Hikaru Utada
Mezzo-soprano · J-Pop · R&B · Pop · Japan · prominent since 1998
What is Hikaru Utada’s vocal range?
Hikaru Utada's vocal range is commonly cited as E3 to A#5 (Bb5) — about 2.5 octaves, or 30 semitones, and is usually classified as mezzo-soprano. Full voice is cited up to around D5; everything above that comes from head voice.
Low-set husky mezzo, conversational phrasing, R&B melisma kept small and slightly behind the beat. That cited span is wider than 34% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- First Love
Reading the numbers
- 7 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- Roughly 27% of the span sits above the cited full-voice ceiling of D5.
- The weight of the range is above middle C: 22 semitones up there against 8 below.
- One of only 6 J-Pop voices in this library.
- One of 6 singers from Japan charted here.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
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Also bottoming out on E3
39 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on A#5
43 other voices here reach the same ceiling.