[TalnSG]

That's an interesting study to embark on. I think you may be right about the high pitch. I notice that Japanese tend have females with much higher pitched voice, where as in western films the preference tend to be for the lower. Just think Marlena Deitrich and Mae West. Both were considered the personification of overtly sexy women and they had deep, sultry, even raspy voices.

Maybe because of the tone of the native languages, the ears are more accustomed to those ranges.

I know that my biggest problem with JPop are the girl groups with the high pitched voices. I can't listen to the for very long. In fact, its the high pitched vocals that also kept me from being a Judas Priest fan, despite really getting into the instrumentals.