What is Otamatone?
[[File:MaywaDenki OtamaTone.jpg|thumb|Many Otamatones in a store]] The {{Nihongo|'''Otamatone'''|オタマトーン|Otamatōn|lead=yes}} is an electronic musical synthesizer. It was developed in Japan by the CUBE toy company and the Maywa Denki design firm,<ref>{{cite web|title=about Otamatone|url=http://www.otamatone.com/about-otamatone/|access-date=11 Jan 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413121727/http://www.otamatone.com/about-otamatone/|archive-date=13 April 2010|website=otamatone.com}}</ref> led by the brothers Masamichi and Nobumichi Tosa.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maywa Denki|url=http://www.otamatone.com/maywa-denki/|access-date=11 Jan 2017|archive-date=25 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725183914/https://otamatone.com/maywa-denki/|url-status=dead}}</ref> These electronic musical synthesizers are defined as any of eighth note-shaped several small- to medium-sized is an [[Electronics|electronic]] [[Synthesizer|musical synthesizers]], and are members of eighth notes with [[smiley]]s which bear opening a mouth. It was created in [[Japan]] by the [[CUBE|CUBE toy company]] and the [[Maywa Denki]] [[design]] company. The creation of the otamatone was led by the brothers Masamichi and Nobumichi Tosa. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Electronic musical instruments]] {{Music-stub}}