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Maker Hikoushiki Hatsune Mix

Synopsis A manga based on Yamaha's voice synthesizer VOCALOID and it's mascots, mainly Miku Hatsune. This character is the first heroine from the Vocaloid Character Voice Series and a popular virtual idol. Every new chapter has a different Miku, showing different aspects of the world of music!

Main Character

Meiko (メイコ)

Age: 16
Birthday: November 5
Zodiac: Scorpio
Height: 5.7 feet (173 cm)
Weight: 103.6 lbs (47 kg)
(Fanmade) Character Item: Sake

Meiko is the first of the Japanese VOCALOID voice synthesizers released by Crypton. She was created using voice samples from Meiko Haigo. Meiko is portrayed as Kaito's older sister. She is often seen drinking One Cup Ozeki, a popular sake brand in Japan. Thus, sake is her character item. Her signature color is red.

Kaito (カイト)

Kaito is the second vocaloid that Crypton released. He is often portrayed as a gentle, kind-hearted, easy-going, and somewhat oblivious young man. He is 20 years old and he Meiko are often referred as "Nenchou-gumi" (年長組, The Seniors) compared to Vocaloid2s. He is 5'10" tall. Kaito's character item is ice cream.

His seiyuu is Naoto Fuga.

Miku Hatsune (初音ミク)

Age: 16
Birthday: 31st August
Zodiac: Virgo
Height: 158 cm (5'2")
Weight: 42 kg (92.4 lbs)
(Fanmade) Character Item: Welsh/Spring Onion

Hatsune Miku (初音ミク, Hatsune Miku) is the second Vocaloid2 closely following Sweet Ann and the first installment in the Vocaloid2 Character Vocal Series by Crypton Future Media released on August 31, 2007. The name of the title and the character of the software was chosen by combining Hatsu (初, First), Ne (音, Sound), and Miku (未来, Future). The data for the voice was created by actually sampling the voice of Saki Fujita, a Japanese voice actress. Unlike general purpose speech synthesizers, the software is tuned to create J-pop songs commonly heard in anime, but it is possible to create songs from other genres.

Nico Nico Douga played a fundamental role in the recognition and popularity of the software. Soon after the release of the software, users of Nico Nico Douga started posting videos with songs created by the software. According to Crypton, a popular video with a comically altered software mascot holding a leek, singing Ievan Polkka, presented multifarious possibilities of applying the software in multimedia content creation. As the recognition and popularity of the software grew, Nico Nico Douga became a place for collaborate content creation. Popular original songs written by a user would generate illustrations, animation in 2D and 3D, and remixes by other users. Other creators would show their unfinished work and ask for ideas.

On October 18, 2007, an Internet BBS website reported Hatsune Miku was suspected to be victim of censorship by Google and Yahoo!, since images of Miku did not show up on the image searches. Google and Yahoo denied any censorship on their part, blaming the missing images on a bug that does not only affect "Hatsune Miku" but other search keywords as well. Both companies expressed a willingness to fix the problem as soon as possible. Images of Miku were re listed on Yahoo on October 19.

A Hatsune Miku manga called Maker Hikōshiki Hatsune Mix began serialization in the Japanese manga magazine Comic Rush on November 26, 2007, published by Jive. The manga is drawn by Kei, the original character designer for Hatsune Miku. A second manga called Hachune Miku no Nichijō Roipara! drawn by Ontama began serialization in the manga magazine Comp Ace on December 26, 2007, published by Kadokawa Shoten.

Rin Kagamine (鏡音リン)

Age: 14
Height: 152 cm (5'0")
Weight: 43 kg (94.79 lbs)
Optimum Genre: Electro-pop, rock, pop - Enka
Optimum Range: F # 3 ~ C # 5
Character Items: Roadroller, Mikan orange, yellow onion

First Appearance in Chapter 2.

Aged 14, Kagamine Rin is twins with her brother, Kagamine Len.

As a character from the second installment of Crypton's Vocaloid Character Voice Series, she is voiced by Asami Shimoda.

Released on December 27, 2007, Kagamine Rin/Len (鏡音リン・レン?) is the second installment of the Vocaloid2 Character Vocal Series. Their family name was chosen by combining Kagami (鏡, Mirror?), Ne (音, Sound?), with the first syllables of their given names a pun on "Left" and "Right". They can be protrayed either as twins or reflections depending on the person viewing them or the song(it is not officially stated). According to Vocaloid's official blog, the package includes two voice banks: one for Rin and another for Len, both provided by the voice actor Asami Shimoda. Despite the double voice banks, the package still sells at the same price as Hatsune Miku.[25] Their only cameo appearance in an anime is in (Zoku) Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei, where the two and Miku (and various other people and characters) try out to be the voice of Meru Otonashi.

On June 12, 2008, Crypton announced the updated edition, named "act2", will be released in early July 2008. Users who had bought the old version will get an expansion disc free of charge. On June 18, 2008, beta demonstration songs using the new version were released on the company's official blog.[26] The expansion disc is an entirely different software and does not affect the original Kagamine Rin/Len installation in any way, giving the user options to either use the old or new voice sets exclusively or combine their usage.

Len Kagamine (鏡音レン)

First appearance in Chapter 2.
Aged 14, Len is twins with his sister, Kagamine Rin. They can be protrayed either as twins or reflections of a mirror depending on the person viewing them or the song (it is not officially stated).
As a character from the second installment of Crypton's Vocaloid Character Voice Series, he is voiced by Asami Shimoda.

Other names: 櫻桃 (Chinese)
Gender: Male
Age: 14
Height: 156 cm (5'1.4")
Weight: 47 kg (103 lbs)
Favorite Gene: Pop dance and rock / pop-pop songs - Enka
Good Range: F # 3 ~ C # 5
Character items: Road-roller, banana, pineapple

Released on December 27, 2007, Kagamine Rin/Len (鏡音リン・レン?) is the second installment of the Vocaloid2 Character Vocal Series. Their family name was chosen by combining Kagami (鏡, Mirror?), Ne (音, Sound?), with the first syllables of their given names a pun on "Left" and "Right". According to Vocaloid's official blog, the package includes two voice banks: one for Rin and another for Len, both provided by the voice actor Asami Shimoda. Despite the double voice banks, the package still sells at the same price as Hatsune Miku.[25] Their only cameo appearance in an anime is in (Zoku) Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei, where the two and Miku (and various other people and characters) try out to be the voice of Meru Otonashi.

On June 12, 2008, Crypton announced the updated edition, named "act2", will be released in early July 2008. Users who had bought the old version will get an expansion disc free of charge. On June 18, 2008, beta demonstration songs using the new version were released on the company's official blog.[26] The expansion disc is an entirely different software and does not affect the original Kagamine Rin/Len installation in any way, giving the user options to either use the old or new voice sets exclusively or combine their usage.

Teto Kasane (重音テト)

Birthday: April 1
Zodiac sign: Aries
Weight: 103lbs (47kg)
Height: 5'2''ft (159.5cm)
Type: UTAU
Model: 0401 (meaning April 1st or April Fools Day)
Gender: female
Family: Kasane Ted (older brother)
Age: 31 in chimera years. 15.5 in human years
Genre: Pop Music and Anisong

She is shown on two bottles of MEIKO's sake: one labeled "重音てと", another labeled with her name in default Katakana, "重音テト"; she appears with Haku Yowane in another chapter.

Teto is a 31-year-old chimera girl who was born as a joke from NicoNicoDouga forum's users. She loves eating baguettes, and she has a close relation with Ted Kasane and Ruko Yowane. Her character item is baguette.

Depicted as more innocent than Miku Hatsune is. Teto is cheerful and eager though may be naughty at times, perhaps inspired by her mischievous roots from Doraemon. Depicted also as a Tsundere, but to more gentler extent, unlike Neru Akita. She gets very angry or sad if someone has bread and does not share with her. Teto enjoys teasing people just to show she cares about them since she doesn't want to show her love. She can get out of control if not eaten bread for one day. Obviously, she doesn't act and sound for her age, for a 31-year-old girl, thus her human age is more believed; the depiction as a 31-year-old girl is often dismissed as artics from the users of vip@2ch. who created her. There are also persisting rumors of Teto's wings and a tail. She may or not be aware of her own Chimera form.