It only takes seconds of an Ado performance to grasp the hold the Japanese singer has over her adoring fans in the crowd.

The 22-year-old singer – who actually refers to herself as an “Utaite,” a Japanese word for a typically amateur singer who uses an avatar to post song covers online – shot to the top of music charts in her home country when she was just a teenager. She’s performed at Japan’s National Stadium, which holds over 60,000 fans. Despite Ado’s overwhelming fame, even her biggest fan wouldn’t be able to pick her out of a crowd.

Ado, keeping in line with the cultural norm for Utaite singers, has never revealed her identity, instead using an anime character-like avatar online. In person, during one of her heart-pounding and thrilling concerts, the singer performs in the “Ado b

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