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Kaai Yuki (歌愛ユキ) is a Japanese VOCALOID developed and distributed by AH-Software Co. Ltd., and was released in December 2009 for the VOCALOID2 engine. Yuki's vocals are based on an elementary school student. With her voice provider being a young girl the identity of her provider has never been revealed for legal reasons. She is the first female VOCALOID whose voice samples are not produced from an adult.
Concept
She and Hiyama Kiyoteru were released as "student" and "teacher" VOCALOIDs.
Etymology
The characters of her name, "歌愛", mean "song" and "love" respectively.
Appearance
Yuki is meant to be portrayed as a 9 year old elementary school student. She is said to be "As tall as 10 big apples" and "As heavy as 86 apples". Her red randoseru is a motif of Yamaha's wind controller, WX5.
Relations
- Hiyama Kiyoteru; Teacher.
VOCALOID Releases
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Examples of Usage
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Marketing
Yuki, along with SF-A2 miki and Hiyama Kiyoteru, was introduced to expand the VOCALOID market and give producers more vocal options to utilize.[1]
Until May 2011, all AH-Software Vocaloids were banned from KARENT.
- iOS App
They also appears in the app "AR Vocaloid Walk", a Augmented Reality app. Several other Vocaloids, UTAU and Derivative characters also appear in the app.[2]
Additional information
Popularity
Status
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The three AH-Software Vocaloids were slow to gain popularity and for a while, were amongst the least popular VOCALOIDs. In 2010, Kaai Yuki was the second most popular of the trio.[3] |
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An independent search on Nico Nico Douga revealed that most VOCALOIDs, Yuki included, had less than 1,000 videos uploaded to Nico Nico Douga in 2011 between July 1st and December 15th.[4] |
Trivia
- Yuki and Kiyoteru were announced in November 2009. Interestingly, at the end of the previous month Crypton Future Media had just made their own announcement of a series called Project if…, which was set in an elementary school setting.[5]
Notable for...
- One of the first 3 AH-Software VOCALOIDs
- One of the two first female AH-Software VOCALOIDs
- First vocal to be provided by a child
- First female vocal to be provided by a child
Gallery
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References
- ↑ VOCALOID Enjoy
- ↑ AR Vocaloid Walk
- ↑ [1] VCC - How big is the Japanese Vocaloid community?
- ↑ link
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External links
Official :
Fandom :
- Kaai Yuki fanart DeviantArt / Pixiv / Piapro
- Kaai Yuki models on MikuMikuDance wiki
- Kaai Yuki derivatives on Fanloid wiki
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