiro / Thunderbolt Brothers with nqrse (Released on December 31, 2016)
  53. Kaidoku Funou with Mafumafu (Released on April 12, 2017)
  54. Anti-Clockwise with Mafumafu (Released on April 12, 2017)
  55. Tasogare Archive (Released on December 29, 2017)
  56. Izanaware Traveller with Mafumafu (Released on September 5, 2018)
  57. Connected to Disney (Released on March 13, 2019)
  58. Kotonoha Project ~Eishoshuu~ (Released August 14, 2019)
  59. Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai FLYING SONGS - Koishiteru (Released August 13, 2022)

Collaboration Units

  1. sweets☆ with Shamuon, ShounenT and Kony
  2. Soralon (そらろん) with Lon
  3. Lemoc Raros with Komeru
  4. SoraT (そらT) with ShounenT
  5. Soratacchi (そらたっち) with Tacchi
  6. Monoral (モノラル) with Inakamono
  7. Shiso (しそ) with Shamuon
  8. After the Rain with Mafumafu
  9. SoraMafuUraSaka with Mafumafu, Urata and Aho no Sakata

Commercially Featured Works

  • "Zetsubousei: Hero Chiryouyaku" - Released on July 05, 2013
  • "Blood Waltz" with Dasoku - Released on June 10, 2015
  • "Fast End" with Mafumafu - Released on January 09, 2016
  • "ENDLESS LONELINESS" - Released on February 1, 2017
  • "Alone with you" - Released on February 1, 2017
  • "Kaidoku Funou" with Mafumafu - Released on April 12, 2017
  • "Anti-Clockwise" with Mafumafu - Released on April 06, 2017
  • "Gin no Kisei" - Released on November 28, 2018
  • "Eureka" - Released on March 6, 2019
    • Opening theme of the television drama adaptation of the manga Yuube wa Otanoshimi Deshita ne

  • "I Fake Me" - Released on July 17th, 2019
    • Theme of the live action movie adaptation of Kakegurui

  • "1•2•3" with Mafumafu - Released on December 15, 2019
    • First opening theme of the 2020 Pocket Monsters anime

  • "Y Gakuen e Ikou!" (Soraru ver.) - Released on 2020
    • Variation of the Yo-kai Watch Jam anime's 1st opening theme

  • "Yumagadoki" with Rib - Released on October 25, 2023
    • Opening theme of the anime adaptation of Migi to Dali

  • "Tsugihagi no Tsubasa" - Released on 2024
    • 2nd opening theme of the anime adaptation of 2.5-jiken no Ririsa

Trivia

  • Usually, his avatars have black or dark blue hair, and blue eyes.
  • He participated in the 0.5th Annual Singlink Chorus Competition 2009 (the event was only officially made annual the following year, and this competition was renamed in retrospect) as part of the chorus group B.L.Revolution. They sang "Iroha Uta" as their first entry, and "magnet" in the third place runoff, eventually losing to the Orion Chorus Group. He also participated as a solo artist in the website's 2nd General Utattemita Competition, covering "Anata ni Hana wo, Watashi ni Uta wo" as his audition, and "Cantarella" (the mandatory song for all male entrants) in the second round.
  • He is 175.7 cm (5'9") tall and weighs 59.7 kg ( 131.616lb).[2]
  • He has stated that he chose his utaite name because he likes the open sky[2]; the "sora" in Soraru meaning "sky". In addition, his real name also contains the kanji character for "sky" (空).[3]
  • He was inspired to become an utaite by fellow utaite Gazelle and Shachou.[2]
  • His favorite VOCALOID song is Wanderlast by sasakure.uk.
  • His favorite anime character is Eureka from Psalms of Planets Eureka seveN, often referring to her as his "wife".[2]
  • He likes to "troll" people on his Twitter, often using it to prank his friends.
  • He likes to claim that he is only 17 years old even though he isn't.[4]
  • His blood type is O.[1]
  • Although many fans asked about his relationship with Lon, he always says that he has never met her in real life before.[2] In SoraLon radio, they often pull jokes about it. On Twitter and in namahousous, he likes to act as Lon's 'older brother' or sometimes 'father'.
  • When he sings in a feminine voice, like in his "Usotsuki"  cover, or edits his voice to sound female, he is referred to as "Soraruko" by fans.
  • He is quite good at the acoustic guitar, and sometimes accompanies his singing in his namahousous.
  • He was born in a coastal area of Miyagi prefecture, and currently lives in Yamagata prefecture.[5][6]
  • He said that his real name is quite long (to the point where his name was cut off on a nationwide mock exam[7]), containing 7 kanji characters altogether.[8]
  • He does not like spicy food and thinks that people who like spicy food are weird and masochists.[9]
  • He is friends in real life with Remyu, kunkun and Mitea, with whom he attended college.
  • Mafumafu thinks he's a tsundere, since Soraru has blocked and muted Mafumafu many times on twitter.[10]
  • He is the oldest son in his family. He has 2 younger brothers[11] and a little sister [12].
  • He was born in the year of the Dragon and he is a Scorpio.
  • He had up to 10 cats at once at his family's house.[13]
  • His favourite sweets are cheescake and Mont Blanc.[14]
  • In a Lazy Radio question segment, he was asked whether he dyed his hair into bright colours. His old high school would only allow black hair so he decided to keep it the same. Upon graduating, he dyed his hair into a bright brown colour and realised that it did not suit him at all. Shortly after, he gave up on dying his hair into bright shades.[14]
  • According to Mafumafu, he has a fear of heights.
  • Soraru has forbidden reprints to any video sharing sites.[15]

External Links

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Soraru's blog profile
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 June 4, 2015 Twitter status
  3. ↑ October 19, 2011 Twitter status
  4. ↑ March 17, 2012 Twitter status
  5. ↑ Soraru's article on the Japanese utaite database
  6. ↑ Soraru's pixiv info
  7. ↑ August 09, 2012 Twitter status
  8. ↑ March 04, 2013 Twitter status
  9. ↑ March 22, 2013 Twitter status
  10. ↑ Mafumafu's June 14, 2013 Twitter status
  11. ↑ March 28, 2015 Twitter Status
  12. ↑ July 06, 2013 Twitter status
  13. ↑ Hikikomoranai Radio episode 4
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Lazy Radio #03"
  15. ↑ Tweet regarding reprints of his contents on any video sharing sites..
  16. ↑ After The Rain Q&A corner #1