VOCALOID

VOCALOID（ボーカロイド）is a series of software, a Voice Synthesizer application developed by Yamaha Corporation. Illustrations related to the characters of this franchise will be tagged as "VOCALOID"

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Overview

VOCALOID had a very long history where its origin traces itself way back where it was first a joint research project between the Pompeu Fabra University in Spain and Yamaha Corporation back during 2000. The first 3 softwares released for the VOCALOIDS during March 2004 were LEON, LOLA, and MIRIAM, which they all have no representative characters of their own.

Aside from illustrations posted that are highly related to the products, there are also illustrations posted with the tag UTAU or VOCALOID Subspecies, which includes custom vocaloids that are not in anyway related to the official products, and also considered as fan creations.

Since VOCALOID is highly famous, sometimes there are people who draw VOCALOID illustrations to gain fame or to raise viewpage counts.

Since the creation of pixiv, VOCALOID has been continuously famous throughout the years even today. While the popularity is gradually fading out, it is still one of the most used tags in pixiv, along with Touhou Project.

As of May 25 2011, 216408 illustrations related to this tag have been posted on pixiv.

One interesting thing to note is that PIAPRO, a site similar to pixiv, where most self-created Vocaloid songs are posted, do contain VOCALOID illustrations as well.

For the Japanese, it is also easily prone to many orthographical variations (intentional or unintentional) like : VOC@LOID, VOCAROID, VOCALOIDO and so on.

VOCALOID was originally famous only for DTM field and maniacs, which is why the popularity for this software was very low until Nico Nico Douga came in. For those who are unfamilar with VOCALOID would have mistaken Hatsune Miku for being the first ever born VOCALOID software/character. Indeed, if one actually catch on the meaning of her name, it wouldn't be surprising if it caused misunderstandings for most of the people who are casuals to the franchise.

VOCALOID Chronology

VOCALOID List

VOCALOID（First Generation）

Character/Product Name	Language	Gender	Company	Others
LEON	English	Male	ZERO-G	VOCALOID Foreign Group
LOLA	English	Female	ZERO-G	VOCALOID Foreign Group
MIRIAM	English	Female	ZERO-G	VOCALOID Foreign Group
MEIKO	Japanese	Female	Crypton
KAITO	Japanese	Male	Crypton

VOCALOID2

Character Name	Product Name	Langauge	Gender	Company	Others
SweetAnn	SweetAnn	English	Female	PowerFX	VOCALOID Foreign Group
Hatsune Miku	Hatsune Miku（Append version･Append）	Japanese	Female	Crypton	CV Series
Kagamine Rin	Kagamine Rin/Len（act1･act2･Append）	Japanese	Female	Crypton	CV Series
Kagamine Len	Kagamine Rin/Len（act1･act2･Append）	Japanese	Male	Crypton	CV Series
PRIMA	PRIMA	English	Female	ZERO-G	VOCALOID Foreign Group
Kamui Gakupo	GACKTPOID	Japanese	Male	Internet
Megurine Luka	Megurine Luka	Japanese/English	Female	Crypton	CV Series
GUMI	Megpoid	Japanese	Female	Internet
SONIKA	SONIKA	English	Female	ZERO-G	VOCALOID Foreign Group
Kaai Yuki	Vocaloid Grade School Student Kaai Yuki	Japanese	Female	AHS
Hiyama Kiyoteru	Vocalosensei Hiyama Kiyoteru	Japanese	Male	AHS
miki	SF-A2 Development Code miki	Japanese	Female	AHS
BIG-AL	BIG-AL	English	Male	PowerFX	VOCALOID Foreign Group
TONIO	TONIO	English	Male	ZERO-G	VOCALOID Foreign Group
Lily	Lily	Japanese	Female	Internet	Existing Character
(MIZKI？)	VY1	Japanese	Female	Bplats,Inc.	No Official Character
Ryuto	Gachapoid	Japanese	Male	Internet
Nekomura Iroha	Nekomura Iroha	Japanese	Female	AHS	Existing Character
Utatane Piko	Utatane Piko	Japanese	Male	Ki/oon Records
（Yuuma？）	VY2	Japanese	Male	Bplats,Inc.	No Official Character