Leon Biographical information Gender Male Age Height Weight Product information Company Zero-G Ltd. Distributor Zero-G Ltd. Crypton Future Media Voice provider Unrevealed [1] Illustrator An unknown photographer #1 stock image Reduced no. ZGV1 Affiliation YAMAHA

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LE♂N and L♀la were the first Vocaloids released for the Vocaloid engine. Leon is a "virtual male soul vocalist modeled on a real professional singer" and was created for English. As well as claiming the spot of first Vocaloid, Leon and Lola are also the first male and female Vocaloids for English and the Vocaloid1 engine itself.^[2][3]

ConceptEdit

Leon's boxart was standard for his day and rival software package Cantor would later adopt the same boxart style. Leon has since been taken as one of the few "Avatarless" Vocaloids.

EtymologyEdit

While it is unknown why Zero-G chose this name, "Leon" is a name of Latin origins and is used in several countries in Europe as a variation of the name "Leo" meaning "Lion".^[4]

Vocaloid ReleasesEdit

• Leon and Lola after heavy vocal cleaning

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仮面 (mask)
	Author(s):	Ohnuma (Daifuku-P)
	Category:	Original song
	Featuring:	Leon, Kaito
	Nicovideo Broadcast  Youtube Broadcast
Description A original song using Leon in a low Octave. Here English is used to create "Japanese".

Something about Us
	Author(s):	Kotaro
	Category:	Original song
	Featuring:	Leon
	Nicovideo Broadcast  Youtube Broadcast

I Still Want U
	Author(s):	Muzehack
	Category:	Original song, electro
	Featuring:	Leon
	Youtube Broadcast
Description An original song done in Electro style.

More examples

Sad Mondays
	Author(s):	JMT
	Category:	Original Song
	Featuring:	Leon
	Youtube Broadcast

Something About Us
	Author(s):	BeginsWithTheEnd
	Category:	Cover Song
	Featuring:	Leon
	Youtube Broadcast

EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE
	Author(s):	aniwarata
	Category:	Cover Songs
	Featuring:	Leon
	Youtube Broadcast

Music featuring Leon

	Listing of songs
	Notable songs by Vocaloid
	Assorted songs by Vocaloid. Page count ( 4 )
	Albums featuring Vocaloid. Page count ( 7 )

MarketingEdit

Leon and Lola received standard advertisement for their day. They were advertised on the internet and in electronic magazines. At the time this was normal for software synethizers and there was no Vocaloid fandom to aid with their development. They were aimed at professionals and therefore had no fan input in mind.

For a period he, along with Lola and Miriam, were not on sale due to the lack of interest in synthesized voices. This lack of interest was owed to the sudden change in indie music trends. After increased interest began to occur in Vocaloid and demand was renewed, Zero-G began reselling Lola, Leon and Miriam from their own website via their virtual shop. According to Zero-G, the three may also get a redesign in the future.^[5]

Leon and Lola's boxarts are from a stock image. The photographer is unknown, but the image is on various stock photo sites. An example of the original is here titled "Profile of woman with finger next to lips" x13037575.

Additional informationEdit

PopularityEdit

As there was not much of a Vocaloid fandom to begin with, most fan responses to him were given relatively late. Until Big Al in 2009, no other English-capable male Vocaloid existed, so those wanting a male vocal in the English engine were forced to buy Leon. Leon did not become popular with the public until a relatively unknown Nico Nico Douga user posted a video of him singing "song True to my Heart". This featured Leon in an unusual looking fan design which soon struck the funny bone of Nico Nico users and the video eventually received over 50,000 views.^[6][7]

In the Nico Nico Douga International Vocaloid ranking 2010, Leon had the 3rd most notable number of appearances, with 4 appearances in the top 30 songs of 2010.

A independent Vocaloid search on Nico Nico Douga revealed that most Vocaloids had less than 1,000 videos uploaded on Nico Nico Douga in between July 1 and December 15 2011. Leon fell into that category.^[8]

It is unknown how many units were sold, but as Kaito was the only commercial Vocaloid failure reported, it is safe to say he sold at least 1,000 units.^[9]

TriviaEdit

• It was Lola and Leon's appearance at the NAMM trade show that would later introduce rival Vocaloid studio PowerFX to the Vocaloid program.^[10]

Notable for...Edit

• First Male vocal ever released
• One of the two first English vocals ever released
• One of the first two Vocaloid voicebanks ever released
• Used in the first Vocaloid related album ever released commercially
• One of the two first specialized vocals ever released
• One of the two first Vocaloids ever released
• One of the two first Zero-G Vocaloids released
• One of the first two avatar-less Vocaloids produced
• Sole English capable male vocal for 6 years

References Edit

External linksEdit

Official :

• Zero-G
• Zero-G Virtual male vocalist

Other :

• New Engloid Blog Leon (tag search)

Fandom :

• Leon fanart DeviantArt / Pixiv / Piapro
• Leon models on MikuMikuDance wiki
• Leon derivatives on Fanloid wiki

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