歌い手, utaite) A Japanese term for people who cover previously released songs and post them on Nico
Nico Douga under the utattemita category. The term "utaite" is unique to Nico
Nico Douga singers, making it different from "kashu" (歌手 kashu), which means "singer" in general.Generally, utaite do cover songs for Vocaloid original songs,
anime and game related songs, and
J-Pops. They also do parodies with different lyrics for popular songs, intended for amusement