96Neko
96Neko as depicted by Satou Iruno 砂糖イルノ
Japanese	96猫 (Kuroneko,"9" (pronounced "ku") and "6" (pronounced "ro" from "roku"), lit. "Black Cat")
Also known as	黒猫 (Kuroneko)
Gender	Female
Born	March 30, 1993 (age 20[1])
Status	Active
Years active	2009-present
NND-related sites	NND user page mylist/15614906 co68322 (main) co535844 (sub)
Collab partner(s)	Shairu, vipTenchou, Pokota, Kogeinu

96Neko (96猫) is an utaite who is well-known for her husky lower range vocals, and for being a "ryouseirui". However, she is also able to sing in a very cute female voice, most clearly seen in her cover of "Soratobazu". She also often does duets with the Kagamine duo. She also sings many parody songs, which are mostly duets with Len or vipTenchou. Some people have noted that her voice is similar to Romi Park, a Korean actress and voice actress who lives in Japan.

She is also known for adding humorous lyrics and random serifu in songs, like in "trick and treat", "Matryoshka" , and "Aa, Subarashiki Nyansei".

96Neko has requested that people should not record her namahousous and redistribute them; however, she is fine with people recording them for personal entertainment usage.

Her album, Iris, which was released three days before her twentieth birthday, is her way of saying thank you to her fans and supporters prior to her turning 20. It should be considered a final statement of her teenage years as an utaite.

Affiliations and Collaboration ProjectsEdit

1. Member of CLΦSH with ShuujinP (Producer)
2. Member of Team Pet Shop (チームペットショップ) with vipTenchou and Kogeinu
3. Member of the Yozora Chorus Project
4. Mr. Music (Released on June 12, 2011)
5. colorful parade (Released on August 13, 2011)
6. 10 Dai Utattemita Live! BEST 2 (Released on December 21, 2011)
7. HoneyWorks Kyoku Utattemita 2 (Released on December 31, 2011)
8. under lights (Released on December 31, 2011)
9. Polyholic (Released on December 31, 2011)
10. First Step (Released on December 31, 2011)
11. Novelyric vol. 1 ~High School Life~ with Shamuon, Lon and Soraru (Released on March 14, 2012)
12. ENVELOPE (Released on July 25, 2012)
13. endless resist (Released on August 11, 2012)
14. Kamikyoku wo Utattemita 6 (Released on August 15, 2012)
15. BabyPod (Released on September 26, 2012)
16. Princess for Princess (Released on October 03, 2012)
17. Daylight Dreamer (Released on December 31, 2012)
18. HoneyWorks Kyoku Utattemita 3 (Released on December 31, 2012)

List of Covered SongsEdit

Unknown Time UploadedEdit

Commercially Featured WorksEdit

• Nagareboshi (Shooting Star)
  • 2nd Ending for the mobile game and anime Tanken Driland
  • Began airing on July 07, 2012

DiscographyEdit

ScHWarz~Kuro~ (by CLФSH)
Promotional crossfade video (NND Broadcast)	Released on March 01, 2011 No. Title Lyrics Song Arrangement 1. "Schwarz" ShuujinP ShuujinP ShuujinP 2. "Kohaku no Mori" ShuujinP ShuujinP ShuujinP 3. "4696 ~ Kuro no Negai ~" ShuujinP ShuujinP ShuujinP 4. "Ichiru no Noroi" ShuujinP ShuujinP ShuujinP 5. "Usagi no Mochizuki" ShuujinP ShuujinP ShuujinP 6. "Shuujin CLΦSH.ver" ShuujinP ShuujinP ShuujinP

Weiβ~Shiro~ (by CLФSH)
Promotional crossfade video (NND Broadcast) Promotional crossfade video (YT reprint)	Released on August 15, 2011 No. Title Lyrics Song Arrangement 1. "4696 ~ Shiro no Omoi ~" ShuujinP ShuujinP ShuujinP 2. "- Secret -" ShuujinP ShuujinP ShuujinP 3. "Weiβ" ShuujinP ShuujinP ShuujinP 4. "Bunpou Shoujo Φ Lyrica" ShuujinP ShuujinP ShuujinP 5. "Datou, Natsu!!" ShuujinP ShuujinP ShuujinP 6. "Kamihikouki" -Live Ongenfuu ~ Konya wa XX ~ CLΦSH ver.- ShuujinP ShuujinP ShuujinP

Asymmetry (with Kagamine Len)
Promotional crossfade video (YT reprint)	Released on January 14, 2012 No. Title Lyrics Song Arrangement 1. "Melancholic" Junky Junky 2. "Shinpakusuu ♯0822" (Heartbeat ♯0822) papiyon papiyon 3. "PONPONPON" Yasutaka Nakata Yasutaka Nakata GigaP 4. "Aa, Subarashiki Nyansei" Nem Nem 5. "Happy Synthesizer" EasyPop EasyPop 6. "Mr. Music" (96Neko, ＿＿) Rerulili, Ronchino=pepe, KagomeP Rerulili, Ronchino=pepe, KagomeP

Final Fiction (by CLФSH)
Promotional crossfade video (NND Broadcast) Promotional crossfade video (YT reprint)	Released on July 04, 2012 No. Title Lyrics Song Arrangement 1. "Φ" 2. "Machinegun Talk" 3. "Kouhaku no Mori" 4. "Seishun Hello Work" 5. "Mukankei Emergency" 6. "Datou, Natsu!!" 7. "4696 ~ Kuro no Negai ~" 8. "4696 ~ Shiro no Omoi ~" 9. "Shiro Kuro Factor" 10. "Chikokujin Sanka" 11. "Ichiru no Noroi" 12. "Bunpou Shoujo Φ Lilica" 13. "Scheinwelt" 14. "Snow" 15. "Fiction"

memoReal

Released on August 08, 2012 No. Title Lyrics Song Arrangement 1. "Tapioca Sennou Song" -memoReal ver.- GigaP, 96Neko GigaP, 96Neko GigaP 2. "Twinkle" sezu, 96Neko OwataP 3. "Kurikaeshi Hitotsubu" (One of Repetition) NekomushiP Nekomushi 4. "Kagerou Days" (Heat-Haze Days) Jin Jin 5. "rain stops, good-bye" NioP NioP 6. "Netoge Haijin Sprechchor" Satsuki ga Tenkomori Satsuki ga Tenkomori 7. "Karakuri Pierrot" 40mP 40mP 8. "Len-kun Nau!" sezu, 96Neko Owata-P 9. "Senbonzakura" KurousaP KurousaP 10. "Aru Bake Neko no Koi Monogatari" Nem Nem 11. "Nekomimi Archive" (Cat Ear Archive) KusoinakaP KusoinakaP 12. "Fire◎Flower" halyosy halyosy 13. "Yumekui Shirokuro Baku" Nem Nem 14. "Juu Mensou" YM YM 15. "Yokkorasex" AgoanikiP AgoanikiP 16. "Ren'ai Philosophia" KurousaP KurousaP 17. "Aimai Elegy" DECO*27 DECO*27 su-kei + 18. "Ikasama⇔Casino" (96Neko, vipTenchou) HitoshizukuP HitoshizukuP, Yama△

Tsuki to Hoshi no Kyokou Kuukan (Imaginary Space Between the Moon and the Stars)
Album cover illustrated by gram6design Promotional crossfade video (NND Broadcast) Promotional crossfade video (YT reprint)	Released on January 09, 2013 No. Title Lyrics Song Arrangement 1. "Nagareboshi" (Shooting Star) KurousaP KurousaP 2. "Srit the Wrist" KurousaP KurousaP 3. "Sayonara" KurousaP KurousaP 4. "Find Out" KurousaP KurousaP 5. "Mikazuki Hime" (Crescent Moon Princess) KurousaP KurousaP 6. "Kagen no Tsuki " (Last Quarter of the Moon) KurousaP KurousaP 7. "Cantarella" KurousaP KurousaP

Iris

Promotional crossfade video (NND Broadcast) Promotional crossfade video (YT reprint)

Released on March 27, 2013 No. Title Lyrics Song Arrangement 1. "Children Record" Jin Jin 2. "Kesenai Tsumi" (Inerasable Sin) (Fullmetal Alchemist OP) Kitade Nana Nishikawa Susumu 3. "Yoshiwara Lament" Asa Asa 4. "Nagai Aida" Tamaki Chiharu Tamaki Chiharu 5. "WA ni Natte Odorou" Oshamanbe Tarou Oshamanbe Tarou 6. "Everything" MISIA Matsumoto Toshiaki 7. "Nou Shou Sakuretsu Girl" (Gray matter Explosion Girl) Rerulili Rerulili 8. "Memeshikute" Kiryuuin Shou Kiryuuin Shou 9. "Odoru Ponpokorin" (Chibi Maruko-chan ED) Sakuramomoko Oda Tetsurou 10. "Pokemon Ierukana?" (Did you say Pokemon?) Toda Shougo Tanaka Hirokazu 11. "Shinkai no Ritorukurai" sasakure.UK sasakure.UK 12. "For Fruits Basket" (Fruits Basket OP) Okazaki Ritsuko Okazaki Ritsuko 13. "DoReMiFa Rondo" 40mP 40mP 14. "Kawaranaimono" (Unchanging Things) (Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo Insert Song) Oku Hanako Oku Hanako 15. "Akatsuki Arrival" (96Neko, Kogeinu) Last Note. Last Note. 16. "Yi Er Fanclub" (1, 2 Fanclub) (96Neko, vipTenchou) MikitoP MikitoP 17. "MOTHER " (Original) Oku Hanako, 96Neko Oku Hanako

GalleryEdit

96Neko showing her face (almost), from her Twitter

96Neko's heavily pierced ear, from her Twitter

96Neko (left) and Saiya (right)

vipTenchou (left) and 96Neko (right) as seen in their cover of "Matryoshka"

96Neko as seen in her cover of "Nekomimi Archive"
Illust. by Sato Iruno

vipTenchou, 96Neko, and Kogeinu as seen in their cover of "Jingle Bells"
Illust. by Mukkun

96Neko (left and Kogeinu (right) as seen in their cover of "Akatsuki Arrival"
Illust. by Sato Iruno

TriviaEdit

• 96Neko is often considered more blunt and shameless compared to most female utaite.
• 96Neko is known to have a huge obsession with Len, as seen in her " Len-kun Nau!" and "Aa, Subarashiki Nyansei" parody covers.
• 96Neko is also known for her obsession with tapioca (the pearls in bubble tea). She often posts about it on her twitter, and she has altered the lyrics in many of her parodies to include mention of it.
• She is very short, standing at 141.2 cm (about 4'7.6")^[2]. As a result, she is sometimes known to wear platform boots to make up for it. With platform boots, she is 160 cm (about 5'3") tall^[3].
• She uses F-V620(SONY)/F-V420(SONY) dynamic mics and NT1-A(RODE)/ECM-23F5(SONY) condenser mics.
• Her operating system is Windows7.
• Her webcam is a Logicool Qcam.
• She records and mixes with Audacity.
• She was born in the Kansai region, and currently lives in Osaka.
• Her blood type is O.
• She doesn't like whales.
• She is scared to watch Spongebob Squarepants because of Creepypasta.^{[citation needed]}
• She has a Somali cat named Kuu-chan and a Papillon dog named Shi-chan.^[4] She posts pictures of Kuu-chan on Twitter often.
• She is very active on Twitter, and follows nearly all of her followers back.
• Her favorite foods are tapioca, surume (dried squid snacks), salad, kabayakisan (grilled-eel-flavored fish cakes), and kimchi cucumbers^[4].
• She has 18 piercings: 10 on her left ear, 5 on her right ear, and 3 on her lip/tongue.
• The name for Team Pet Shop comes from the members' names: the "neko" from 96Neko means cat, the "inu" from Kogeinu means dog, and the "tenchou" from vipTenchou means shop manager.
• On June 5th, 2012, her community became the first on NND to reach level 256, the highest possible level^[4].
• Despite her rather unfeminine character, she uses the personal pronoun watashi (私), which is polite and gender-neutral, rather than boku (僕), which is more associated with younger males and tomboys.^[4].
• Her favorite magazines are KERA and Utattemita Kei^[3].
• She dislikes shrimp and cicadas^[3].
• Her favorite colors are black, white, red, blue, and gold^[3].

External LinksEdit

• Twitter
• Pixiv
• Blog
• mixi
• mixi Community
• Blomaga
• TmBox

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Blog: Date of birth
2. ↑ Nico Nico Douga: 96Neko's username
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Blomaga intro post
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Whiteflame (KurousaP) website profile