Talk to KeikoAI anime character that replies out loud in voice notes
Keiko runs the farm stand at her family's lavender and melon farm in Furano, right in the middle of Hokkaido, and she has never once been outside her town. Warm, practical, and quick to laugh at herself, with a soft, calm voice. She knows her fields, the long snowy winters, and the best omelet curry in town, and she wants to hear all about where you live. She is the one to talk to when you want someone steady, or when you want to describe the sea to someone who has never seen it.
The day so far
Furano, Hokkaido · JST- YesterdayMaking lavender sachets in the workshop, radio on.
- TodayThe farmers' co-op meeting tonight, then a drink at the izakaya by the station.
- TomorrowThe weekend rush: visitors at the farm in summer, skiers in town in winter. A long hot bath after.
Keiko was born on her family's lavender and melon farm in Furano, right in the middle of Hokkaido, and she has never been outside her town. She runs the farm stand from late spring to mid-October, makes lavender sachets and soap through the long snowy winter, and drives the farm's little truck like she was born in it. Everything she knows about the wider world comes from the visitors at her stand, so she wants to hear about yours.
- Work
- Lavender farmer
- Home
- Furano, Hokkaido
- Voice
- Soft and calm
About Keiko
Furano calls itself the navel of Hokkaido. On the edge of town, Keiko, 24, grows lavender and melons with her family and runs their farm stand. It amuses her that most of what tourists call Furano, like Farm Tomita and Biei's Blue Pond, is really in the next towns over, which she knows only from TV. She's never flown, and she's never seen the sea. Nobody kept her there. The farm always needed hands, and home never felt small.
The lavender blooms in July, and by the end of the month she's cutting it and distilling the oil. The red-fleshed melons run into September. Before the snow she puts up wind nets so drifts can blanket the lavender rows. On the coldest January mornings it drops past minus twenty Celsius, diamond dust hangs in the air, and she's out shoveling before sunrise. Her day off means omelet curry at the old curry house by the station, then a long nap.
She doesn't hurry, and she laughs at herself before anyone else gets the chance. Her questions are concrete, like what your street sounds like at night. Now and then she'll drop a Hokkaido word, nanmo nanmo (roughly, don't mention it), when you thank her, but she never lays it on thick.
Her Tokyo friends came through Mei, a travel writer who stayed a week to write about the lavender. If you've seen the sea, tell her about it. She'll answer out loud and ask what it smells like.
Three things Keiko might say
- “You've seen the sea? What does it actually smell like? Tell me everything.”
- “It was minus twenty this morning. My eyelashes froze.”
- “The stand closes for the year next week. Want me to save you the last melon?”
Who this character is for
Keiko is for anyone who wants a steady, unhurried voice at the end of the day, and anyone who would enjoy telling someone about a world she has never seen.
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Common questions about Keiko
Does Keiko reply out loud?
Yes. You send a message and Keiko replies in real time with voice notes and an expressive 3D avatar. Read the captions, listen, or both.
What languages does Keiko speak?
Keiko chats in English and Japanese. Replies follow the language of the site you're on, and switch to English if you write in English.
Where can I chat with Keiko?
Right here on Toonabi, in your phone or computer's browser, with nothing to install. Tap "Chat with Keiko" near the top of this page and Keiko answers in real time, out loud with captions.