A sample of a cover song by AKHTS "Kataomoi no Karaage", composed by Amakuchi Hime |
AKHTS is a French YouTube singer known for her sweet and kind singing voice.
She generally sings in higher ranges, though she has also been heard singing tomboyish in certain songs, such as in "Dou Kangaetemo Watashi wa Warukunai" a . She has sung in French, Spanish, Latin, Japanese, and English.
AKHTS was originally known for her popular Lucky Star MADs, but has lost most of her audience after a forced YouTube channel termination in September 2011. At the height of her popularity, she had over 2 thousand followers and millions of views.[2] She has since then created a new YouTube account, on which she regularly posts MADs and vocal covers. Starting from Winter 2013, she released new covers and MADs less frequently compared to earlier times.
Her most popular vocal cover viewable on her new account is "Nippon Egao Hyakkei" a with over 22.5K views as of April 2014.
In summer 2011, AKHTS started working with a fellow YouTuber redtails, also known as Onne, with whom she has created a band called Raven's Jig in March 2012. Their band generally creates original arrangements and lyrics based on various other music, from anime and video games to movies and folk tales, and often make instrumental-only arrangements. For a couple of their songs, such as "Yearnings of the Wind" utaite Kanipan. has contributed to the vocals.
Affiliations and Collaboration Projects[]
- Member of ToAKa with Tokkkoe and Kasaano
- Member of Raven's Jig with Onne (redtails)
List of Covered Songs[]
- "Bratja" a (Brother) (Fullmetal Alchemist song) -Raven's Jig arrange- (2011.08.06)
- "Megmell" a feat. AKHTS and Tokkkoe (2010.08.20)
- "Tori no Uta" a feat. AKHTS and Tokkkoe (2010.09.14)
- "Why or Why Not" a -French ver.- (2011.10.06)
- "Hakuyoku no Sekiyaku ~ Pure Engagement ~" a (2011.10.16)
- "Lilium" a (Elfen Lied OP) -Arrange ver.- (2011.11.19)
- "Call of Magic" a -Raven's Jig arrange- (2011.11.21)
- "Skyrim" a -Raven's Jig arrange- (2011.11.26)
- "Kuusou Rumba" a feat. AKHTS, Tokkkoe and Kasaano (2011.11.27)
- "Touhou Medley" a -Raven's Jig arrange- (2012.01.07)
- "She Moved Through the Fair" a -French Raven's Jig arrange ver.- (2012.01.11)
- "Solitude by the Window" a (2012.02.10)
- "Angels and Demons" a -Raven's Jig arrange- (2012.04.14)
- "Kizuite Zombie-sama, Watashi wa Classmate desu" a (Kore wa Zombie Desu ka ED) -French ver.- feat. AKHTS and Kasaano (2012.05.05)
- "Leaving Wallbrook" a -Raven's Jig arrange- (2012.05.13)
- "One of Us" a -Raven's Jig arrange- (2012.05.13)
- "The Two Ravens" a -Raven's Jig arrange- (2012.05.13)
- "Heart of Courage" a -Raven's Jig arrange- (2012.06.03)
- "Angels and Demons" a -Alternative Raven's Jig arrange ver.- (2012.07.24)
- "Skyrim" a -Altervative Raven's Jig arrange ver.- (2012.07.27)
- "Bratja" a (Brother) -French Alternative Raven's Jig arrange ver.- (2012.07.29)
- "Hijo de la Luna" a -English Raven's Jig arrange ver.- (2012.08.08)
- "Nippon Egao Hyakkei" a (Joshiraku ED) (2012.09.07)
- "Sea of Dreams" a (Original with Raven's Jig) (2012.09.21)
- "Imagine" a (John Lennon song) -Raven's Jig arrange- (2012.10.14)
- "Distant Memories" a -Raven's Jig arrange- (2012.11.25)
- "Scarborough's Piano" a -Raven's Jig arrange- (2012.12.23)
- "Winter Night" a -Raven's Jig arrange- (2012.12.26)
- "Twily" a feat. AKHTS and Windskyed (2013.01.02)
- "My Heart Will Go On" a (Celine Dion song) -Raven's Jig arrange- (2013.01.19)
- "She Moved Through the Fair" a -French Alternative ver.- (2013.01.19)
- "Hello / How are You" a feat. AKHTS, Tokkkoe and Kasaano (2013.01.27)
- "Concerning Hobbits" a -Raven's Jig arrange- (2013.02.11)
- "My Nixie Tube" a -Raven's Jig arrange- (2013.03.16)
- "Kataomoi no Karaage" a (2013.04.03)
- "Ravens in Paradise" a -Raven's Jig arrange- (2013.05.09)
- "Up is Down" a -Spanish Alternative Raven's Jig arrange ver.- (2013.07.14)
- "Dou Kangaetemo Watashi Wa Warukunai" a (Watamote ED) -English ver.- (2013.08.28)
- "Dou Kangaetemo Watashi Wa Warukunai" a (Watamote ED) -French ver.- (2013.08.28)
- "Jib Jig" a -Raven's Jig arrange- (2013.09.13)
- "Leçon de Franglais" a -Raven's Jig arrange- (2013.09.16)
- "A Time for Us" a -Raven's Jig arrange- (2013.10.16)
- "El Niño" a -Raven's Jig arrange- (2013.12.21)
- "Kaze no Doukei" a (Yearnings of the Wind) -Raven's Jig arrange- feat. AKHTS (background vocals) and Kanipan. (2013.12.24)
- "You Were There" a -Raven's Jig arrange- feat. AKHTS and Kanipan. (2014.02.15)
- "Windmills of Your Mind" a -English Raven's Jig arrange ver.- (2014.03.01)
- "My Favourite Things" a (Sound of Music song) -Raven's Jig arrange-(2014.03.28)
- "Moon River" a -Raven's Jig arrange- (2014.04.16)
Songs on SoundCloud[]
- "Morrowind" -Raven's Jig arrange- (2011.08.22)
- "Scarborough Fair" -Raven's Jig arrange- (2011.09.07)
- "Bratja" (Brother) -French Raven's Jig arrange ver.- (2011.10.14)
- "Lilium" -Arrange ver.- (2011.11.19)
- "Utauyo Miracle" -Raven's Jig arrange ver.- (2011.12.09)
- "Up is Down" -Spanish Raven's Jig arrange ver.- (2011.12.26)
- "She Moved Through the Fair" -French Raven's Jig arrange ver.- (2012.01.11)
- "Solitude by the Window" -French Raven's Jig arrange ver.- (2012.02.05)
- "My Heart Will Go On" -Raven's Jig arrange ver.- (2012.03.05)
- "Armstrong" -French Raven's Jig arrange ver.- (2012.03.09)
- "Angels and Demons" -Raven's Jig arrange ver.- (2012.04.11)
- "One of Us" -French Raven's Jig arrange ver.- (2012.05.07)
- "The Two Ravens" -Raven's Jig arrange ver.- (2012.05.13)
- "Hijo de la Luna" -English Raven's Jig arrange ver.- (2012.08.08)
- "Imagine" -Raven's Jig arrange ver.- (2012.10.20)
Discography[]
Trivia[]
- She enjoys drawing and creating comic strips.[3][4]
- She is originally from France, though speaks fluent English and Spanish additionally to French.[2]
- Her favourite anime character is Bonobono, from the likewise-named 1995 anime television series, as is evident from the large amount of Bonobono-related MADs and songs on her channel, as well as her avatar.
- She often attends Japanese conventions in and around Paris, where she often cosplays as Bonobono.[5]
- She is sometimes recognized on Nico Nico Douga streams as "Bonobono", even when she is not wearing her blue kigurumi.[citation needed]
- She actively participates in a French RPG forum, where she plays as Satsuki Yotsuba, originally from Negima! Magister Negi Magi[6]
- She can play the harp.[7]
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 AKHTS' deviantART
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A retreived version of AKHTS' old YouTube account
- ↑ AKHTS's entry on 30joursdebd
- ↑ AKHTS' blog
- ↑ "Around 5:10 AKHTS is introduced during a 6-hour live NND live-stream event as the first to sing during this event" a
- ↑ AKHTS's forum profile
- ↑ "A harp cover on YouTube by AKHTS" a