Arranged in semi-alphabetical and chronological order by company. Folder pt1 list companies with multiple Vocaloids, while Folder pt2 list companies with one Vocaloid.Please note that Vocaloids have no official personality and vary in every song.
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The Japanese Vocaloids pt 1
Note: All Japanese names are in Japanese order (surname-given name), as this is their formal product name arrangement. For consistency, the names of the providers of the voice banks are in the same format.
AH-Soft
SF-A2 miki*
Her formal name is "SF-A2 Code Name miki", but most people shorten it to this for the sake of brevity.
The eighth Japanese Vocaloid and the first*
Note that she was released at the same time as Yuki and Kiyoteru; however, she was announced first
Vocaloid released by AH-Software (along with the first in their "Vocal Artist" series), Miki was also the first Vocaloid to have a demo CD included with her release (which made many fans think her announcement might be a Troll). She is voiced by Furukawa Miki of Supercar.Fanon portrays her as rather alien, both in personality and in species (since her android markings are very distinctive in contrast to those of the Ridiculously Human Robots seen in the others).
Animal Motifs: Her illustrator has her hoodie pulled up with bear-like ears and a puffball tail here. She's also been depicted with sheep thanks to that same hoodie and ear muffs which you can also see here and here.
Expressive Hair: Fans have speculated that her ahoge changes according to her mood, making her default 'question-mark' mood curiosity. Whether this means she also counts as The Ditz is debatable.
Yuki is notable for being the first "child voice" (she's an elementary student) Vocaloid released. She is distributed by AH-Software and is the ninth (or tenth) Japanese Vocaloid.Fanon portrays her as either an innocent and naïve child, or...quite adventurous and bold.
Age Inappropriate Art: In this cover of Magnet by her and Kiyoteru. Try not to get freaked out by the look on Yuki's face.
Released by AH-Software (but not as a part of the "Vocal Artist" series) and the ninth (or tenth) Japanese Vocaloid, Kiyoteru is explicitly stated to be a math teacher.On weekends, he's the vocalist of a rock band named Ice Mountain with the stage name "Ice Mountain Teru".Fanon portrays him as a strict, Straight Man teacher... although he might have hidden depths...Thanks to an official artbook released by AH Software (details in the Ice Mountain link), he has more official canon info than the other vocaloids.
Asexuality: Never had a relationship with a girl, according to the artbook.
It's no longer a fan speculation, as the official Ice Mountain booklet above describes him as such. However he can't keep them off for too long as it would result in eyestrain.
Trademark Favorite Food: Iced Coffee, or at least what part of the Fandom is trying to nominate (there is an ongoing "Item War" between this and a black folder which Kiyoteru is seen holding in his boxart).
Nekomura Iroha
Released by AH-Software (not in the Vocal Artist series) and the fourteenth Japanese one, she was created in conjunction with Sanrio for their Together with Hello Kitty! video game project. Thus, she was an established character before the Vocaloidification (her character was created by illustrator okama for the video game project.Okama defines her as a "kittyler", or Hello Kitty fangirl. Thus, the fandom follows up on this.
Tomboy: Due to her deep voice, she is portrayed by this.
Some producers are able to subvert this stereotype either by raising her voice (with good tuning) like in Banton Summer Sky, or by making her sing opera like this amazing rendition of Ave Maria (potentially giving the classic style Vocaloids like Prima and Miriam a run for their money).
Vocal Dissonance: Hotly contested (as some believe it doesn't fit her design while others believe it's just tomboyish).
Yuzuki Yukari
AH Software's first Vocaloid 3, Yukari was made in a collaboration with multiple Vocaloid song producers. Released on December 22nd, she has a smooth sounding deep voice. She was also released with the Voiceroid software, where users could have her speak normally.
Animal Motifs: Rabbits. Her hood has bunny ears on it. Plus, the "zuki" in her name means moon.
Codenamed "Mizki" (as a reference to hanamizuki, a type of flower), VY1's announcement and demo files were made in the most mysterious way possible. Eventually it was revealed that it was developed by bplats and was eventually distributed by Yamaha themselves as the twelfth Japanese Vocaloid.Unlike the other Vocaloids, VY1 has no gender or personality, as it is intended to be used as a serious musical product. It is however described as "feminine".Despite being The Faceless, VY1 still crops up in Fanon. Interpretations vary wildly, but the majority are some variation on a teenage girl in a floral kimono. The winning design for the 2011 VocaFes contest follows that.
Like VY1, it was developed by bplats and was eventually distributed by Yamaha. It is the 16th Japanese Vocaloid. It is also given a codename of "Yuma."Also like VY1, VY2 has no gender or personality, as it is intended to be used as a serious musical product. It is however described as "masculine".Despite being The Faceless, VY2 also crops up in Fanon. Interpretations vary wildly, but the majority are of a young man in traditional Japanese attire, usually as a warrior of any kind. Although, the winning design for VY2 in 2011 VocaFes contest◊ strives far away from said description.
Katanas Are Just Better: A wakizashi, technically. Some people in fandom even extend further into the joke and say that it is a katana, or even Gakupo's katana, making both duet in a few songs.
Meiko is the first Japanese Vocaloid to be created, and was released for the original Vocaloid engine. She was released by Crypton Future Media and voiced by Haigou Meiko.Fanon portrays her as enjoying sake and often getting drunk. She likes beating up on Kaito.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Reversed, with the fact that while her "regular" character isn't "evil"...most of the videos portray her as the psychopathic mass-murdering one...
The ones that don't usually have a sort of muted red/brown for her eyes.
She Who Fights Monsters/Pay Evil unto Evil: In Daughter of Vengeance, she leads the rebellion against Rin, who she plans to execute, but upon discovering that Len has pulled a Twin Switch with Rin, she kills him anyway, because he's the only person she (Rin) loves and Meiko wants to make her suffer like she suffered.
Mama Bear / My Beloved Smother: This, when coupled with her violent nature in Fanon, causes her to be portrayed as one or the other in songs or fanfics.
The Danza: Her voice provider is named Meiko Haigo.
The second Japanese Vocaloid, also released for the initial engine. He is distributed by Crypton Future Media and voiced by Fuuga Naoto.Kaito is depicted in Fanon as a silly, happy-go-lucky kind of guy who enjoys eating ice cream; he is constantly attacked by Meiko, the first female Japanese Vocaloid.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: There is a whole nicovideo tag called "Kaito no Honki" (Kaito's seriousness). It contains awesome. Loads and loads of awesome.
The Ditz: Many fan vids portray him as an adorable little fool.
The Pollyanna: As a result, when things get sour, he tries to keep a happy face as long as possible.
That's right, the second. Sweet Ann was first. However, Miku was the first in Japan.
Vocaloid for the Vocaloid2 engine, though the first from Japan, and Japan's third in total. She is voiced by Fujita Saki. Miku was the one who attracted popularity for the Vocaloid engine through some of her Memetic Mutation videos; before then, Vocaloid was nothing more than an obscure music virtual instrument. She is the first in Crypton's Character Vocal series, and thus has a code-name of CV01.A separate release by Crypton, "Miku Append", features six new voice banks recorded by Fujita Saki, "soft," "solid," "dark," "light," "sweet," and "vivid," designed to capture different moods. The original Miku is required to be installed in order to install the Append. Also, an English bank is currently in development.In Fanon she is portrayed as a kindly, cheerful girl, mostly to cater to the Otaku fandom as an "ideal girl". She has a bright, generally-used-for-high-pitch voice, which also has a very large song demographic.
A-Cup Angst: Most notably in one PV of "World is Mine" where she slaps her love interest with a leek for commenting on her breasts.
Anti-Gravity Clothing: Her square ribbons are stated to hold her hair in place without physically touching it.
Character Celebrity Endorsement: She recently starred in Toyota's latest Corolla commercials (for the USA), as a result of Toyota being the main sponsor of her upcoming live concert at Anime Expo 2011 in Los Angeles.
Character Number: 39 (mi-ku). Her concert is 39's Giving Day (March 9), and her Facebook page needed 39,390 likes for her to get an English bank.
Entertainingly, '3-9' can also be read as 'san-kyu', or 'thank you'.
Hotter and Sexier: Her Append boxart has been accused of being oversexualized.
Jack-of-All-Trades: As of her Append upgrade; her six extra voicebanks theoretically should give her the proper tonal qualities to produce most kinds of music now. Append was created in response to user complaints that Miku's voice was too cute and cheery for some of the songs people wanted to make with her.
Leotard of Power: Her Append design is made of this. Would've been taken more literally if she had a Power voicebank.
Mascot: Crypton uses her a lot to promote themselves.
Meaningful Name: 'Hatsune' means 'first sound'; Miku was the first Japanese Vocaloid2 character to be produced.
Panty Shot: Fandom universally has given her striped green panties.
Sleepyhead / Lazy Bum: In a good number of her more humorous songs she talks about how she can't stay awake or complains about working (Triple Baka, Take It Easy and World is Mine come to mind).
She also sings Sloth's song in Mothy's Seven Deadly Sins series.
Spotlight-Stealing Squad: She's one of the most popular out of all the Vocaloids, to the point that some people don't realize other Vocaloids exist.
Many of the others have similar levels of popularity...within the fandom. Non-fans usually only know about Miku. Crypton's mascotization of Miku doesn't help; they have, for example, 40 different collectible Vocaloid phone charms, 29 of which are Mikus. Vocaloid concerts also tend to be about 3/4ths Miku and 1/4th everyone else.
Trademark Favorite Food: Negi/Leek. It came from her cover of the Ievan Polka, in which she discredited the Leekspin meme from Orihime and made it her own. Along with the leeks she also has a fondness for bacon wrapped hotdogs according to the Toyota ads.
Updated Rerelease: Miku Append, where she received an update that consisted of six new voicebanks: Soft, Sweet, Dark, Vivid, Solid, and Light. All of which reflect her moods and gives her more vocal range.
Yandere: Most notably in the song ACUTE, but if she's in a scenario where she loves KAITO and she gets rejected in favor of someone else, there will be pain.
Formally distributed as a package together (officially they are Kagamine Rin/Len), Rin and Len make up the second Japanese Vocaloid to be released for the Vocaloid2 engine and the fourth overall. They are distributed by Crypton Future Media and voiced by Shimoda Asami. They are the second in the Character Vocal series and are thus codenamed CV02.They later received an "ACT2" update voice package with an entirely new set of voices, although whether they're better are up to you. At the time, installing ACT2 required the original Rin/Len installation, but now only the ACT2 is currently being sold and the original is unavailable. In the same vein as Miku, they received an Append—Power, Warm, and Sweet for Rin; Power, Cold, and Serious for Len.In Fanon, Rin is usually portrayed as a somewhat cruel Genki Girl and Len as a cute boy.Debating on whether they are mirror images or twins will cause Internet Backdraft, as Crypton once described them as opposite sides of a mirror ("kagami" meaning "mirror"), but later changed it back to twins. Eventually they just took back both definitions and left it hanging to anyone's interpretation.
Big Brother Instinct / I Will Protect Her: While Rin is usually depicted as the older of the two, Len is usually portrayed as being very protective of her (Servant of Evil and Kaito ga Uninstall for example). This is usually what leads to his death.
Bishounen: Whenever Len's drawn to look older than a young teenager, he's this.
Butt Monkey: Often Len, but not nearly on the same par as Kaito.
Casanova: Len in "Spice!"...but according to many FanVids, his true love is the equally manipulative Rin.
Fan Nickname: Quite a few fans have started using the nickname "Lenny" for Len, due to the number of PVs in which he dies.
In the Japanese fandom, Len tends to be called Ikelen (meaning Cool Len), whenever he's portrayed as cool or badass, which probably originated from his song Ikelenka.
Whenever his Casanova side comes to the fore, he's tagged as Maselen (Mature Len).
Sibling Yin-Yang: Songs usually describe Rin as outgoing, Tsundere, selfish, stubborn and/or plucky; Len is usually portrayed as intelligent, sensitive, cute, and/or serious. Their Appends stretched this further.
She's Got Legs: Rin's shorts are minuscule. Some fan artists elongate her shorts for dignity, as a result.
Project Diva 2 has proven that Len doesn't have bad looking legs either...
Villain Protagonist: They tend to be this in the darker songs. Usually, it's Rin (Evil series, Fear Garden and Thirteen Year Old Killer) but Len has played this role in The Riddle Solver Who Couldn't Solve Riddles, Spice! and Psychotic Love Song and both of them have played this in Trick and Treat.
Luka is the sixth Japanese Vocaloid and released by Crypton Future Media. Notable in that 1) she's actually given a Canon personality as "cool, somewhat mysterious", 2) she has both a Japanese and heavily accented English voicebank and 3) her given "age", 20, is significantly older than that of Miku's (16) and Rin/Len's (14). She is voiced by Asakawa Yuu.As the third in Crypton's "Character Vocal" series, she is codenamed CV03.Fanon portrays her just as her official profile says: The Stoic. Although...Not So Stoic tends to creep in.
Only Sane Man: Again, just a common interpretation to Meiko's drunken Bottle Fairy, Kaito's ditzy Pollyanna, Miku's Mary Sue, etc. it seems she's the most calm-headed of them.
Victoria's Secret Compartment: Hides a fork in her bra in the PV for "Go Google It" — which she uses to stab Gakupo in the hand.
Zettai Ryouiki: A sort of variation—her stockings do go past her skirt, but you can see it anyway because there is a slit in it.
Internet Co. Ltd.
Kamui Gakupo /Gackpoid*
His formal product name is "Gackpoid", but he is given an official character name of Kamui Gakupo.
The fifth Japanese Vocaloid and the first to be distributed by Internet Co., Ltd. rather than Crypton. His outfit is based on that of a samurai. He was designed by Kentaro Miura (the creator of Berserk) and is voiced by Gackt. Yes, that Gackt.Fanon portrays him as somewhat goofy.
Author Avatar: A variation; Gakupo is said to be "an extension of Gackt's persona".
Defictionalization: Gackt held a Vocaloid contest in Nico Nico Douga where he will play the winning song made using Gackpoid. The winning song was Episode 0, and then Gackt sang it himself and made a PV in which he cosplayed as Gakupo, here.
Her formal product name is "Megpoid", but she is given an official character name of GUMI.
The seventh Japanese Vocaloid and released by Internet Co., Ltd., Gumi had a design heavily based off Ranka Lee due to the fact that her voicer, Megumi Nakajima, was Ranka's seiyuu.Notably, she is given a Fanon personality more grounded in normality, since while she is a Plucky Girl, she doesn't quite reach into Genki Girl.In the vein of Crypton Vocaloids' Appends, she also gets a voicebank update to be released in Vocaloid3 engine, which was named "Megpoid Extend", but is now officially "Vocaloid3 Megpoid" a notable acknowledge to her product name.
Bare Your Midriff: A variation in her standard costume, her shirt is very transparent for her navel to be visible. Played straight in her Vocaloid3 costumes.
Did Not Get the Guy: An alarming number of her most popular songs have her romantic relationships just not working out. They usually end in a bittersweet way at best or tragically at worst.
Jack-of-All-Trades: Her various new Vocaloid 3 voicebanks, which can be purchased as a bundle (except her "Native" voicebank, see below), give her quite a bit of versatility.
Lady in Red: She dons a red kimono in a portion of the PV of The Last Revolver.
Meganekko: sometimes in Fanon portrayal, it's more likely a representation of her goggles.
Nonstandard Character Design: Just as Gakupo's design was done by a famous mangaka, GUMI got this treatment as well — hers was done by Masami Yuuki, the creator of Birdy the Mighty.
This is because she wears orange clothes and has green hair...right?
Updated Rerelease: Her Vocaloid 3 "Native" voicebank, which is basically a Vocaloid 3 version of her original Vocaloid 2 voicebank (which is now out of print).
Underboobs: What her Vocaloid3 attires are most notable of. No, really.
Lily is the eleventh Japanese Vocaloid and is distributed by Internet Co., Ltd. (Note that she was not actually done by Internet; she was made by Avex Co.) Lily's design was actually utilized pre-Vocaloidification as an anime image for Matsuda Yuri, vocalist of band m.o.v.e., who provided her voice bank. Coincidentally, said design happened to be by KEI, designer of the Crypton Character Vocal Series Vocaloids.Fanon portrays her as a punk girl with an "outgoing" personality.She was advertised with an animated movie, "Schwarzgazer", depicting her and her companion "Mosh" as secretly fighting a mysterious dark "virus" force that they must combat with their music. Failure to produce music results in weakness, which almost deletes Lily and Mosh before a nearby music producer, Yakuto, saves them by supplying them with music. So does that make Lily a sort of undercover superhero?
Tattooed Crook: To emphasis her 'punk girl' imagery, she has some on her left wrist and her lower back that extends to both side of her waist. Fan artists tend to miss this one feature of hers because her clothes (if you can call those clothes) are often cover them.
Tsundere / Jerk with a Heart of Gold: General consensus is that Lily is a kind of person who can be cold and openly bad-mouthing someone's attributes but also compassionate and sensitive of other's plight, especially if it's involving the Internet Co.'s Vocaloids.
His formal product name is "Gachapoid", but he is given an official character name of Ryuto.
Based off the Japanese franchise character Gachapin, Gachapoid is distributed by Internet Co. Ltd. as the thirteenth Japanese Vocaloid. He is designed to appeal to young producers.
Another upcoming Vocaloid from Vocaloid 3 engine, she was an avatar of VY1 (see its section above). As the Mascot of VOCALO Revolution, she was designed to help promote the growing Vocaloid culture, aiming to rise awareness and the acceptance of this culture. That's before Internet Co. Ltd, on June 8, 2011, adopted her design to become a new Vocaloid.She was released in 21th December 2011, along with Oliver and Yukari. She's voiced by Eri Kitamura.
Hotter and Sexier: The only explanation for why she feels to wear a garterbelt over some very short shorts to hold up her stockings in her redesign. Her low-cut, cropped halter top also adds to this. For some reason she also has a Badass Longcoat though.
Galaco is a limited voicebank offered exclusively in the Vocaloid Shop competition. She was first introduced in the PV of galaxias! of the band of the same name, and voiced by Kou Shibasaki. So far, a demo has been released.
Early-Bird Cameo: In a similar way to Tone Rion below, she first made appearances in merchandises in Vocaloid Store, but censored.
Multicolored Hair: Along with the blond and brunette long hair, she has multicolored bangs as well.
Yamaha
Hibiki Lui / Ring Suzune
01R Ring Suzune and 01L Lui Hibiki were announced the ending of May 2011. They are the result of a contest called "Everyone's Vocaloid project", which was sponsored by Yamaha. The contest called for fans to create an original Vocaloid characters for the upcoming Vocaloid3 engine (as it was later revealed).Upon presenting the winning characters, they went through an unexpected makeover. Upon seeing how drastically different the official designs were to the original artist renders, the fandom reaction was a mix of disappointment and occasional approvals.The original names of the characters were Suzunone Ringu and Lui.They're now managed by Vocanext.
Ambiguous Gender: Lui, combine that with visibly curly lashes and high cut shorts. In addition to the profile description "Easily mistaken for a girl because of his graceful manners...", and you're all set.
Meaningful Name: Take into account that Ring's original design had a theme that consisted of rings, in particular the ones that use to hover around her ankles. When it comes to translating her original last name, "Bell Sound, Ring".
Similar to the Kagamines, Ring and Lui's official title names stand for "Right and Left".
Nice Shoes: Lui's official design, transparent boots with a silver heel.
Rapunzel Hair: Ring (as well as her original design) is usually depicted with hair to her ankles.
As Suzunone it was her boots that gave this effect.
Mew
A Vocaloid made by Yamaha, she is so far one of the 2 starter vocals offered for the Vocaloid 3 software, other than VY1 above. Her voice provider is Miu Sakamoto. The cat depicted in her artwork is based off of Miu's own cat, Sabami.Her full design is here◊; the design is made by a Japanese artist "Otaniryuji".
Animal Motifs: Cat, or felines in general. Her shoe even has a bell collar on it.
Note: All Japanese names are in Japanese order (surname-given name), as this is their formal product name arrangement. For consistency, the names of the providers of the voice banks are in the same format.
Exit Tunes
Mayu
The first Vocaloid devloped by Exit Tunes, Mayu is a Yandere influenced Vocaloid. Not much else is known about her at this time.
Released by Ki/oon, a subsidary of Sony (yes, thatSony), as the fifteenth Japanese Vocaloid and the first one by Sony. The voicebank was recorded by the Nico Nico Douga singer Piko, hence the name - this makes Piko somewhat of a Promoted Fanboy. The design is based on an electric guitar (complete with a power cord).The voice data is male but has a feminine voice; however, gender factors can easily set to make it more masculine.
Ambiguous Gender: Piko's voice can be either masculine or feminine.
He often gets paired up with Miki because of this.
Meaningful Name: "Utatane" means "sound of singer". His voice actor is Piko, an actual singer.
Mismatched Eyes: Green and blue. Some fanarts tend to not notice this.
Ridiculously Human Robots: Downplayed - he looks more robotic than most other designs, looking from his unusual headphones, his eyes, and especially his USB tail.
Yet another new Vocaloid, she is the mascot of Lawson, Inc. Unlike other vocaloids, she is not intended for public sale, and is only used for private commercial purposes by Lawson.
A Vocaloid for the third engine. Her brief backstory states that she is 16 years old and was born in 2095, she is good at singing and dancing. Rion preforms on the "Dear Stage" (ディアステージ) located in future Akihabara set 100 years from the current. She has her own website and had eight demo songs (example here) before her release on 16 December 2011. She's designed by a famous character designer Akio Watanabe.
Another vocaloid using the Vocaloid 3 engine, released on April 6, 2012. Her style of music is known as "lifestyle", and that she will be targeted towards casual Vocaloid users. The project leaders, comprising of the Surfer's Paradise search engine, the anime studio Studio Deen, and Nico Nico Douga, sent out a call for NicoNico users to "audition" by submitting a song they believed would suit Lapis, with a chance to become her actual voice. The role of her seiyuu was eventually awarded to an Utatte-mita singer*
Utattemita is a category on NND used by people performing covers of various songs
named Eguchi Nako.She has at least two demos so far, which can be viewed here and here. Since her commercial release she's had an explosion of cover songs, most of them quite well made.
The first Vocaloid produced by 1st Place, IA is voiced by singer Lia. She is described on her official site as IA -ARIA ON THE PLANETES- and was released on January 27th, 2012. Her demo song was a cover of Lia's Tori no Uta.
Cloudcuckoolander: Her basic personality is that of a dreamer, and she is often portrayed in fan art and PVs with a distant look on her face. Her songs also give this impression.
The fourth English Vocaloid, the first Vocaloid released by PowerFX, and the first Vocaloid released for the Vocaloid2 engine*
although not in Japan, where Miku was first
, Sweet Ann is voiced by an Australian singer under the stage name of "Jody".Fanon portrays her as an elegant woman. She is often made fun of for the stitches on her neck (PowerFX is fond of making "monster" Vocaloids) and the fact that the lighting on her boxart makes her look like she got a bad fake tan.
Blue Eyes: More obvious with her E-capsule design, while her original is more of a green with a blue tint.
Phenotype Stereotype: Even in Taiwan, Sweet Ann can not escape being portrayed as a blond-haired blue eyed American cowgirl by some means. This continues despite the fact that her origins are Swedish.
Since Big-Al was announced years before his actual release due to complications with recording the voice bank, for a while he was the Duke Nukem Forever of the Vocaloid community. However, he was eventually released with a voice bank provided by PowerFX staff Frank Sanderson and a more Animesque design (his original artwork, done in the style of Sweet Ann's, was often regarded as Nightmare Fuel) as the seventh English Vocaloid.Fanon portrays him as a goofy Adult Child.
Adult Child: Let's see. Two of his songs focus on childhood, one of them is an acid trip that could be easily shrugged off as a chid playing pretend, and several are about things that he has a childlike obsession towards. It seems people like this.
Megane: E-capsule Big Al sports a pair of white glasses.
Rated M for Manly: His original voice is ridiculously deep and rumbly. The fandom had been aching for a deep-voiced male vocaloid for ages, so they latched this trope onto him and never let it go.
His final voice isn't quite as deep, but is still much deeper than the other male vocaloids.
Announced on October 15, 2011. Oliver is the name of the PowerFX's new Vocaloid3, made in collaboration with the new American Vocaloid company VocaTone, which notably consists of passionate Vocaloid fans.Early fan supporters couldn't be deterred from making art based on him, even before any details of his design were revealed. VocaTone did release a silhouette of him◊ ahead of time, which helped considerably.On November 12, 2011, threedemos and his official artwork were released. Additional demos continued to appear until Oliver made his actual debut on December 21, 2011.
A Boy And His Bird: He's often depicted this way the the bird featured on the boxart.
Bandage Boy: He has bandages covering his feet and left eye. The artist noted that it's to substitute the stitches in the previous PowerFX characters.
Sure, Why Not?/Throw It In: Oliver's bird has no official name, but a number of fans decided to call him James, and the name stuck — to the extent that even the VocaTone staff have begun using it.
Zero-G
Leon
The first Vocaloid (alongside Lola) - ever - and the first male English Vocaloid. He was released by Zero-G and runs under the original Vocaloid engine.Fanon portrays him as a Butt Monkey.
Butt Monkey: Half of his tiny fandom tends to abuse him and his image to hell and back. Luckily the other half draws him as an extremely pretty blonde◊, even if he still falls under The Ditz.
Irony: He was one of the first ever Vocaloids, and yet he gets the least amount of recognition (and fanart). Supposedly, he's blonde...He could qualify for The Woobie status if he wanted to.
Ted Baxter: When portrayed as his pretty image, he demonstrates traits of this.
Released at the same time and by the same company as Leon, Lola is the first female Vocaloid. She also runs under the initial Vocaloid engine.She has the unfortunate distinction of having an extremely low voice, almost masculine. Fanon portrays her as a Genki Girl.
But Not Too Black: Some of her best songs feature a black woman, yet even more of them go for an identical-twin look with Leon's blond persona, and still others portray her as a pale woman with black hair. No one can decide which is 'canon'.
Hatedom: The Western average singing pitch is much deeper than the Japanese. Lola's voice, while still feminine, is deeper than Leon's. She can't extend out of her main techno skill without being assaulted by walls of negative comments.
Even for Westerners, her voice is low...Leon and Lola's Japanese cover of "magnet" has the potential to leave the listener in confusion over which one's supposed to be the female. Their English cover of magnet luckily avoids this.
The third English Vocaloid and the first to reveal the provider of the voice bank. She is distributed by Zero-G, is voiced by Miriam Stockley, and is the last English Vocaloid to be released under the first engine.Fanon portrays her as The Stoic or as a Shrinking Violet.
White-Haired Pretty Girl: Her hair varies from silver to white to platinum blond in art depictions.
Prima
The first Vocaloid2-engine Vocaloid by Zero-G and the fifth English Vocaloid, Prima is built almost entirely for opera songs. Thus, she sings with deep vowels and rolls her consonants.Fanon portrays her as a classy, rich woman, although software pirates tend to think of her as a Yandere since she sometimes kills illegal versions of the software.
Unusual Ears: E-capsule Prima sports a pair of headphones with pointing speaker ears. No one is quite sure if they are Fox ears, Cat ears or Wolf ears. Though the most popular assumption is fox.
Vocal Dissonance: Much like the popular teenager design spawned from the Japanese fandom, E-capsule Prima was designed to appear as a young female (18 in fact). In the Western fandom such portrayals are criticized as some believe it doesn't fit her voice.
Yandere: She's portrayed as one by the Western fandom, mainly those who tried to pirate her and the software with a wrong cracking code, making it unusable; they interpreted it as Prima being yandere and taking everybody with her.
Sonika
The sixth English Vocaloid, Sonika is essentially Zero-G's attempt at imitating the Japanese Vocaloids by invoking Animesque. Thus, Sonika was advertised with height/age/weight measurements along with katakana on her arm, and was advertised as being able to "sing any language" (since she's not as restricted to phonetics as other voice banks), and is essentially Zero-G's mascot, even with a full-blown personality and Twitter profile. This... backfired. She was criticized for having terrible pronunciation and being a badly-attempted sleight at marketing. Eventually, people warmed up, but she'll Never Live It Down.She has two boxarts, the first being a CGI render and the second being done by an artist on deviantART.As such, in Fanon, she is portrayed as a weeaboo, with a cheerful personality.
Absolute Cleavage: E-capsule Sonika, surprisingly less subtle than her second design.
Idiot Hair: After Sonika's original box art included a loose strand of hair, several artists tend to exaggerate this (though still to a realistic degree). This was eventually exaggerated in her second boxart.
Kaleidoscope Hair: Her green hair is able to change color according to her Twitter messages.
Master of None: Though her voice is average at best and often unintelligible, she's less restricted by phonetics and syllables than other Vocaloids, making it easier for her to sing in other languages.
Tonio was released by Zero-G as the eighth English Vocaloid; while his initial release was delayed and people thought it would go to Big-Al status, Tonio was eventually released after a few months. He is meant to be an opera singer as a partner to Prima.Fanon portrays him like Prima: classy and rich.
Blue Eyes: E-capsule Tonio, while his standard eye color is considered hazel or brown.
Classically Trained Extra: Like Prima, he is not used for opera. Some of his most famous songs are Lady Gaga covers.
Tuxedo and Martini: Even Sonika claims a martini to be his character item!
Vocaloids in more languages
SBS Artech
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The first Korean Vocaloid, released by SBS Artech. Character design by manhwa artist Kkuem. Voiced by real-life Korean Idol Singer Kim (also known as Kim Tahi, Dahi, Dahee).A leaked early demo can be found here, which was praised for its humanlike realism. It should be noted, though, that Kim Tahi also sings in the background for said demo. Her first official demo, 'RUN', was released 22 September 2011; and was brought her back to the forefront in "Never Let You Go" .
Cat Girl: No tail in evidence, but her costume includes a pair of cat-ear-shaped speakers mounted on her head, and her standard facial expression is a Cat Smile.
The first pair of Spanish Vocaloids on the Vocaloid3 engine. The old character design by Raimon Benach was used in their first visual demo video "Juntos Tú y Yo". The current design is by artist "Rumple".
Mo Qingxian, Zhiyu Moke, Luo Tianyi, Yuezheng Ling, Yuezheng Longya
The winning entries of the "Vocaloid China project".Note: There is only one confirmed Vocaloid presented, Luo Tianyi, who was the top winning entry for the project. The other four are in a unknown status, however, they are a part of the project.
Alien Among Us: Tianyi's official profile states that she was summoned to earth with an important mission, and arrived in the guise of a Vocaloid.
Ambiguous Gender: Moke, his official profile states that he is often mistaken for a girl. And though he dislikes it, it is rumored he once cosplayed as a girl during a cosplay convention.
Ill Girl: Qingxian was born with 'bad health' that made her quite slow in reaction.
Meaningful Rename: Their original names to a degree, while their renames stand out more.
Luo Tianyi - "Luo" last name of the goddess of music, Luoshen. "Tian" means Tianlai, the sound of nature (to describe a beautiful voice), "Yi" is short for "Yiren" that means fair lady in ancient Chinese.
Shrinking Violet: Moke is said to not talk much, and is a quiet boy. He smiles at everyone, but can be frank. And he has a dislike of being alone, though he does have close friends who know he's an Otaku.
Starfish Language: Tianyi knows nothing about human language, so she can only sing to express her feelings.
Tall, Dark and Bishoujo: Qingxian, her official profile states that she is quite popular; cool, stable, and good-looking. She's so mysterious that some people fear her.
The Empath: Tianyi can feel and read the hidden songs in a human mind. She can also turn the repeating thoughts of a person, into a song.
The Fashionista: Qingxian, her outfits are described as fashionable.
Trademark Favorite Food: Yayin's (presently Tianyi) favorite food is haw apple, and Tanghulu made by haw apple.
Yamato Nadeshiko: Qingxian, her behavior is regarded as being a 'traditional lady'. She likes ancient books, poems, understand Tao, and likes traditional Chinese instruments. She is also generous and kind towards others.
Zettai Ryouiki: Ling and Tianyi... at least with one leg each.
Ascended Fan Derivatives
Fanmade derivatives of existing Vocaloids, who have gained official recognition as memes from Crypton themselves; two of them, Neru and Haku, made cameos in the spinoff manga and games.
Yowane Haku
Haku is a depressed counterpart of Miku, created by those who cannot use Miku properly. She is usually off-key when she sings (although sometimes she produces nice songs), and envies Miku's voice, to the point where she drinks. A lot.
Hidden Depths: Despite her concept as not being as good a singer as Miku, she's often portrayed as being good at other things, such as playing musical instruments (especially the piano, and also the guitar).
Jiggle Physics: Her model in Miku Miku Dance is the first officially released one that does this.
The Voiceless: In Project DIVA, being a fan-created Vocaloid, Haku had no voice. Averted in Project DIVA 2nd, where (like everyone else), she has her own celebration dialogue when completing a song.
Haku's voice in Project DIVA 2nd seems to be a deeper, more reserved-sounding Miku.
Neru is another counterpart of Miku, made by people who make Miku's pitch too high. It is said she represents those who are too lazy and impatient to use Vocaloid correctly and give up half way through, which is indicated by Neru's Tsundere nature. Her origin can also be explained as a personification of Trolling.Her voice is usually an edit of Miku's, but can also come from Rin's, depending on the editor.
Cell Phone: Neru is often shown holding or texting on a cell phone, usually yellow.
A chibified version of Miku, created especially for her Leekspin video and helping to push her (and arguably, Vocaloids as a whole) into the mainstream.
Ascended Meme - As in literally ascended. 3 figurines of her were launched in a rocket from Black Rock, Nevada.
Meaning "Octopus Luka", this is Luka's disembodied head with her hair turned into pink tentacles. She somewhat resembles the yukkuris associated with Touhou, but shouldn't be confused with them.
Body Horror: One piece of fanart suggests that TakoLuka's eyes are actually anuses.Eww!
Head Pet: Her Nendoroid figurine is designed to rest on top of a Luka nendo.
Prequel: "Sakine" means "preceding sound", as in preceding Miku *
and technically also Kaito
. Also, her official setting is "the Meiko who came into music trend in the age of 16".
Calne Ca
A rather disturbing original character created by Deino starring in his PV Machine Muzik. She is sometimes also called Karune Ca. Calne Ca's body is humanoid, but her face has a clearly cybernetic red eye and finger-like appendages in place of a lower jaw, her right arm is mechanical and clawed, her left arm is skeletal, and her legs are also mechanical and oddly twisted. She runs on batteries and requires a robotic companion to occasionally replace them (humorously and disturbingly at once, her batteries are located under her skirt). Calne Ca is usually seen wearing an outfit resembling Miku Hatsune's.She is closely associated with insects and other crawling critters, such as wharf roaches and cockroaches. The world of Calne Ca is full of grotesque and deathly imagery.Deino has also created another similar character named Calcium, who apparently shares the same "endoskeleton" as Calne Ca. Calcium appears in a PV for DJ Technorch's Ataraxia and appears similar in appearance to Calne, but with red eyes and more normal-looking robotic limbs as opposed to Calne's wierd appendages.
Dem Bones: the base form of Calne Ca is a mechanized skeleton. The stuff that makes her look even remotely human is additions.
Associated with her is a skull with a cybernetic eye walking on 4 mechanical legs.
Killer Robot: even though Deino has insisted that "she is not a brutal character", she definitely has that vibe going.
Losing Your Head: has been seen at least once with her head detached and walking on the floor on its finger-appendages.
Smoking Is Cool: Fanart sometimes makes his smoking this way, but the original conception of this character is meant to be like Yowane Haku. In other words, his voice doesn't sound as good because he smokes, which could be considered an aversion.
The Immodest Orgasm: Her voice was designed to sound ridiculously suggestive; as a result, it's hard to create a song for her that doesn't resemble Donna Summer's background "vocals" in "Love To Love You Baby".
Meaningful Name: "Akume" is a Japanese slang term for orgasm, and if you've watched any hentai at all you know full well what "Iku" means.