Karaoke

Basic Infomation
Activity Term	Karaoke
Related Works	Lucky Star, White Album 2
Related Activities	singing, dancing, band

Karaoke is a common activity in ACG works, and it is more common in ACG works that are biased towards daily life and love.

Introduction

In the 1960s, with the development of audio-visual technology, "karaoke", shortened version for "empty orchestra" appeared in Japan. Karaoke equipment achieves the purpose of entertainment by playing the pre-recorded accompaniment and vocal tracks according to the user's needs.

In the 1970s, the popularity of video recorders made it possible to play karaoke images. Currently, karaoke mostly relies on digital equipment. In addition, karaoke services are also developing in a diversified manner. The upgrading of home multimedia equipment and the popularization of smart phones have also had a huge impact on the traditional karaoke industry.

Karaoke is a common entertainment and social activity. In the process, you can get a glimpse of the character, attitude and skill level of the singer and the audience. In social gatherings such as groups of relatives and friends, school or community friends, sororities, etc., Karaoke activities are often held in conjunction with party activities. During this period, the behavior and attitude of the karaoke singers will affect the favorability among all the people present, and will also be discovered by some scouts.

Karaoke venues

The most common places for karaoke are KTVs (karaoke bars) that are independently operated or attached to restaurants, pubs, and hotels, followed by homes and buses with KTV installations. With the advancement of technology and the development of smart phones, people can also start the KTV system to sing happily at any time.

The karaoke phenomenon

During the karaoke process, the roles of the singer and the audience are of a rotating nature. The participants in the karaoke are roughly divided into the following types (there are also overlaps):

• Imperfect skills: singers who are not familiar with songs, choose songs that are not suitable for them, have an inaccurate sense of sound, lack of ventilation at specific nodes, etc., are classified here. People avoid it.
• Long-occupying microphone type: like to sing, and will order a lot of songs, occasionally accompanied by the behavior of interrupting songs in the middle. The act of holding on to the microphone is called "Mike" in some areas.
• Blockbuster type/different type: usually seldom or hardly sing, once he sings, he often surprises everyone (leaves a deep impression); the other type is to pick up the microphone and his personality changes suddenly, showing a contrast.
• Atmosphere-driven type: The main role that drives the atmosphere in K-song activities, usually in the form of love-point music with a lively or vigorous atmosphere, or it will drive the audience to sing and carry out activities to heat up the venue.
• Non-singing or less singing type: Participants in this type are not particularly keen on karaoke activities, or are not good at singing, and prefer to be in the audience or eat quietly during karaoke. But sometimes, because of physical discomfort and unable to sing, they attend and watched karaoke as an audience member.
• Love presenting type: It belongs to the participants who love to order songs, and whether they are good at songs or not, they must express themselves.
• Strength type: It belongs to the singer who is good at singing, and the style of music depends on the participant's preference or specialization field.
• Imitation type: Participants who are good at impersonation/mimic, sometimes bringing a comedic effect on the karaoke
• Funny type: The main characters who bring laughter in karaoke activities, whether it is accompaniment, singing, or talking, they will bring out unexpected laughs that make everyone squirt.

Works with this element

• Haruhi Suzumiya: In the "Endless August" story arc, it was mentioned that "long-term durable karaoke to challenge the limit of the throat" on KTV is an activity in the summer activities of the SOS Brigade.
• Lucky Star:
  • The ending songs of episodes 1 to 12 are sung by one or more of the four protagonists in the form of karaoke.
  • In chapter 16, Akira Kogami's "personal concert" is actually just her enjoying herself in KTV. See also: Misoji Misaki.
  • In Kannagi, the royal chef Ren came out of the KTV bathroom and went through the wrong door into Konata Izumi's karaoke room.
• White Album 2: Setsuna Ogiso is used to singing alone in KTV for hours at a time.
• Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto: In the anime, Sakamoto participated in a sorority meeting on KTV and sang "The Demon King" to convince everyone who participated in the sorority meeting.
• Grand Blue: The ending of the anime has Iori Kitahara and others singing on KTV, and finally the male is completely naked. There is a variation in episode 11 on the bridge section where Kohei Imamura watches the Mizuki Summer Night MV on KTV alone and sings and dances excitedly.
• Crayon Shin-chan: Masumi Ageo, Midori Yoshinaga, and Ume Matsuzaka once went to a KTV to sing together with Kuroiso and other Ootome's bodyguards.
• Kamisama Kiss: In the works, a pommel horse suddenly appeared on KTV, occupying the bridge section of the microphone to sing his best-selling song.
• Hozuki's Coolheadedness: In the manga, Hozuki and the crowd were singing in the KTV in hell, Hozuke sang the Urano section of the Heike Monogatari composed by Fangichi Wuer, and was well received by everyone.
• Yakuza: Kazuma Kiryu is secretly a karaoke singer.
• Weathering With You: In order to escape the pursuit of the police, Hina Amano, Nagi Amano, and Hodaka Morishima temporarily stayed in a high-end clock hotel, because the rooms for the three of them were equipped with high-end facilities such as super beds, jacuzzi, karaoke and so on. While the three enjoyed the hotel's facilities to the fullest, Haruna and Hodaka sang AKB48's "Koi Suru Fortune Cookie" (爱するフォーチュンクッキー) and Japanese drama "The Full-Time Wife Escapist"'s theme song "Koi" (恋) on karaoke.
• THE iDOLM@STER:
  • THE iDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS: In Kogane Tsukioka's card "[ふっふ～ん, ふふ～ん♪] Kogane Tsukioka", Kogane Tsukioka, Mami Tanaka, Saya Shirase Saya, Yuka Mitake, and Kiriko Yutani are singing in a KTV at a party.
• Belle: Suzu Naitou (Belle) was originally a girl who loved to sing, but when she was young, she witnessed her mother being swept away and drowned by the rapids in order to rescue a strange little girl who was trapped in the riverbed where the stream was swollen by the heavy rain. She suffered from PTSD and closed herself and changed. She was unable to sing in front of a crowd. Later, Belle was pulled by her classmates to the Karaoke bar and asked to sing, and she panicked and fled the scene because of the psychological trauma.