The first karaoke machine was invented by Japanese musician Daisuke Inoue in Kobe, Japan in 1971 however Inoue admits to not creating the name “karaoke”. A Japanese entertaining group created the phrase after an orchestra went on strike and a machine was used instead to play the music. “Karaoke” translates to “empty orchestra”.

~Source: https://northeastofnorth.com/neon-karaoke/#:~:text=The%20first%20karaoke%20machine%20was,instead%20to%20play%20the%20music.