Rana is a Japanese VOCALOID developed by We’ve Inc. in collaboration with Internet Co., Ltd., and is voiced by Ai Kakuma (加隈亜衣; Kakuma Ai), a Japanese female voice actress.
On Sepetember 8th, 2015, Rana was confirmed to have a VOCALOID4 update in the works. It was anounced on the NET VOCALOID Site that Rana’s V4 will be released in December 2015
DEX and DAINA are ZG’s newest Vocaloid voice banks and are our most emotive and expressive virtual vocalists to date. Much care has been taken with their development to create realistic and unique sounding voicebanks. They are set apart from previous releases due to both their American accents and their diverse vocal characteristics. DEX is a powerful male singer who will shine in multiple types of music, with emphasis on Rock, Pop and EDM styles. DAINA is a youthful yet soulful and husky female with an equally large range, who will be especially spectacular in Pop, Dance and Country styles.
Kaai Yuki (歌愛ユキ) is a Japanese VOCALOID developed and distributed by AH-Software Co. Ltd., and was initially 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 was the first female VOCALOID whose voice samples are not produced from an adult. There is currently ongoing development for an upgrade to the VOCALOID4 engine, using a new voice provider for the growl components. This was due to the fact her provider had matured, making re-sampling problematic. On September 30th, Yuki was confirmed to only receive a Natural voicebank, which could be purchased on its own or in a starter package. Her release date was announced to be October 29th, 2015.
Hiyama Kiyoteru (氷山キヨテル) is a Japanese VOCALOID developed and distributed by AH-Software Co. Ltd., and was initially released in December 2009. There is currently ongoing development towards an upgrade to the VOCALOID4 engine. His voice is provided by Japanese male singer Kiyoshi Hiyama (比山貴咏史, Hiyama Kiyoshi). He will receive 2 voicebanks: Natural and Rock. His release date was announced to be October 29th, 2015.
Hatsune Miku (初音ミク), codenamed CV01, was the first Japanese VOCALOID to be both developed and distributed by Crypton Future Media, Inc.. She was initially released in August 2007 for the VOCALOID2 engine and was the first member of the Character Vocal Series. She was the seventh VOCALOID overall, as well as the second VOCALOID2 vocal released to be released for the engine. Her voice is provided by the Japanese voice actress, Saki Fujita (藤田 咲, Fujita Saki). There have since been numerous installments, such as additional voice libraries dubbed ‘Append’, as well as an upgrade for the VOCALOID3 engine, which contained an English vocal release. On April 24th, 2015, it was announced that Miku would receive an update for the VOCALOID4 engine
Sachiko is a Japanese VOCALOID developed and distributed by the YAMAHA Corporation and was released in July 2015 for the VOCALOID4 engine. She was voiced by the famous Enka singer, Sachiko Kobayashi.
Nekomura Iroha (猫村いろは) is a Japanese VOCALOID and was created in collaboration with SANRIO and the Hello Kitty to Issho! Project. She was initially released in October 2010 for the VOCALOID2 engine. There is currently ongoing development for an upgrade to the VOCALOID4 engine. Her voice provider has never been revealed. On May 14th, 2015, AH-Software confirmed that Iroha would have a Natural and a Soft voicebank, which allows her to use Cross synthesis and she would release on June 18th, 2015. Iroha’s Natural and Soft voicebanks would be available for purchase individually or together, and a starter pack version would also be offered. Other details such as tempo, range, the prices for her packages were also revealed. It was also shown that Iroha V4 has two official MMD models by ISAO
