Hatsune Miku Bio

Name: Hatsune Miku (初音ミ)

Character Item: Leek

Sample Voice: Fujita Saki

Released: August 31, 2007 by Crypton Future Media

Age: 16 years old

Height: 158cm

Weight: 42kg

Favorite Gendre: POP/Dance

Favorite Tempo Range: 70~150BPM

Best Vocal Range: A3~E5

Prior to the introduction of Hatsune Miku and rest of the series, the vocal effect was mainly referred to as “Vocaloid,” a voice synthesizer intended for singing. The user places the notes, pronunciation, and voice effects to attempt to create a realistic type of voice. Soon, Vocaloid 2, the second version of the synthesizer, was released with the Swedish Vocaloid “Sweet Ann” by PowerFX, but it remained little known to the masses.

On August 17th, 2007 the “Miku Hatsune CV01 Vocaloid2” vocal synthesizer was released in Japan. The name comes from the Japanese characters Hatsu (初, First), Ne (音, Sound), and Miku (未来, Future, though written in katakana as ミク). Miku was advertised as a “Virtual Pop Star” instead of just a vocal synthesizer, using the sweet voice and cute character as major hooks. The software was tuned to create J-pop songs, but creating songs from other genres is possible.