A sample of a cover song by Ikasan "Bad ∞ End ∞ Night", composed by HitoshizukuP and Yama△ |
Ikasan (いかさん) is a female utaite who began uploading covers in mid-2011. She used to be known mostly as a namanushi, but is now also prominent as an utaite. She is a ryouseirui, but unlike most other female ryouseirui, her natural voice is nearly identical to that of a grown man's, and has to make a conscious effort to produce a natural-sounding female voice. Her female tone has improved noticeably since her debut, and she regularly uses both voices to duet with herself. It is dubbed "takosan" (octopus) as a contrast to her regular voice, and can be heard most clearly in her "Love is an Open Door" and "How-to Sekai Seifuku".
Her most popular cover is "World Domination How-To", with over 1.6M views and 17K Mylists as of February 2020.
She is usually depicted with short black or brown hair, and sometimes with a squid clip in her hair.
Affiliations and Collaboration Projects[]
- Member of Flowery Girls
- Member of Utataneruko with Sana, Nayugorou, Ali and Oreo
- Member of Capital Rhythm
- Participant in Alice in the Concerto
- Voice actor in Your Majesty
- Kamikyoku wo Utattemita 8 (Released on January 15, 2014)
- Cinderella (Released on February 19, 2014)
- Germination (Released on April 26, 2014)
- EXIT TUNES ACADEMY BEST 5 (Released on March 18, 2015)
- START (Released on June 03, 2015)
- NiOver ~Nio in music~ (Released on November 14, 2015)
- Tensei Zesshou Index -Best Of Utattemita- (Released on December 23, 2015)
- Phantasm Hero (Released on December 31, 2015)
- αβkyoukan (Released on January 27, 2016)
- Summer Riot (Released on August 05, 2016)
- High End Prince (Released on December 29, 2017)
- 18 edge (Released on January 16, 2019)
Collaboration Units[]
- Ikafakyun. (いかふぁきゅん。) with Alfakyun.
- Capital Rhythm with Ajikko, Kakerine, Kettaro, Tsukasashi, nero, NORISTRY, rairu, rio
List of Covered Songs[]
- "Yume Chizu" (Dream Map) (2011.05.06)
- "Unhappy Refrain" (2011.05.08)
- "magnet" (2011.06.30)
- "Ama no Jaku" (Heaven's Weakness/A Born Coward) (2011.07.20)
- "Kuwagata ni Chop Shitara Timeslip Shita" (Time-warped After Chopping my Stag Beetle) (2011.07.24)
- "Tokyo Teddy Bear" (2011.09.01)
- "Hello, Worker" (2011.09.21)
- "Senbonzakura" (Thousand Cherry Trees) (2011.09.25)
- "Miraisen" (Future Line) (2011.10.02)
- "Envy Catwalk" (2011.10.25)
- "Parameter" (2011.11.20)
- "Seigi Funsai" (Justice Breaker) (2011.12.01)
- "Haitoku no Kioku~The Lost Memory~" feat. Ikasan, Guasshu and Denpo (2011.12.16)
- "Your Highness☆My Princess" feat. Ikasan, ichii, Homare and Robe (2011.12.24)
- "bouquet" (2011.12.29)
- "Sakura Zensen Ijou Nashi" (All Quiet on the Cherry Blossom Front) feat. Ikasan and Guasshu (2012.01.09)
- "Rin-chan Nau!" (2012.01.16)
- "Ren'ai Yuusha" (Love Hero) feat. Ikasan and Noname (2012.01.26)
- "Nekomimi Archive" (2012.02.01)
- "Black Board" (2012.03.30)
- "Madara Cult" (2012.05.09)
- "Setsuna Trip" (Instant Trip) feat. Ikasan and Nomane (2012.05.22)
- "Rokuchounen to Ichiya Monogatari" (Six Trillion years and Overnight Story) (2012.06.18)
- "magnet" feat. Ikasan and hal (2012.06.30)
- "Chikyuu Saigo no Kouhaku wo" (The Earth's Last Confession) (2012.07.02)
- "Yuurei Yashiki no Kubitsuri Shoujo" (Hanged Girl in the Haunted House) (2012.07.16)
- "Crazy ∞ nighT" (2012.07.26)
- "Mr. Music" feat. Ikasan, Gyokuro, CafeOre, Yorozun, Schea, Okappa, Shiroro (2012.09.19)
- "Children Record" (2012.09.30)
- "Nou Shou Sakuretsu Girl" (Gray Matter Explosion Girl) (2012.10.31)
- "Smiling" -World Edition- (collab) (2012.11.10)
- "DoReMiFa Rondo" feat. Ikasan and Aisaka Riku (2012.12.01)
- "Tokyo Dennou Tantei Dan" (Tokyo Cyber Detective Team) feat. Amechan, Miruni♂, hal, Ikasan, Jenga, Ryaku and Sweet@Amany (2013.01.06)
- "Ringo Uri no Utakata Shoujo" (The Transient Apple Salesgirl) (2013.01.12)
- "Twilight ∞ nighT" (2013.02.21)
- "Yakimochi no Kotae" (Answer of Jealousy) (2013.03.22)
- "Lost Time Memory" (2013.04.05)
- "Idola no Circus" (Idola's Circus) (2013.05.11)
- "Yakubyougami" (God of Pestilence) (2013.05.21)
- "GOLD" feat. Amatoo., Ikasan, Emukun, Kyabe, Satsuki!, samurai-man, TAKARA, Tatsuki, Tama, *Nano, Nigauri, Hizuki, mainann, Mikaru☆, Mochy (2013.05.31)
- "Kakushigoto" (Secret) (2013.06.04)
- "Kashokusei: Idol Shoukougun" (Indulging: Idol Syndrome) feat. Ikasan and Noname (2013.06.06)
- "Kamikyoku" (collab) (2013.06.21)
- "Otsukimi Recital" (2013.07.06)
- "Jougen no Tsuki" (2013.08.05)
- "Shuuen no Shiori" (The Bookmark of Demise) (2013.08.16)
- "Ama no Jaku" (Heaven's Weakness/A Born Coward) (2013.09.22)
- "Gigantic O.T.N" feat. Ikasan and Kisuke no Yuujin (2013.10.30)
- "Koshitantan" feat. Ikasan, Ayaponzu*, Hiiragi Yuka, Au and Sana (2013.11.30)
- "Zutto Mae Kara Suki Deshita." (2013.12.13)
- "Bad ∞ End ∞ Night" (2013.12.14)
- "Yuudachi no Ribbon" (Ribbon in the Evening Rain) feat. Ikasan and Shoose (2013.12.24)
- "How-to Sekai Seifuku" (How-to World Domination) (2014.01.13)
- "Girlfriend" feat. Nanashou, Yuikonnu, Ikasan, Au, Himeringo, Hiiragi Yuka and Ashikubi (2014.02.05)
- "Sweet's Beast" feat. Ikasan and Kisuke no Yuujin (2014.02.28)
- "Dokusenyoku" (Mono Poisoner) (2014.03.07)
- "IMITATION BLACK" feat. Guasshu, Ikasan and Denpo (2014.03.22)
- "MUGIC" feat. Ikasan, Gyokuro, Cafeore, Schea and Kappa (2014.03.28)
- "+♂" (2014.04.11)
- "daze" (Mekakucity Actors OP) (2014.04.16)
- "Outer Science" (2014.05.17)
- "Love is an Open Door" -Japanese ver.- (2014.06.11)
- "Undead Enemy" (2014.07.04)
- "Sore wa Bokutachi no Kiseki" (That Is Our Miracle) (Love Live! Season 2 ED) feat. Yuikonnu, Matsushita, Nanahira, Ikasan, +*Mirin, Alfakyun., MidoriInu., Sana and Lon (2014.07.12)
- "Queen of Hearts" (2014.07.28)
- "Ringo Uri no Utakata Shoujo" (The Transient Apple Salesgirl) (2014.08.25)
- "Youkai Taisou Daiichi" (2014.08.27)
- "Shinde Shimau to wa Nasakenai!" (Death Should Not Have Taken Thee!) (2014.09.23)
- "Saikyouiku" (Reeducation) (2014.10.10)
- "Cutter Knife" (2014.10.15)
- "Koshitantan" feat. Ikasan and Alfakyun. (2014.11.19)
- "Shiwa" (Wrinkle) (2014.12.13)
- "Bokura no Saishuu Teiri" (Our Last Theorem) (Original with JesusP) (2015.01.15)
- "Connecting❀Flowers' Edition" feat. Izu, Houkago no Aitsu, Wolpis Kater, Ikasan, Mikaru, Risru, Kyaren. and Kurokumo (2015.05.27)
- "Sugar Song to Bitter Step" (2015.07.20)
- "Pride Kakumei" (Pride Revolution) (2015.08.14)
- "Crazy ∞ nighT" (2015.08.22)
- "Da Vinci no Kokuhaku" (Da Vinci's Confession) (2015.10.09)
- "Tómur" (2015.10.14)
- "Paintër" feat. Tourai, 5mario, halyosy, Seramikaru, Kettaro, Suzuhana Yuuko, __, Dogma Kazami, Kousuke, Alfakyun., Ikasan, Pokota, Shirofuku, Ry☆, Hanatan and koma’n (2015.10.19)
- "Mozaik Role" (2015.11.11)
- "Seitou no Marche" (Vow Lamp Marche) (2015.12.15)
- "Sunny Day Song" (Love Live! Movie Insert Song) feat. Yuikonnu, Matsushita, Nanahira, Ikasan, +*Mirin, Alfakyun., Hiiragi Yuka, Ayaponzu* and Lon (2016.01.10)
- "Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana" (The One and Only Flower in the World) feat. nero, Yuuto and (chorus) Akatin, Ikasan, Kakichoco, Shinan, SILVANA, Mary, Yumeko (2016.01.19)
- "Love so sweet" (Arashi's song; Hana Yori Dango 2 OP) feat. Rio, Ikasan and Sekihan (2016.02.26)
- "Sekai-sick ni Shounen Shoujo" (Worldsick Boys and Girls) feat. Ikasan and Risru (2015.03.16)
- "Seisou Bakuretsu Boy" (Holy Spear Explosion Boy) feat. Ikasan and kain (2016.05.18)
- "Ghost Rule" (2016.05.24)
- "Liar Dance" (2016.06.01)
- "Sugar Song to Bitter Step" -Live-Action Relay ver.- feat. Ikasan, clear, Zero, Tsukasashi, Yuuto, Ajikko, Akajam, Yuge, Da-little, Shijin, SILVANA, Meychan, Mary, Nayugorou, and 3bu (2016.06.17)
- "Super Nuko ni Naritai" (I Want to Become a Super Cat) feat. Ikasan and Risru (2016.06.28)
- "Dappo Rock" (Law-evading Rock) (2016.07.07)
- "Natsu no Hi to, Yuurei to, Kamisama" (A Summer Day and a Ghost and God) (2016.09.01)
- "Bad ∞ End ∞ Night" feat. Sekihan, majiko, kradness, Piko, Matsushita, luz, Ikasan, and __ (2016.09.16)
- "Zen Zen Zense" (Many Previous Existences) (2016.09.22)
- "Yuurei Yashiki no Kubitsuri Shoujo" (Haunted House of the Hanging Girl) (2016.10.28)
- "Berserk" (2016.12.09)
- "Reincarnation" (double role) (2016.12.17)
- "Niji Yume Road" (Rainbow Dream Road; Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club ED) (double role) (2017.01.12) (YT only)
- "Charles" (2017.01.19)
- "Ever ∞ Lasting ∞ Night" (2017.02.13)
- "Sangatsu Kokonoka" (1 Litre no Namida song) feat. Ikasan and kain (2017.03.09)
- "[Ame to Petra]" (2017.05.22)
- " Haikei Doppleganger" (Dear Doppleganger) (2017.06.12)
- " Imagine Friends" (2017.06.15) (Original with MikitoP)
- "Zenseki Bakudan" (2017.06.30) with Pusu
- "Dreamless Dreams" (2017.07.2)
- "Hibana (Spark) (2017.08.11)
- "re re REALIZE" feat. Ikasan and 96neko (2017.10.05)
- "Marionette Lovers" (2017.12.27)
- "Charles" feat. Alfakyun. and Ikasan (2018.03.13)
- "Outsider" (2018.04.19)
- "[ROKI]" feat. Ikasan and Risru (2018.05.24)
- "Tell Your World" (2018.09.21)
- "Additional Memory" (2018.10.14)
- "Anti-Realism" (2019.03.21)
- "Otome Kaibou" (2019.05.19)
- "Sora ni Hikaru" (2019.07.06)
- "Android Girl" (2019.07.24)
- "Bokura no Festival" feat __, Alfakyun., Ikasan, Kradness, Kony, Shijin, zetyou, Tarachio, Nero, NORISTRY, moldio, and Utori (2019.08.13)
- "Pina Colada" feat. Ikasan and Shoose (2019.09.23)
- "Secret Answer" feat. Capital Rhythm (Ajikko, Ikasan, Kakerine, Kettaro, Tsukasashi, nero, NORISTRY, and Rio) (2019.11.01)
- "Lemming Ming" (2019.12.06)
- "Angel" (2020.01.30)
- "Smiling feat. Capital Rhythm (2020.05.09)
- "Rettou Joutou" (BRING IT ON) feat. Tsukasashi and Ikasan (2020.07.03)
- "Kaishin no Ichigeki!" feat. Ikasan and rairu (2020.08.08)
- " Kotoba Yori Taisetsu na Mono" feat. Capital Rhythm
- "Place On!" feat. Capital Rhythm (2021.01.24) (Original Song)
- "Mebius" (2021.01.29)
- "Rabu ka?" (2021.04.24)
- "Hello, Good Day" feat. Piko, __, Ikasan, Sekihan, Luz, skip-A, and Kamiya Rei (2023.03.10) (Original Song)
- "Darline" (2023.07.01)
Commercially Featured Works[]
- "Niji Yume Road" - Released on February 1, 2017
- Ending theme to the anime adaptation of High School Girls Cycling Club
- "Imagine Friends" - Released on March 1, 2017
- Track featured in the mobile game 18
- "Dilemma" - Released on April 12, 2017
- Image Song for the manga Tailor Mori
Discography[]
For Flowery Girls albums see here
For Utataneruko albums see here
Gallery[]
Illust. by Koshian (こし餡)
Illust. by Itinose Yukino (市ノ瀬雪乃)
Trivia[]
- Her videos are often tagged with "ikamen" (いかめん), which is a portmanteau of "Ikasan" and "ikemen.
- She had a short-haired dachshund named Reina, who however died November 10, 2014[2]
- Since her name means "squid-san", sometimes she is depicted with a squid clip in her hair.
- She is 172 cm and weighs about 50 kg.[3]
- She is half-Korean and half-Japanese.[4]