Aibo, Japan's Beatboxing Princess, with and without cats (video)

Aibo is a skilled beatboxer from Japan.

Here's her YouTube channel, and you can follow her on Twitter. Above, a little video featuring her work from MyISH.

The MyISH folks tell us she's "a friend/protege" of fellow Japanese beatboxer Hikakin, who was recently featured here on Boing Boing.

I approve, and most of all I approve of her collaboration with a cat named Nao (below).

(thanks, Jeff Kunken!)

• [AbdulAlhazred]

  Cue charges of animal abuse in the comments..

• [Snig]

  I love how cats so easily convey the expression of:   “What Fresh Hell is This?”

• [Nicky G]

  that is one seriously nonplussed cat

  • [Assault_is_eternal]

    The cat looks like Hitler.  I’m not joking.

• [Rob Gehrke]

  “What is it?”
  “Sir, it’s the Cute circuits – they’re overloading!”
  “Cue the baseball game, quick”
  “It’s too late, sir – we’re done”

• [Robert Baruch]

  Now we just plug in the Nao beatbox to the boxcat Maru.

  • [oasisob1]

    And now you will have round beatbox kittens. Boxbeat kittens? Maru – round, Nao – now? Nao? NaoMaru – streetfighting cat?

• [wrybread]

  That cat video is some high quality ridiculousness.

• [Mr. Winka]

  Play it, don’t spray it!

• [Wayne Dyer]

  Patient, but annoyed cat is patient, but annoyed.

• [Mr_Smooth]

  I only liked the cat one.

  Training a cat to make those noises is a lot more impressive than doing it yourself.

• [Antinous / Moderator]

  If I were her, I’d be turning my shoes upside down before slipping into them.

• [teapot]

  It’s hard to take someone seriously when they name themselves Aibo. She’s not bad though… pity her ‘dubstep’ switches tempo several times – regular tempo is what really sets a beatboxer apart from the competition.

  If you’re talking Japanese beatbox you can’t go past Afra. You’ve seen the rest – now see the best:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO8R9vnFpFM 
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7K7xG-npVA

• [DJ Awesome]

  Hahaha!  Xeni has gone off the deep end.  I laughed, but she is not talented. 

  • [Mister44]

    I dunno – I don’t like the dubstep vibe as much, but I thought she wasn’t half bad.

• [Hanglyman]

  I can haz Nao nao?