History Music / HatsuneMiku

! Tropes Associated with Hatsune Miku:

* GirlyBruiser: Is portrayed as such in the song "Assassin Princess", being a powerful assassinn whilst also retaining her default feminine looks and attire. She even wears a [[CoolCrown tiara]](as befitting her codename, "[[HonoraryPrincess Princess]]"), and her lipstick tubes double as explosive bullets!

** Her Append boxart has been accused of being oversexualized.

As of 2020, Miku (alongside her other Crypton friends) has shifted away from her VOCALOID roots and is now part of a new product line called "NT (Newtype)", a voice synthesis software developed by Crypton Future Media (in collaboration with Yamaha) running on their proprietary Piapro Studio engine. ''NT'' was created in response to Yamaha's [=VOCALOID5=] software aiming for more realistic voice synthesis; ''NT'' is designed expressly to preserve the mechanical/robotic qualities of their original voice banks (ironically by using physical modeling instead of sampling) that gave them a unique sound during the height of VOCALOID popularity. In addition to running on proprietary software, ''NT'' is designed to be compatible with post-launch updates, giving its developers the opportunity to respond to feedback and improve the engine and voice synthesis even after launch, which is not supported by VOCALOID. ''Hatsune Miku NT'' was released to the public on November 27th, 2020, and the video game ''VideoGame/ProjectSekai'' [[TechDemoGame serves to demonstrate the use of the software.]]

For tropes specific to her (fictional) depictions in ''Project SEKAI'', see [[Characters/ProjectSekai the respective character page]].

* FlatCharacter: The official stance on her character is this, as a lack of defined character traits promotes flexibility with using her image in various songs. The {{Licensed Game}}s play with this, with ''Project DIVA X'' and ''VideoGame/ProjectSekai'' giving her the closest to an actual characterization for an officially licensed product. ''X'' does take care to mention that her characterization in the game in no way represents her actual character, however, and in ''SEKAI'' her "base" appearance is about as generic as you can possibly get while her SEKAI variations are explicitly {{Interpretative Character}}s. Aside from that, the only clearly defined elements of Miku's character are as follows:

* GenkiGirl: Her base portrayal in ''Project DIVA 2nd'' and ''Project SEKAI''.

* IdolSinger: At times she's depicted as this in media. In ''Project SEKAI'', one of her SEKAI variations is actually one.

** This trend continues on in the mobile RhythmGame ''VideoGame/ProjectSEKAI Colorful Stage ft. Hatsune Miku''. As the title implies, Miku gets top billing among all the Virtual Singers and generally gets treated better. To list a few of her accomplishments, the game's roster is comprised of mostly Miku songs, she's the most likely Virtual Singer to be used in covers and [=3DMV=]'s, and her appearance is the only one to change significantly across SEKAI (The other Virtual Singers only change clothes), and she's the driving force behind everything, among other things... WordOfGod has even gone on to admit that while they do want to balance things for all of the Virtual Singers, they were influenced by the fact that, well, she's Miku, so it only makes sense to give her the most focus. That said, she does still have to fight for screentime as a character with the OriginalGeneration, who the game primarily focuses on.

%%** Averted in ''VideoGame/ProjectSekai'', which uses Saki Fujita's voice but heavily modified to sound like Miku instead of herself.

** ''VideoGame/ProjectSekai'' has also added her to their game as a mascot costume primarily worn by Miku. A KAITO version is said to exist within the game's universe as well. Additionally, Nene-robo is a singing robot that is modeled after a "-dayo" version of the original character Nene Kusanagi.

* OutOfFocus: While the Crypton group will sometimes get Snow designs to go alongside Miku's for sub-visuals, they don't appear in the event songs or get much promotion. The closest they've gotten to anything significant being done with these designs was their Snow Miku 2022 designs becoming limited costumes for them in ''VideoGame/ProjectSEKAI''.

* TheCameo: While never appearing in the game proper, "she" cameos in [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1658184596837720.jpg two]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1658181708195921.jpg separate]] promotional images for the video game ''VideoGame/ProjectSEKAI'' prior to its release.

* {{Crossover}}: Sometimes, Miku will make appearances in other properties without the other Cryptons being along for the ride, such as her appearances in ''Franchise/LoveLive'' and ''VideoGame/BangDreamGirlsBandParty'' among many, many others. The ''Love Live'' crossover even has a song, "BANZAI! digital trippers" which is Aqours featuring Miku. Project Voltage, a collaboration with ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' depicts Miku as a different-type Pokémon trainer with her Pokémon being music-based ones such as Rillaboom and Flygon, though the Fighting-type trainer shows her with Sirfetch'd due to both Hatsune Miku and Sirfetch'd being associtated with leeks. Each type also comes with its own song by a different composer.

** In Videogame/SuperRobotWarsUX, Miku provides the vocal data for [[Videogame/VirtualOn Fei Yen HD]].
** In an interesting case, Miku voiced a ''younger incarnation of herself'' in Anime/ShinkansenHenkeiRoboShinkalion.
** In [[Manga/DropkickOnMyDevil Jashin Dropkick X]], her Newtype voicebank is used to voice, literally, herself.[[note]]This is one of her few scripted cameos completely voiced by Miku's voicebank.[[/note]]

* {{Engrish}}: Happened frequently when her Japanese voicebank was used to try and create English lyrics or words. Also happened in some commercial appearances where her English lines were scripted in katakana. It's far less common now since the English voicebank has been released.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPYnlxsieZ8 This commercial]] for Lux shampoo (yes, a virtual character with turquoise hair did a shampoo commercial) features a noticeably older, straight-haired Miku - and *Scarlett Johansson*.

Virtual Idol. Digital Diva. [=CV01=]. The First Sound of the Future. Whatever you want to call her, if you're familiar with the Japanese music scene or especially the vocal synthesizer scene of the early 21st century, you can't say you haven't heard of Hatsune Miku.

* ElegantGothicLolita: Bug-type Miku definitely takes cues from the aesthetic.

As of 2020, Miku (alongside her other Crypton friends) has shifted away from her VOCALOID roots and is now part of a new product line called "NT (Newtype)", a voice synthesis software developed by Crypton Future Media (in collaboration with Yamaha) running on their proprietary Piapro Studio engine. ''NT'' was created in response to Yamaha's [=VOCALOID5=] software aiming for more realistic voice synthesis; ''NT'' is designed expressly to preserve the mechanical/robotic qualities of their original voice banks that gave them a unique sound during the height of VOCALOID popularity. In addition to running on proprietary software, ''NT'' is designed to be compatible with post-launch updates, giving its developers the opportunity to respond to feedback and improve the engine and voice synthesis even after launch, which is not supported by VOCALOID. ''Hatsune Miku NT'' was released to the public on November 27th, 2020, and the video game ''VideoGame/ProjectSekai'' [[TechDemoGame serves to demonstrate the use of the software.]]

* NonIronicClown: Ice-type Miku wears jester clothes under her dress, and sketches on her character sheet show that she happily performs with her Aurorus.

** Fairy-type Miku's partner Pokemon is Jigglypuff, which happens to be numbered ''#39'' in the Pokedex.
** Fighting-type Miku and her partner Pokemon, Sirfetch'd, reference Miku's association with [[TrademarkFavoriteFood leeks.]]

* [[SharpDressedMan Sharp-Dressed Girl]]: Electric-type Miku's jumpsuit gives the appearance of a snazzy white tux. Ice-type Miku also wears a cool-looking business suit.

* ElegantGothicLolita: Bug-type Miku definitely takes cues from the aesthetic, as does the more gothic Dark-type.

* InsistentTerminology: After Cryptons departure from Yamaha, she is officially referred to as a "virtual singer", not a Vocaloid. [[ArtifactTitle That hasn't stopped fans from referring to her as a "Vocaloid" regardless]].

* {{Crossover}}: Sometimes, Miku will make appearances in other properties without the other Cryptons being along for the ride, such as her appearances in ''VideoGame/LoveLive'' and ''VideoGame/BangDreamGirlsBandParty'' among many, many others. The ''Love Live'' crossover even has a song, "BANZAI! digital trippers" which is Aqours featuring Miku. Project Voltage, a collaboration with Pokémon depicts Miku as a different-type Pokémon trainer with her Pokémon being music-based ones such as Rillaboom and Flygon, though the Fighting-type trainer shows her with Sirfetch'd due to both Hatsune Miku and Sirfetch'd being associtated with leeks. Each type also comes with its own song by a different composer.

* {{Crossover}}: Sometimes, Miku will make appearances in other properties without the other Cryptons being along for the ride, such as her appearances in ''VideoGame/LoveLive'' and ''VideoGame/BangDreamGirlsBandParty'' among many, many others. The ''Love Live'' crossover even has a song, "BANZAI! digital trippers" which is Aqours featuring Miku.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Her Append appearance has her barefoot.

* CuteWitch: Snow Miku 2014 is this, with an outfit consisting of a white witch's hat, cape, a staff, and even a MentorMascot in the form of a white rabbit.

* PinkMeansFeminine: [[CherryBlossomGirl Sakura Miku]] has a pink motif.

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Snow Miku's personality varies depending on the producer of her yearly theme song. For example, Snow Miku 2022's personality is an adventurous, GenkiGirl as seen in Colorful Marine Snow.

* FlatCharacter: Unlike Snow Miku whose characterization varies on a year-to-year basis depending on how the artists and her associated songs portray her, Sakura Miku doesn't receive this treatment and not much is known about her.

* AlternateCharacterReading: The name "Miku" is a pun based on the fact that the kanji can also be read as ''mirai'', or "future."

* MeaningfulName: 'Hatsune' means 'first sound'; Miku was the first Japanese [=Vocaloid2=] character to be produced.
** Her full name means "First sound of the future."