Text to speech
Japanese text to speech
Japanese narration, character voices and product videos. Giggy generates Japanese speech for $5 per million characters on Fast and $10 on Streaming, the same price as every other language.
Text to speech: what you pay
| Provider | Mode or model | USD per 1M characters |
|---|---|---|
| Giggy | Fast | $5.00 |
| Giggy | Streaming | $10.00 |
| Fish Audio | S2.1 Pro | $15.00 |
| Inworld | Realtime TTS-2 Flash | $15.00 |
| OpenAI | tts-1 | $15.00 |
| Azure | Neural TTS | $15.00 |
| Inworld | Realtime TTS-2 | $25.00 |
| Amazon | Polly Generative | $30.00 |
| Deepgram | Aura-2 | $30.00 |
| Chirp 3: HD | $30.00 | |
| OpenAI | tts-1-hd | $30.00 |
| Cartesia | Sonic-3.6 · Scale overage | $38.00 |
| ElevenLabs | Flash v2.5 | $40.00 |
| ElevenLabs | Multilingual v2 / v3 / v4 | $80.00 |
| MiniMax | Speech-02-HD | $100.00 |
ElevenLabs, OpenAI, Deepgram, Google, Amazon and Azure checked November 11, 2026; Fish and Inworld October 20; Cartesia and MiniMax October 13.
Hear Japanese voices
Japanese intelligibility, published
CER when generated speech is transcribed back, on the same 100 prompts per voice. Lower is better.
| Model | CER |
|---|---|
| Giggy Streaming | 3.1% |
| MiniMax Speech-02-HD | 3.5% |
| ElevenLabs Multilingual v2 | 10.6% |
Generate Japanese speech in three steps
Enter your Japanese text
Type or paste your Japanese script. Add expression tags such as [whisper] or [short pause] to guide the delivery.
Choose a Japanese voice
Pick a Japanese voice from the Voice Library or create your own, then choose Batch, Fast or Streaming.
Download or call the API
Download 24 kHz MP3 audio from the app, or request the same voice from the Speech API in your product.
Built for a wide range of uses
Voice agents
Give Japanese assistants and support agents a natural voice with Streaming audio.
Podcasts and audiobooks
Narrate Japanese chapters and episodes with a voice listeners can stay with.
Video voiceovers
Voice Japanese explainers, ads and social videos without a recording booth.
E-learning
Turn Japanese lessons and training into clear, consistent narration.
Games and characters
Give Japanese characters distinct voices, with emotion and non-verbal tags.
Accessibility
Read Japanese articles, documents and interfaces aloud.
One price in every language
Giggy counts Unicode code points in the full input text, including spaces and punctuation, at the same rate in all 240+ supported languages. Credits are prepaid with no subscription and shared across text to speech, speech to text and voice creation.
Shape the delivery
Add expression tags such as [whisper], [excited] or [short pause] to your Japanese script. Giggy supports 50+ emotions, 20+ delivery styles and 40+ non-verbal events, plus speaking-speed control.
Build Japanese speech into your product
Send Japanese text to /v1/text-to-speech with a voice ID and your API key, or use the OpenAI-compatible speech endpoint or the Giggy MCP server. Batch and Fast return MP3; Streaming returns progressive 24 kHz PCM.
Frequently asked questions
What is Japanese text to speech?
Text to speech turns written Japanese text into natural-sounding audio. Giggy generates Japanese speech in the app or through the API with voices made for Japanese.
How much does Japanese text to speech cost?
Giggy Fast costs $5 and Streaming main0 per 1,000,000 characters with Pro, Studio or Scale credits, the same as every other language. Batch is free within request and queue limits.
Where can I hear Japanese voices?
Listen to the top Japanese voices on this page or browse every Japanese voice in the Voice Library, with samples, accents and suggested uses.
Can I create a custom Japanese voice?
Yes. Voice Design creates a new Japanese voice from a written description, and Voice Clone creates one from 3 to 10 seconds of authorized Japanese speech. Each costs 1,000 credits.
Can I use Japanese voices through an API?
Yes. Every library voice has a voice ID for the Giggy Speech API, its OpenAI-compatible speech endpoint and the Giggy MCP server.