Chomaiyo

Chomaiyo (ちょまいよ), formerly known as Dakishimeta Tonight (抱きしめたトゥナイト), is an and former gamer with a soft, relaxed, and somewhat lazy sounding but highly emotive voice. His singing style is expressive and emotional, and is often compared to professional singers in that regard. His avatar is frequently substituted with that of a small dog, however he is also occasionally depicted as a blond, slightly poofy-haired young man with a distinctive rainbow striped scarf. He occasionally writes lyrics for various composers, though he mainly covers songs as an utaite.

Although nowadays he is mostly known as a vocalist, he was one of many former Ustream/Justin.tv haishinsha (配信者, gamers, Let's Players and web radio hosts) who made the transition to Nico Nico Douga as part of a mass exodus in mid-late 2009. While many of his fellow haishinsha went on to become prominent figures in Nico Nico Douga's gaming community, he was one of the few among them (along with lasah and Shochu Umee) who subsequently became utaite instead.

He remains good friends with fellow Ustreamer and gamer Revin, with whom he co-hosted the web radio show Saidai Service (最大サービス, lit. Maximum Service) from 2009-2010. He is good friends with fellow utaite Baru as well, and they often hold namahousous together. He is also a noted lyricist, having written for producers such as Hachi - most notably for the song "Nilgiri", which features lasah as vocalist.

His first cover was "clock lock works", which has since been taken down on Nico Nico Douga. His first hit cover was "Yubikiri", which currently has over 188K views and 5K mylists, and his most popular cover is "Sarishinohara", which has over 253K views as of January 2014.

Collaboration Units

 * 1) Inachoma (いなちょま) with Inakamono
 * 2) Orechawanaiscop (折れちゃわないすこっぷ) with Chawa and scop
 * 3) Semaiyo (せまいよ) with Seriyu
 * 4) Yurichoma (ゆりちょま) or Chomarin (ちょまりん) with Yurin