Ashikubi

Ashikubi (足首) is an known for his flexible, mid-range, strong and emotive yet somewhat sultry voice, with a slight (but distinctive), breathy, almost raspy lilt. Though his voice is often described as being "cool" and, it is also very versatile - ranging from sounding "creepy" and rather unsettling, as seen in covers like "Macaron" and "Ten Sho Sho Ten Sho" , to sounding rough, high-strung, and forceful, as seen in covers like "Mikansei Ningen"  and "Bye-bee Baby Sayounara".

His song choices naturally skew towards high-paced, uptempo, or rock songs, as ballads are an self-admitted weakness of his - despite the fact that his voice itself is also considered to have a fairly calming effect on listeners, he feels that slower songs tend to not suit his singing style. He does occasionally cover more downtempo songs, however these are usually limited to the works of the producer nekobolo; of which he has covered "Tawagoto Speaker" and "Haru ni Kimi to".

He is quite new to utattemita, having first started uploading in mid-2011. He has participated in many duet and group covers since his debut, and is close friends with fellow utaite MAM, Mimy, KomeYoungTea, and Renoa, all four of whom he has collaborated with multiple times. He is also friends with the producer, who occasionally mixes for him - however, he usually mixes his own covers in addition to mixing for other utaite.

He prefers to stay secretive about his appearance and other personal details, citing his discomfort when in the public eye ; as such, little is known about him aside from what can be gathered from his Twitter feed. Nevertheless, he is an active Twitter user who is known for being sociable and particularly kind to his fans; often personally replying to their Tweets and thanking them individually for retweeting or listening to his covers.

Collaboration units

 * 1) Member of Mimikubi (耳首) with Mimy
 * 2) Member of Ashimam (あしまむ) with MAM

Trivia

 * He owns a pet dog named Kuu (クー).
 * His utaite name is derived from the results of a Twitter-based username generator.
 * Because his name literally means "ankle" in Japanese, his videos are often tagged with the phrase 歌う部位 (utau bui, lit. singing body part), and variations thereof (including もっと目立つべき部位, motto medatsubeki bui, lit. "body part that ought to be more noticeable", his own personalized spin on the phrase ). He is also often depicted in fanart barefoot, or with disembodied ankles and feet.
 * Early on he often mentioned his mother and her various displays of disdain and/or indifference towards his singing in his uploader comments, to the point where it became a running gag. Because of this, his early covers were occasionally tagged with variations of phrases like おかんにもっと評価されるべき (okan ni , lit. ought to have more attention from his mom).