Hatsune Miku

Hatsune Miku (初音ミク) is a humanoid persona voiced by a singing synthesizer application developed by Crypton Future Media. 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. Hatsune Miku is portrayed to be a 16-year-old girl with long turquoise pigtails.

The name of the character comes from merging the Japanese words for first (初 hatsu), sound (音 ne) and future (Miku (ミク) sounds like a nanori reading of future, 未来, normally read as "mirai"), referring to her position as the first of Crypton's "Character Vocal Series". According to Crypton, her name is meant to signify the "first sound from the future".

Relationship with the Monster Hunter Series


Hatsune Miku made a collaboration with Monster Hunter.

Hatsune Miku x MHF-G


The collaboration was announced on April 12, 2013. It features an Armor Set fashioned after Hatsune Miku, and features the following Weapons:


 * Mikuhon Dokuso (ミクホン・独奏) (Hammer)
 * Hatsune Seigaku Dokuso (初音声楽・独奏) (Hammer)
 * Mikuki Dokuso (ミクキー・独奏) (Hunting Horn)
 * Hatsune Kenban Dokuso (初音鍵盤・独奏) (Hunting Horn)

Although not seen in official promotional videos and websites, a version of this Armor Set is also available for the Male gender.