Xingchen

"Stardust" redirects here. For other uses, see Stardust (disambiguation).

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Stardust, also known in Chinese as Xingchen (Simplified Chinese: 星尘; Traditional Chinese: 星塵), is a Chinese VOCALOID developed by Shanghai HENIAN Information Technology Co. Ltd., in collaboration and distributed by Quadimension for the VOCALOID4 engine in April 2016. She is the first VOCALOID for the Voicebank Customize Project.

She is voiced by Chalili (茶理理; Chálǐlǐ), a Chinese utaite.

Concept

Stardust was originally a mascot for doujinshi group and series, Quadimension.

According to the Quadimension 3 album artbook and November's design concepts, Stardust is capable of flying to Earth by using her hair. However, it was noted that she does not necessarily need to flap her hair while flying in space.

Her birthday is August 12.

Etymology

Her name, Xingchen (星尘; Xīngchén), means "Stardust" in Chinese. "Stardust" is her official English name as it appears on her boxart, numerous promotional material, and is utilized on her official social media accounts.

She was originally known as "Quadimensionko".

Appearance

Stardust's initial VOCALOID design was based on her original Quadimensionko concept. There were notable minor changes as she was given a skirt, shorter pigtails on the lower side of her head, and a different top.

However, due to the Chinese fans' worries about her appearance looking similar to Hatsune Miku, Stardust was later redesigned. Her final design was drawn by ideolo but was conceptualized by November. Her quad tail hairstyle was still kept but worn in a different way. She also wore a new one-piece dress and her arm-warmers were replaced with long gloves.

In all of her designs, Stardust has a quad-tail hairstyle that was created to represent "Quadimension".

Music featuring Stardust

• On this wiki, Xingchen is featured in 151 songs , 32 albums , 0 series , 1 events.

• There are listings for notable and original songs.

Examples of usage

海棠仙

Translation	Hǎitáng Xiān
Featuring	Xingchen
Producers	Yukinsnow (compose, arrange), Wei Cai zhi Yi (lyrics), Hua er bu ku (tuning)
Categories	Original song

½如梦

Translation	½ Rú Mèng
Featuring	Xingchen
Producers	H.K.Kun (lyrics, compose, production, mixing, arrange, instrument recording), JazzzzMaybe (arrange, instrument recording), Jiangwuluanwan (tuning, performance recording, instrument cooperation)
Categories	Original song

荆棘王冠

Translation	Jīngjí Wángguàn
Featuring	Xingchen
Producers	Tang Tang (music), Ze Xing (lyrics), Senjougahara Yousei (tuning)
Categories	Original song

牧星者

Translation	Mù Xīng Zhě
Featuring	Xingchen
Producers	ilem
Categories	Original song

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Additional Information

Marketing

On September 26, 2015, an illustration contest for Stardust's official artbook was launched and ended in December. Prizes were available to all who participated. Art pieces needed to tag Stardust's official Weibo page or be sent in to the email address provided. The winners were revealed on January 2, 2016: ORRY喵, COCYTOPIA, KYURITIZU, 司哒, and 蓝粑粑. They received gold strap charms of Stardust, a place within the artbook, and payment. Chinese runner ups received silver straps, while overseas runner ups received a digital copy of Stardust's artbook. No physicals were available for the overseas contestants due to shipping costs. The artbook consisted of 30 to 40 pages.

Quadimension asked the fans for suggestions about the name for the official debut album and artbook. The artbook was later named "银河美术馆" (Gallery of the Galaxy) while the album was named "星愿" (Star Wish).

A figure was announced to be showcased at Wonder Festival on February 17, 2016. The finished product was revealed in August 2016 and was made available for preorder on August 29.

See also: Stardust/Marketing and VOCALOID in other media

Trivia

• While she is the first VOCALOID developed by Shanghai HENIAN to not be part of the Vsinger project, Xin Hua was the first Chinese VOCALOID to not be part of it overall.
• She is the first to not receive a Mo Li Hua demo. Every Chinese VOCALOID before her, including Zhanyin Lorra, sang the song at some point during their development.

Status

Reaction

When Stardust was first announced as a VOCALOID, the Chinese fandom expressed deep concern about the lack of male VOCALOIDs and were worried about a striking resemblance to Hatsune Miku, but this was not as important as some fans already knew her as Quadimensionko from her past appearances. In addition, they were accepting of designs that utilized the "twin tail" hairstyle since characters in the past, such as Dong Fang Zhi Zi, followed this concept. Rather than expressing anger against these designs, the fans were calm and peaceful in their reactions. The Western fandom expressed more concern about Stardust's resemblance to Miku in contrast. Due to the Chinese fans' concern for her initial design, Quadimension changed Stardust's appearance. When the new design was first revealed to a certain number of fans, some thought she looked a little more like Yuzuki Yukari, but were happy with the new look. However, when her design was fully revealed at Firefly Con 2015 to a larger crowd, a large number of fans thought that the new design ruined the uniqueness of her first design and felt that she changed too much, as there were people who were fond of her previous appearance. On the other hand, Western fans thought she looked similar to Yukari and developed mixed reactions: some liked this design better than the last, some were fond of the previous design, or some simply disliked both. After Stardust was released, she developed loyal and dedicated fans. She also attracted retired Chinese-language producers back into the fandom and they expressed their interests in creating songs for her. In February 2017, Deities of Cathaysia became the first Stardust song to achieve 1 million views on bilibili.

Achievements

First Chinese VOCALOID4 First Quadimension VOCALOID First Chinese VOCALOID4 developed by Shanghai HENIAN First VOCALOID from the Voice Customize Project

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Gallery

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External links

Language	Description	Site
Chinese	Quad-Stardust Official website	Link
Chinese	Quadimension Official Quadimension Weibo	Link
Chinese	Stardust Official The official Weibo account for Stardust	Link
English and Chinese	星尘Stardust_Official The official Twitter account for Stardust	Link
English and Chinese	星尘 Stardust The official YouTube account for Stardust	Link
Chinese	星尘Official The official bilibili account	Link

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