Calorie Mate" becomes "Study Mate" in a project to support students preparing for exams! Character voices are provided by Riki Honda and Yuichi Nakamura!

The "Little Nutritionist" character from the popular "Calorie Mate" commercials will be offered as an Amazon Alexa Skill called "Study Mate," equipped with functions useful for studying, such as time keeping and recording study time. It was also announced that the character voices will be provided by Riki Honda for the cheese flavor and Yuichi Nakamura for the chocolate flavor.

Calorie Mate, which was launched in April 1983, is a "balanced nutrition food" sold by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. that contains a good balance of the five major nutrients (protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals) necessary for the body and supports the eating habits of modern people with their diverse lifestyles. This popular product is an easy way to supplement nutrition at any time of the day, such as breakfast, during sports, or while studying or working.

This time, the Amazon Alexa Skill "Study Mate" compatible with a series of smart speakers including the Amazon Echo Spot, a smart speaker with a screen, is an exam support project for the balanced nutrition food "Calorie Mate" that can easily provide the five major nutrients necessary for the human body in good balance, The service was launched today, Monday, December 17, 2018.

Study Mate" is an Amazon Alexa Skill and smartphone app that supports communication between hardworking students and their families.
The popular Calorie Mate commercial character "Little Nutritionist" appears on the Amazon Echo Spot screen to help students concentrate on their studies. At the start of studying, open "Study Mate" with the Amazon Alexa skill and tell the "little nutritionist" how long you want to study, and it will start keeping time. The screen will display a video of the study room according to the study time you have told it, providing an environment where you can concentrate by experiencing the feeling as if you are studying along with the students around you.
In addition, by selecting the "exam room" mode, you can experience the realistic feeling of taking the exam in the exam room even at home. At the end of study time, you will receive a comment from the "little nutritionist". The different message each time will be a part of the fun.

In addition, daily study time is recorded on the smartphone linked to the app, so you can see how much you have studied on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. In addition, by linking the app to the smartphones of family members, not only will they be notified by push notification when it is time to start studying, but they can also select messages to send to their children. The family members can also choose to send messages to their children, and they can receive messages from their family members when they have reached the end of their studies.

Study Mate" is a new service that supports communication between students who want to concentrate on their studies at home and their families through a variety of functions. The cheese flavor is voiced by actor and voice actor Riki Honda and the chocolate flavor by voice actor Yuichi Nakamura.
A video showing how to use "Study Mate" featuring the "Little Nutritionist" was released today, December 17 (Mon.), and we encourage you to watch it.

Outline of the project
■ "Study Mate
Launch date: December 17 (Monday)
Recommended environment: iOS 10 or later, Android 5 or later
Contact: [email protected]

＜Features of "Study Mate
1) A "little nutritionist" acts as a timekeeper to support you!
When you tell Amazon Echo Spot how long you want to study, it will keep time for you.
There are three modes for setting time: "30 minutes," "60 minutes," and "90 minutes.
The screen shows a scene from the study room, allowing you to study in an atmosphere as if you were in the study room.
In addition to the normal study mode, there is also an "exam room" mode. When you say the word "exam", the screen will display a scene of the exam room, allowing you to study as if you were in the exam room.

You can see at a glance how much effort you have put in!　Record your study time!
By linking with a smartphone application, you can record your study time.
You can see how much you have studied each day, week, and month.

(3) Notify your family of your study time with push notifications!　You can tell them the time you want to concentrate!
By linking with family members' smartphones, push notifications will inform them of the time you want to concentrate. There is also a function to keep messages from family members until the end of the study period.

*This Alexa skill is also available on the voice version of Amazon Echo without a screen. Only the environmental sounds of the study room or exam room will be played, not video.

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