Kaito (Chibi)

1. #1Kaitoconstant

   Keys: Kaito

   KAITO (カイト) is a Japanese VOCALOID developed originally by Yamaha Corporation and distributed by Crypton Future Media, Inc.. He was one of the 4 known "Project Daisy" vocals. His VOCALOID3 update was developed and distributed by Crypton. He was initially released in February 2006 for the first VOCALOID engine. There has since been a second installment developed for the VOCALOID3 engine dubbed KAITO V3. His voice is provided by the famous Japanese singer, Naoto Fūga (風雅なおと). As of August 31, 2019, it was announced that there would be no further installments with the VOCALOID program. Instead Crypton is focusing on their own program, Piapro Studio. As of August 2024, however, a refined and retuned edition of KAITO's original VOCALOID3 voicebank, titled KAITO SP, was released for the PIAPRO CHARACTERS SUPER PACK; a set of Japanese voicebanks developed for the Piapro Studio for V4X and VOCALOID4 engines. This release was noted to improve KAITO's overall balance of tone and pronunciation. Company: YAMAHA Corporation, Crypton Future Media, Inc. Release: February 14, 2006 :: V1, February 15, 2013 :: V3, August 30, 2024 :: SUPER PACK. Base Language(s): Multilingual; Japanese & English. Illustrator: Takashi Kawasaki :: V1, iXima :: V3 Standard, SUPER PACK. Type: VOCALOID1, VOCALOID3, VOCALOID NEO, Piapro Studio, VOCALOID4. Affiliation: YAMAHA Corporation, SEGA, Piapro Studio. Crypton did not set KAITO's character and profile except for his package design. Like MEIKO, he was not made with the aim of giving character or personality to vocal synthesis software. KAITO has no official given age. In one doujinshi, Maker Hikoushiki Hatsune Mix he is portrayed as a middle aged man by KEI, but it should be noted that what the artist depicts in the comic is not official, as he mentioned in a magazine interview. A common myth within the fandom is that KAITO was intended to be middle aged, which may have generated from this fan comic. KAITO has never been officially depicted as any specific age bracket. Because of the story of his rediscovery in 2008, KAITO was often depicted with ice cream. This gave birth to the "Item War" Internet Meme tradition. Across all designs, KAITO is depicted as a male with short blue hair. His muffler has become one of his most iconic items and is wrapped around his neck and shoulders with the ends off to the side or behind him. KAITO is a humanoid persona originally voiced for a singing synthesizer application called VOCALOID, created by YAMAHA Corporation. He was published by Crypton Future Media, and developed by YAMAHA for his VOCALOID 1 release. He has performed at live concerts onstage as an animated projection along with Crypton Future Media's other characters (like Hatsune Miku). He is the second Japanese VOCALOID (the first being MEIKO) and the first male Japanese VOCALOID ever to be released. His voice was provided by Naoto Fuuga. As of 31 August 2019, Crypton Future Media moved KAITO and their other piapro characters over to their own synthesizer program, Piapro Studio. On 1 August 2024, it was announced that KAITO would be receiving an improved version of his V3 Straight voicebank bundled in a Piapro Characters Super Pack.

   Voice Types: {KAITO - Straight: "The Original voicebank is based on a professional singer. It was a male Japanese vocal that leaned towards genres such as jazz, but due to its high compatibility with the original VOCALOID engine, was easily adaptable to many other genres of music. When KAITO was updated, the voicebank had to be completely re-done with a similar tone to the original, thus some aspects of the vocal have changed in consequential versions. The vocal was also a counter-partner to the MEIKO "Straight" vocal originally" KAITO - Soft: "A vocal based on the "Straight" vocal with looser pronunciations, it is a natural sounding tone change" KAITO - Whisper: "A whisper-like toned voicebank much softer than "Soft" and a natural tone change" KAITO - English: "The English version of the voice"}

2. #2Crypton Future Media, Inc.

   Keys: Hatsune Miku, Crypton Future Media

   Crypton Future Media, Inc. is an importer of sound devices based in Sapporo, Japan. The company is also known as the developer and distributor of VOCALOIDs such as Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin & Len, and Megurine Luka. It was the very first of the VOCALOID companies to produce a series. Key people: Hiroyuki Itō (president). Founded: July 21, 1995. Status: Active. Location: 11F Nihon Seimei Sapporo Bldg., 1-1 Nishi4 Kita3, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0003 Japan (060-0003 札幌市中央区北3条西4丁目1-1 日本生命札幌ビル11F). Service: Japan, USA. Type: Music software, Online shopping, Online community, Mobile content, Sound generator software, Sampling CDs and DVDs Sound effect libraries, Background music libraries. Products: MEIKO, KAITO, Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin & Len, Megurine Luka. Website: http://www.crypton.co.jp/. Crypton Future Media, Inc. was established in 1995 as an importer and seller of music software. Crypton joined the project in May 2002, Crypton's handling of the two Japanese Vocaloids were MEIKO (released in 2004) and KAITO (released in 2006), they also were the Japanese distributors for Leon, Lola and Miriam. Meiko and Kaito were developed by Yamaha with Crypton Future Media being used to get the product commercially released, similar to the role of Bplats, Inc. in regards to the releases of VY1 and VY2. They were not acknowledged as "Crypton Vocaloids" at the time since they belonged to Yamaha. According to Crypton themselves, they were also charged with recommending English studios for the English version of the software, these companies were Zero-G and PowerFX. Crypton's role in the VOCALOID era was public relations, promotion, ditributor and potential recruiter of English companies for production of English voicebanks. They did not produce their own Vocaloids at this stage and would not do until early 2007 when Yamaha announced VOCALOID2. The company was small and mostly unheard of. Crypton Future Media began production on actual voicebanks in early 2007, after the announcement of VOCALOID2, originally planning only the Character Vocal Series with 3 members,which would later produce a trend of using 'avatars' or 'mascots' to represent the VOCALOID program. The success of this commercial strategy made Crypton the leading VOCALOID developer. It was not until Hatsune Miku was released in August 2007 that Crypton, along with VOCALOID, became popular. The success of Miku lead to the Vocaloid craze in 2007 and 2008, which continued for many years afterwards. According to Crypton, because professional singers refused to provide singing data (because they feared that the software might create clones of their singing voices), Crypton changed their focus from imitating certain singers to creating characteristic vocals. This goal change led to them sampling the vocals of voice actors. Yuu Asakawa noted that each recording for an update is a new recording. Pressure from rival companies cause systems and microphones to be updated regularly.

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