Hatsune Miku (Japanese: 初音ミク), sometimes referred to as Miku Hatsune, is a humanoid persona voiced by a singing synthesizer application developed by Crypton Future Media. Hatsune Miku is a 16-year-old girl with long, turquoise twintails. She uses Yamaha Corporation’s Vocaloid 2 and Vocaloid 3 singing synthesizing technologies. She also uses Crypton Future Media’s Piapro Studio, a singing synthesizer VSTi Plugin. She was the second Vocaloid sold using the Vocaloid 2 engine, and the first Japanese Vocaloid to use the Japanese version of the Vocaloid 2 engine. Her voice is sampled from Japanese voice actress Saki Fujita. Hatsune Miku has performed at her concerts onstage as an animated projection.

The name of the character comes from merging the Japanese words for first (初 hatsu), sound (音 ne) and future (ミク miku), thus meaning “the first sound from the future”, referring to her position as the first of Crypton’s “Character Vocal Series.”

Development

Crypton released Hatsune Miku on August 31, 2007. Crypton had the idea to release Miku as “an android diva in the near-future world where songs are lost.” Hatsune Miku was released for Vocaloid 3 on August 31, 2013, including an English vocal library.

Crypton released Hatsune Miku on August 31, 2007. Crypton had the idea to release Miku as “an android diva in the near-future world where songs are lost.” Hatsune Miku was released for Vocaloid 3 on August 31, 2013, including an English vocal library.

Origin of name

Hatsune: 初めての音 , ” Starting point ” “The initial VOCALOID2″

Miku: It refers to ” the possiblity of future for VOCALOID”

3D holographic projection technology

Hatsune Miku is the first world holographic projection technology virtual idol.

The new 3D holographic transparent screen was used in the concerts, this projection screeen has the characteristics of holographic images, it only shows the specific parts from a image, while it will ignore others angles of light. The 3D holographic projection screen will show very bright and clear images even in the bright ambient light area.

Concert

August 22, 2009,  Animelo Summer Live 2009: Hatsune Miku performed her first “live” concert like a virtual idol on a projection screen during Animelo Summer Live at the Saitama Super Arena on August 22, 2009. She sang Miku Miku ni Shite Ageru♪ and Black★Rock Shooter. She was accompanied by Asami Shimoda, and the character Black★Rock Shooter.

August 31, 2009, Miku FES’09 (Natsu): At the “Miku FES’09 (Summer)” event on August 31, 2009, Miku’s image was screened by rear projection on a mostly-transparent screen.

March 9, 2010,  Miku no Hi Kanshasai 39’s Giving Day: On March 9, 2010, Miku’s first solo live performance titled “Miku no Hi Kanshasai 39’s Giving Day” was opened at the Zepp Tokyo in Odaiba, Tokyo. The concert was performed as part of promotions for Sega’s Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- video game in March 2010.

2011, Hatsune Miku Live Party 2011 (Mikupa)/Tokyo, Sapporo and Singapore: Miku’s 2nd solo concert, titled “Hatsune Miku Live Party 2011 “MikuPa”; -39’s THANK’s LIVE IN TOKYO-“, took place in Zepp Tokyo, Odaiba, Tokyo. The concert was sponsored by 5pb., and was the first VOCALOID concert to be broadcast at select theaters throughout Japan.

March 8 (MikuPa), March 9, 2012 (39’s Giving Day): “Hatsune Miku Live Party 2012 (Mikupa)” and “Miku no Hi Dai Kanshasai 39’s Giving Day” were held on March 9 and featured the graphics of the MikuPa concerts and the -Project DIVA- Arcade graphics, respectively. The events took place at Tokyo Dome City Hall.

August 30, 2013, Hatsune Miku Magical Mirai 2013: Crypton Future Media and Tokyo Metropolitan Television organized Magical Mirai, a concert-and-exhibition event at the Yokohama Arena to celebrate Miku’s 6th birthday. An under-18 concert and an evening concert were also organized.

May 28–29, 2014, HATSUNE MIKU EXPO 2014 in INDONESIA: HATSUNE MIKU EXPO 2014 in Indonesia was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, and was the first time that Miku had performed in Indonesia. The event included 3 live shows and an exhibition that included cosplay and a full scale, winged Miku figure. The exhibition also showcased a Snow Miku 2014 Nendoroid and several other figures. Although the event was not released as a Blu-ray disc, its live audio recordings and concert screening are available on KARENT and Crunchyroll.

August 30 (Osaka) and September 20, 2014 (Tokyo),  Hatsune Miku Magical Mirai 2014: The sequel to the Magical Mirai 2013 concert, made to promote Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- F 2ndand the Magical Mirai 2014 Official Album. It featured a concert and an exhibition at both venues. Additionally, a 120 minute Blu-ray disc of the Osaka concert became available for purchase starting March 11, 2015. It is available in both regular and limited editions. It’s official theme song is Next Nest, by Satsuki ga Tenkomori.

October 11–12 (LA) and October 17–18, 2014 (NY), HATSUNE MIKU EXPO 2014 in LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK: MikuExpo/LA and NY 2014 was a set of concerts and events in the United States, with the official expo theme, “Sharing The World”. Coinciding with the concerts were exhibitions such as a Halloween Party and an artwork themed “Universal Positivity” event at Wallplay. The official Nendoroid figurine was the Nendoroid Hatsune Miku: Halloween Ver. by Good Smile Company. The Blu-ray disc of the New York performance became available on July 31, 2015. It is available in both regular and limited editions.

June 27–28, 2015,  HATSUNE MIKU EXPO 2015 in SHANGHAI: HATSUNE MIKU EXPO 2015 in SHANGHAI was held at the Shanghai Fengyun E-SPORTS Arena in Shanghai, China. It was accompanied by a two-day expo including a life-sized Miku statue based on her original illustration by KEI. Additionally, VOCALOID related merchandise was present at the event, including an all-new nendoroid, Nendoroid Hatsune Miku: Harvest Moon Ver.

September 4–6, 2015, Hatsune Miku Magical Mirai 2015: A two-day Magical Mirai concert that featured several never-before performed songs from Miku and the other Crypton VOCALOIDs. This concert was accompanied by a two-day exhibition, in which two different life size Miku statues were unveiled. The full concert video will be available to Japanese PlayStation Plus subscribers from October 7–29, 2015. Blu-ray and DVD versions of the concert will also be available in both normal and limited editions starting on January 13, 2016.

March 23 (start), June 25–26, 2016 (end), HATSUNE MIKU EXPO 2016: A Crypton Future Media VOCALOID concert tour spanning five different cities in Japan, two of which have never been the site of a VOCALOID concert previously. A song contest was organized to promote it; the winning entry was Ten Thousand Stars. In addition, it shares an official song, Blue Star, with its North American sister tour. The tour was also accompanied by a multi-day exhibition.

September 9–11, 2016, Hatsune Miku Magical Mirai 2016: An upcoming Crypton VOCALOID concert, and the successor to the 2013, 2014, and 2015 Magical Mirai concerts. It will be held in the Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall in Chiba, Japan. The main visual was illustrated by LENA[A-7]

Famous Composer

Ryo:    ‘メルト’,’恋は戦争’,’WORLD IS MINE’,’BLACK★ROCK SHOOTER’, Ryo became popular in 7 Dec 2007, after his second orginal song’メルト’ was published.  The total view counts of his videos on Niconico Douga has passed 30,000,000. Partially retired from VOCALOID production, he is now focused on his professional career as musician and composer.

Doriko:    also known as Kiritan-P (きりたんP), is known as the “god of Miku ballads” from his hit songs ‘Uta ni Katachi wa Nai Keredo/歌に形はないけれど’ ,’letter song’ and ‘ロミオとシンデレラ’.

cosMo: also known as 暴走P, is a popular composer. He is known for creating incredibly high-speed songs with the tempo that exceed 200 beats per minute, and is most popular for his “Infinity” series and his “Bousou” series. Most of the lyrics appearing in the series are strange stories known as denpa song (addictive songs with weird and incoherent lyrics) in Japan. He has received the “High-Speed Development Miku Master” title on Niconico Video. the famous song is ‘初音ミクの消失’.