Meiko Sakine
Creator	Nanameue-P (斜め上P, voice editor) Daigoman (illustrator)
Release date	April 11, 2008
Gender	Female
Age	16
Height	5'3" feet (162 cm)
Weight	103.6 lbs (47 kg)
Optimum genre	Pop
Optimum tempo	Unrevealed
Optimum range	Unrevealed
Character Item	Not determined

Meiko Sakine (咲音メイコ Sakine Meiko) is an officially recognized derivative of Meiko. Her name of Sakine　咲音, literally means "Blooming Sound" and has the same pronunciation as 先音, "Preceding Sound," i.e., she precedes Miku Hatsune. Her family name is sometimes shared among her other fanmade "siblings", such as Meito in particular.

HistoryEdit

She was conceived through the efforts of Producers working with Meiko's voice. This was owed largely to the fact that Meiko had become forgotten because of Hatsune Miku's popularity, leaving both her and Kaito behind. Meiko in particular did not have the young sounding voice of the released Vocaloid 2 voicebanks released at the time and therefore was not as appealing as they were to the Vocaloid Otaku based fandom. Meiko Sakine was established by Nanameue-P to push the limits of the Vocaloid software to make Meiko sound younger. Her official setting is "the Meiko who came into the music trend in the age of 16" (i.e., she is not a younger Meiko variation but Meiko when she was young) and Nanameue-P is "the producer who rediscovered Meiko in her youth". She was later made famous by the PV "Honey" featuring her and other derivatives such as Haku Yowane and Neru Akita, as well as the UTAU Teto Kasane alongside official Crypton Vocaloids.

Acceptance into VocaloidEdit

Meiko is one of the Vocaloid derivatives that became officially recognized by Crypton Future Media, the publisher of the Character Vocal Series for Vocaloid 2. The other derivatives bearing this distinction are Miku Hachune, Neru Akita, Haku Yowane, and Tako Luka.

AppearancesEdit

MikuMikuDance (MMD), 3D software

An MMD model of Sakine Meiko was created in November 2008 by modeler Kio. See the Meiko Sakine (Kio) page for details, and also see other Sakine Meiko models.

Project Diva (PD), game

Sakine Meiko is an available character in the PSP game, Hatsune Miku ~Project Diva~ and again as a playable character in its sequel. If the player has not chosen her for a long time she will get angry

Fanmade Promotional Videos (PV)

Sakine Meiko is commonly seen in fanmade videos, portrayed in various ways or simply dancing. At one time, her MMD model was used in place of Meiko.

Merchandise

Official licensed Sakine Meiko figurines have been produced, such as Nendoroid Puchi and a scale model.

Artwork

Search Sakine Meiko on deviantArt Pixiv Piapro

Media

Search Sakine Meiko on YouTube NicoVideo

Voice ConfigurationEdit

Unfortunately, Nanameue-P has not disclosed the voice configuration so far, though theoretically, she carries a younger voice (and perhaps higher-pitched voice as well) of Meiko.

Notable SongsEdit

Love a Delicate OneEdit

♫ デリケートに好きして (Delicate ni Suki Shite)
Date April 11, 2008	Source (from) Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel
Author Nanameue-P	Source (author) Unknown
Other Cover song Song also known as. (Love Me Tenderly As You Like) (Fall in love delicately)	Source (info) Originally sung by Takako Ohta
NicoVideo Broadcast(1) / YouTube Broadcast(2)
Description The first Sakine Meiko video.

Interstellar FlightEdit

♫ 星間飛行 (Seikan Hikou)
Date July 18, 2008	Source (from) Macross Frontier
Author Nanameue-P	Source (author) Composed by Matsumoto Takashi Lyrics and Arrangement by Kanno Youko
Other Cover song	Source (info) Originally sung by Megumi Nakajima
NicoVideo Broadcast(1) / YouTube Broadcast(2)
Description This is Sakine Meiko's most popular video. So far, it has more than 380,000 view counts at Nico Nico Douga. And this number is the highest among the Vocaloid covers of "Seikan Hikou". Interestingly, the original Seikan Hikou was sung by the character Ranka Lee who was voiced by Megumi Nakajima, the seiyuu who would eventually voice Gumi.

HoneyEdit

♫ Honey
Date August 8, 2008	Source (from) Honey
Author Nanameue-P	Source (author) Unknown
Other Cover song	Source (info) Originally covered by Cyndi Wang (Wang Xin Ling)
NicoVideo Broadcast(1) / YouTube Broadcast(2)
Description Honey was created on Meiko's birthday with the intention of promoting the 'unappreciated Vocaloid'. This song is Sakine Meiko's second biggest hit. It got more than 280,000 view counts on Nico Nico Douga.

Love FugueEdit

♫ 恋のフーガ (Koi no Fuga)
Date April 25, 2009	Source (from) D.C. koi no fuuga (1987)
Author Produced by 99-P Music & Voice (Black Meiko) by IGASIO Voice (Red Meiko) by Nanameue-P	Source (author) Unknown
Other Cover song	Source (info) Originally sung by The Peanuts; covered by DoubleU (W)
NicoVideo Broadcast(1) / YouTube Broadcast(2)
Description Features a duel Sakine Meiko, one in an alternate color.

TriviaEdit

• It is common to refer to Sakine Meiko as her namesake, or simply Sakine. The original Meiko is sometimes identified through this name as well, being the personification of Meiko when she was young.

• There is also another fanmade who's name is pronounced similar to Sakine Meiko, and belonging to the Hagane group as Sakerune Meiko. The only connection these two share is being derived from Meiko.

GalleryEdit

Sakine Meiko holding MEIKO box, illustration by Daigoman

Sakine Meiko illustration by Daigoman

Sakine Meiko and Meiko Nendroid Petit figurines

MMD model by Kio

Sakine Meiko as depicted in "Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA"

Sakine Meiko portrayed in TinierMe

External LinksEdit

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