Mafumafu (まふまふ) is a popular male utaite well-known for his soft, yet upbeat middle-high ranged voice who started in December 2010 [3]. Mafumafu is recognized for incorporating various vocal effects into his covers and for his ability to effortlessly reach high notes, sometimes in extremely high octaves, without strain or loss of power. His wide vocal range allows him to produce a convincing feminine voice, as demonstrated in his cover of "Matryoshka"
, which has over 3 million views.
He often utilizes his range by shifting into higher or lower octaves to match a song's tone. Although he is not a full-time ryouseirui,he occasionally sings in a feminine voice. The first time he officially sang as a female character was in Last Note.'s unique duet album "Finale." In his regular and lower voice, Mafumafu can sound relaxing and soothing. His most popular cover to date is "Hated by Life Itself" 
, which surpassed 100 million views on YouTube on May 26, 2021, and by August 2024, it has surpassed 150 million views.[4]
Initially, Mafumafu sang in a lower, deeper voice, but as he gained experience, his vocal range expanded, and he now sings in a higher, energetic tone. His songs are often tagged as "kakuseirui" (覚声類), meaning "energizing voice." While he typically doesn't forget lyrics, when he does, he will mumble or make cute noises until he remembers.
Mafumafu frequently collaborates with Akatin, Amatsuki, un:c, and most frequently with Soraru. Together, Mafumafu and Soraru form the duo unit After the Rain (ATR) and host the Hikikomoranai Radio (ひきこもらないラジオ) together, in which the two talk about various subjects and attempt to encourage each other to go outside. They are close friends as well; Mafumafu has once posted on his blog that Soraru helped him get through a bad experience in the past and that he is very grateful to have Soraru in his life.
Although he has done a national tour with Soraru for their unit, Mafumafu has not held any due to personal reasons and health conditions. However, by November 17, 2016, Mafumafu announced in a Twitcast[5] that he would hold a solo live for three days next year, 2017, on the following dates; January 18 (Zepp DiverCity, Tokyo), 22 (Zepp Namba, Osaka), and 28 (Zepp Nagoya, Nagoya). The title of Mafumafu's solo tour is titled, Hikikomori demo LIVE ga Shitai (ひきこもりでもLIVEがしたい！, I'm a Shut-In but I Want to Hold Concerts) or Hikirai (ひきライ), an abbreviated form of Mafumafu's live, derived from the DVD he sold in NatsuComi that featured him, Soraru, Amatsuki, Luz, and ZimuinG.
Because of the number of entries in the lottery for the tickets of his first live, he announced his final live in Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba on February 5, 2016.
According to Mafumafu in his Twitcast, he would only hold a solo live once because he wanted to do other things he has not done while still young. However, this proved to be a short-lived statement, as he has since gone on to host more HikkiLives annually and appears in After the Rain concerts.
After the Rain also performed a concert from August 9 to August 10th, 2017 in Nippon Budokan named "AtR -Clockwise / Anti-Clockwise."
Although the majority of his work is done under the name "Mafumafu", he has stated in a Twitcast [6] where he also occasionally produces music under other names and have asked for his fans not to talk about or share his outside work if they find it. Fans are also advised not to seek out or reveal any personal information he has not explicitly shared.
Beyond singing, Mafumafu is a mixer and often mixes songs for other utaite. He started as a Vocaloid producer and frequently composes songs. For more information on his work as a producer, please visit his article here on the VOCALOID wiki.
In November 2014, Mafumafu created his YouTube channel as a response to the reprints there, which back then had varying video qualities. He also created his bilibili channel in November 2018, 4 years later, for the same reason. On May 30, 2021. Mafumafu hit 3 million subscribers on YouTube.[7][8]
On August 10, 2020, Mafumafu debuted his Live2D avatar, signifying him as a Virtual YouTuber.[9] Since then, he has been streaming on his main channel, although stream archives often go unlisted after a while. [10] He also streams on Twitcast using his virtual avatar.
Affiliations and Collaboration Projects
- ENVELOPE (Released on July 25, 2012)
- Bakumatsu BAND Okita Souji ver. (Released on October 24, 2012)
- Ikemen Voice Paradise 5 (Released on October 17, 2012)
- Zero Gravity (Released on December 29, 2012)
- Parallel Link (Released on December 31, 2012)
- Daylight Dreamer (Released on December 31, 2012)
- Vocarock collection Utattemita (Released on April 24, 2013)
- PANDORA VOXX REBOOT (Released on June 12, 2013)
- Circle of Friends Vol.2 (Released on August 12, 2013)
- Giniro Yasou (Released on August 12, 2013)
- style (Released on August 21, 2013)
- wonder heart (Released on December 31, 2013)
- Nico Nico Wonderland 2 (Released on March 12, 2014)
- blank (Released on April 26, 2014)
- After Rain Quest with Soraru (Released on April 28, 2014)
- Omoi Te"L⇔Report (Released on December 30, 2014)
- Finale (Released on August 16, 2015)
- Prerhythm Arch with Soraru (Released on August 16, 2015)
- earnest.zero (Released on September 11, 2015)
- My Name is Love Song (Released on September 30, 2015)
- Tensei Zesshou Index -Best Of Utattemita- (Release on December 23, 2015)
- Phantasm Hero (Release on December 31, 2015)
- VOLTAGE+ (Release on February 03, 2016)
- Clock Crest Story with Soraru (Release on April 13, 2016)
- NEGATIVE (Released on December 31, 2016)
- Kaidoku Funou with Soraru (Released on April 12, 2017)
- Anti-Clockwise with Soraru (Released on April 12, 2017)
- Izanaware Traveller with Soraru (Released on September 5, 2018)
- Connected to Disney (Released on March 13, 2019)
Collaboration Units
- Mafutsuki (まふ月) with Amatsuki
- After the Rain with Soraru
- Mafutin (まふティン) with Akatin
- SoraMafuUraSaka with Soraru, Urata and Aho no Sakata
Commercially Featured
- "Daisakkai Garakuta Sympathy" - Released on March 12, 2014
- Track of the music game CROSSxBEATS
- "Soutaisei Replica" with mimimemeMIMI - Released on November 17, 2015
- Insert Song for the game Last of Titan
- "Fast End" with Soraru - Released on January 09, 2016
- Opening of the TV anime Reikenzan: Hoshikuzu-tachi no Utage
- "Suki to Suki no Houteishiki"
- Released on December 17, 2016
- Insert Song for the second movie of Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai Suki ni Naru Sono Shunkan wo.
- "Kaidoku Funou" with Soraru - Released on April 12, 2017
- Opening of the TV anime Atom: The Beginning
- "Anti-Clockwise" with Soraru - Released on April 12, 2017
- Ending of the TV anime Clockwork Planet
- "rewrite the saga" - Released on April 22, 2019
- Opening theme of the video game Hortensia Saga
- "Sacrifice" - Released on October 16, 2019
- Opening theme of the adaptation of To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts
- "1•2•3" with Soraru - Released on December 15, 2019
- Opening theme of the 2020 Pocket Monsters anime
- "takt" with gaku - Released on October 4, 2021
- Opening of the 2021 anime Takt Op. Destiny
- "Bookmark" - Released on February 18, 2022
- Theme of the 2022 movie "The Blue Sky You Dropped"
- "1/25 Million" - Released on February 3, 2022
- Ending theme of 2022 anime Salaryman's Club
- "Seishun Kippu" - Released on Month XX, 20XX
- Theme of the anime adaptation of Cool Doji Danshi
Trivia
- Mafumafu has forbidden reprints to video-sharing sites outside of Nico Nico Douga and his own YouTube channel.[11]
- His current avatar has white hair, red eyes, and a barcode under the left eye.
- His official mascot is a white teru teru bouzu with a drooling face ( ╹﹃╹), named Mafuteru. It also has its "own" Twitter. It is often included in fanart of him.
- He likes cats and birds.[12]
- He enjoys playing the guitar and composing music.[12]
- He also writes lyrics, most of his own songs and After The Rain songs are written by him.
- He likes food that has a high water content. [12]
- He feels happy when he goes to bed.[12]
- There is a running joke among his friends and on Twitter that he is narcissistic and is always looking at himself in mirrors, earning him the nickname "Mafumen" (a portmanteau of Mafumafu and ikemen).
- As a continuation of the mirror joke, the songs that he has produced are tagged with "Kagami Mite ShisshinP" (鏡見て失神P), which means "Looked in the mirror and swoonedP".
- In 2011, he promised that if he had 4000 watchers by the end of the year, he would dress as a girl. True to his word, on January 28, 2012, he dressed as a girl and posted it on his blog.[13]
- He is 178 cm (5'10")[14] tall and weighs about 55 kg.[15]
- He looks up to Glutamine[16].
- In December 2011, his older brother had two children, making Mafumafu an uncle.
- He was performing live in different Japanese prefectures in August 2013 as guest member of Circle of Friends.[17]
- He plays Mario Kart.[18]
- He likes red wine but it makes him sleepy.[19]
- He is allergic to cats.[20]
- Soraru commented that he is a masochist because he likes to eat spicy stuff very much.
- He loves the anime GochiUsa so much that he even has a Cocoa and Chino alarm clock.
- Mafumafu once tweeted that for every retweet and like he got on that post, he would buy x 1 yen worth of underwear. By the end, he spent 60,784 yen to buy 88 pairs. [21]
- He likes Kirby and has a lot of Kirby related goods.
- He dislikes bugs.
- He prefers beef over pork.
- His blood type is AB.
- He has composed a song for Osomatsu-san's anime, specifically the opening for its second season.[22]
- He says that he could understand the English comments he receives in YouTube.
- On April 1, 2021, he made his April Fools' VTuber debut as Manun-chan, his female online persona.[23]
- Instead of using a voice changer, he used his natural voice.
- In that stream, he struggled to maintain a feminine talking voice, ending up coughing and clearing his throat multiple times.
- Instead of using a voice changer, he used his natural voice.
- He has made many songs for the mobile rythm game, Project SEKAI: COLORFUL STAGE! [1], mainly for the group 25-ji, Nightcord de. [2], the most noticable one being the group's main song, "Composing the Future".
- He is also a VOCALOID producer who mainly uses IA, Hatsune Miku, and Kagamine Len.
- In 2022 on April Fool’s Day, Mafumafu posted a picture of himself cross dressing. [24]
- In 2024 on April Fool’s Day, Mafumafu once again posted a picture of himself cross dressing. [25]
External Links
References
- ↑ After the Rain's Magical Girl Miracle BOX
- ↑ A congratulation tweet from Fukamachi Naka
- ↑ Anniversary post on Shirokawa's Twitter
- ↑ Tweet about hitting 100 million views on YouTube
- ↑ Mafumafu's Twitcast on November 17, 2016
- ↑ Twitcast where Mafumafu mentions his outside work.
- ↑ A fan's tweet congratulating Mafumafu for 3 million subscribers
- ↑ Mafumafu's tweet about hitting 3 million subscribers on YouTube
- ↑ Mafumafu's VTuber debut
- ↑ Mafumafu's livestream archive playlist
- ↑ [https://x.com/uni_mafumafu/status/643759397324222465 Tweet about his YT channel and the reprints
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Mafumafu's blog profile
- ↑ A blog entry on his crossdressing
- ↑ Mafumafu's Q&A video where he mentioned his height
- ↑ Mafumafu measuring his weight loss
- ↑ Description of his "Babylon" cover mentioning his respect for Glutamine
- ↑ Tickets and time schedule of the live event
- ↑ A tweet of Mafumafu about Mario Kart
- ↑ A tweet of Mafumafu about red wine
- ↑ Hikikomoranai Radio episode 4
- ↑ Mafumafu's tweet about his underwear haul
- ↑ https://otakumode.com/news/5988107e016ec4273cffed74/AOP-to-Perform-Osomatsu-san-Season-2-Theme-Song
- ↑ Manun-chan's VTuber debut
- ↑ Mafumafu's tweet on April Fool 2022
- ↑ Mafumafu's tweet on April Fool 2024