{"rewrite":{"id":"r_1882e778c71511f6e6a9b660","clusterId":"c_422fe5030419904b827c211b","slug":"yuki-kaji-voice-ai-to-judge-student-cm-narration-contest","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Yuki Kaji Voice AI to Judge Student CM Narration Contest","summary":"Voice actor Yuki Kaji's voice AI project Soyogi Fractal and Yoyogi Animation Academy will hold a joint CM narration contest. Students at the academy's nine campuses will make original narration by combining the voice synthesis software Bon Soyogi, built from Kaji's voice, with their own voices. Kaji heads the judging panel. His quote: using AI is not the goal, the question is how to use it as an extension of expression.","whyItMatters":"The contest frames voice AI as an addition to a performer's toolkit rather than a replacement, tested first by students who plan to work in the same industry the technology unsettles.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eStudents at Yoyogi Animation Academy\u0026#39;s nine campuses will handle planning and narration themselves. No theme is set. Works must combine their own voices with Bon Soyogi, the official software built from Kaji\u0026#39;s voice. The Voice Actor and Entertainer Department can take part, and the Animation Department\u0026#39;s Anime Sound Course may also enter, with joint production across fields permitted.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBon Soyogi comes from Soyogi Fractal, the project Kaji started in 2023 for the 20th anniversary of his voice acting career. Illustrator Mai Yoneyama handled character design. In April 2026 Kaji founded FRACTAL Inc., where he is Representative Director, President and CEO, running voice actor management alongside a voice AI business. A 3D live performance, Bon Soyogi 1st EXPO \u0026#34;0rigin\u0026#34;, was held in March 2026 at Tokyo Garden Theater, with Kaji and the voice AI performing recitations and singing together.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Yuki Kaji is judging the entries himself, which puts the voice actor in the position of deciding what counts as his own voice when a student blends Bon Soyogi into the mix.","twitterPost":"Yuki Kaji judges entries that blend Bon Soyogi with student voices, so he decides what counts as his own voice.","threadsPost":"Yuki Kaji heads the judging panel for the Yoyogi Animation Academy contest, which means the voice the software copies is the same one scoring how students use it. His framing, AI as an extension of expression, is the rule the entries get graded against.","newsletterBlurb":"Yuki Kaji's voice AI project Soyogi Fractal and Yoyogi Animation Academy will hold a joint CM narration contest. Students at the academy's nine campuses will make original narration using Bon Soyogi, the synthesis software built from Kaji's voice, together with their own voices. Kaji heads the judging panel and says using AI is not the goal, but how to use it as an extension of expression.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"KAI-YOU\",\"url\":\"https://kai-you.net/article/96524\",\"title\":\"Voice Actor Yuki Kaji's Voice AI 'Bon Soyogi' to Co-Star with Yoyogi Animation Academy Students; Producing CM Narration with AI and Real Voices\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4611,"outputTokens":683,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789131571,"createdAt":"2026-09-11T12:55:10.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-11T12:58:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-11T12:58:23.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_422fe5030419904b827c211b","canonicalTitle":"声優 梶裕貴の音声AI「梵そよぎ」と代アニ学生が共演　AIと肉声でCMナレーションを制作","representativeArticleId":"a_0c963293066517f9ca206a2f","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Soyogi Fractal\"],\"studios\":[\"Yoyogi Animation Gakuin\"],\"people\":[\"Yuki Kaji\"],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"industry\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-11T12:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-11T12:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-11T12:58:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"KAI-YOU","url":"https://kai-you.net/article/96524","title":"声優 梶裕貴の音声AI「梵そよぎ」と代アニ学生が共演　AIと肉声でCMナレーションを制作"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Soyogi Fractal"],"studios":["Yoyogi Animation Gakuin"],"people":["Yuki Kaji"],"type":"event","domain":"industry","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}