Kizuna Akari (紲星あかり) is a Japanese VOCALOID and VOICEROID developed by VOCALOMAKETS and distributed by AH-Software Co. Ltd.. She was released for the VOICEROID2 engine in December 2017 and the VOCALOID4 engine in April 2018. In December 2020 she received a Voidol voicebank.[3] In February 2021, she and Yuzuki Yukari were confirmed to be receiving A.I.VOICE voicebanks.[4] A younger secondary vocal for A.I.VOICE Kizuna Akari Tsubomi was announced to release within the same pakage and is capable of speaking in standard intonation as well;[5] an even-younger vocal Kizuna Akari Moe was announced the following year as an append to the previous A.I.VOICE package.[6] She was announced to be receiving DNN-compatible voicebanks for A.I.VOICE2 to be released in December 2023.[7]
Her voice is provided by Yonezawa Madoka (米澤円), a Japanese voice actress and singer.[8]
Concept[]
The concept for Akari is "She illuminates you all with her voice" (縁で結ばれた人達（星）との紲を灯で照らす).
Her age and height were listed on Vocalomaket's blog. Her official birthday is listed as December 22.[9] As Yukari is based on the moon, Akari is based on "starlight", keeping with the astronomical theme. 2021[10]
Similar to that of Yuzuki Yukari Shizuku, Akari was given a new library for A.I.VOICE labeled Kizuna Akari Tsubomi (紲星あかり 蕾). Kizuna Akari Tsubomi is a younger-sounding vocal for Kizuna Akari accompanied by a younger image of herself.[5] She is listed to be 10 years old in this rendition with a height of 124 cm.[1]
She was also announced to get an append library for A.I.VOICE labeled Kizuna Akari Moe (紲星あかり 萌), an even-younger-sounding vocal accompanied by an equally-even-younger image of herself[6] with age listed as just 5 years old;[2] no height figure was provided in the announcement.
Etymology[]
Her name is a play on "stars" or "light" (星), with "Stars" being a representation of people, her name means "Star Light". Her name at the time of her provider's recording was "Starry Akari" (紲星あかり).[11]
She is themed on the word "Connection" (結, kizuna), though originally they wanted to go with a play on "bond" due to translation issues with the kanji and details about her. There were also troubles with getting her name to match the team's themes and ideas for her.
Appearance[]
A number of her design details, such as her hair ornament, are based on the design of her predecessor Yuzuki Yukari However, she does not have a moon rabbit concept and instead references a star, keeping the astronomical theme. Her hair is silver and she was purposely designed with the intention of having long hair.
The orange colours come from the phrase "She illuminates you all with her voice" (縁で結ばれた人達（星）との紲を灯で照らす). The design is based on a star shining its light on people and the orange represents the concept of "shining light".
To differentiate from her VOICEROID design, Akari wears headsets instead of hair ornaments for VOCALOID4. She is also wearing a pair of lace-up boots rather than heeled mary-janes.
Relations[]
- Yuzuki Yukari - Fellow VOCALOMAKETS vocal.
History[]
Marketing[]
Akari has a garage kit figure.[12]
Voicebanks[]
- Kizuna Akari - Talk
- To match Yuzuki Yukari, Akari also has a VOICEROID vocal. It is capable of matching the singing vocal of Akari and is designed for a producer to be able to use both singing and speech vocals in the same production. The idea is that the listener to be able to tell the two voices are from the same vocalist.
- Kizuna Akari (VOICEROID2), December 22, 2017
- Kizuna Akari (A.I.VOICE), December 24, 2021
- Kizuna Akari
- The Kizuna Akari vocal is a voicebank created to contrast the Yuzuki Yukari vocal. For example, Yukari is better for slower paced songs, but Akari handles faster ones and whereas Yukari is softer in tone, Akari is brighter sounding.
- Kizuna Akari (VOCALOID4), April 26, 2018
- Kizuna Akari Voidol
- Kizuna Akari (Voidol), December 16, 2020
- Kizuna Akari (Voidol2), November 16, 2022
- Kizuna Akari Tsubomi
- A younger-sounding version of the Kizuna Akari vocal as a 10-year-old girl.
- Kizuna Akari Tsubomi (A.I.VOICE), December 24, 2021
- Kizuna Akari - Seiren Voice
- Kizuna Akari (Seiren Voice), June 24, 2022
- Kizuna Akari Moe
- An even-younger-sounding version of Kizuna's vocal as a 5-year-old girl, to be released as an append to the regular A.I.VOICE library.
- Kizuna Akari Moe (A.I.VOICE), expected December 16, 2022
- Kizuna Akari
- DNN upgrade for her A.I.VOICE voicebank.
- Kizuna Akari (A.I.VOICE2), December 22, 2023
Reputation[]
Trivia[]
- Her birthday, December 22, is the day her VOICEROID2 package was released. It is also the day her predecessor (Yuzuki Yukari) released as a VOICEROID+ and a VOCALOID3 product in 2011.
Achievements[]
- First newly introduced VOICEROID2.
- VOICEROID2 voicebank won the Creator's Category Prize in the 29th Vector awards.[13]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://vocalomakets.com/archives/2792
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://vocalomakets.com/archives/3943
- ↑ https://vocalomakets.com/archives/2129
- ↑ https://twitter.com/VOCALOMAKETS/status/1361565113979822088
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://twitter.com/AIVOICE_PR/status/1464554769830219780
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://twitter.com/AIVOICE_PR/status/1588418561672089602
- ↑ https://www.ai-j.jp/topics/9763/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/yone_mado/status/1003283615310962688
- ↑ http://www.VOCALOMAKETS.com/blog/archives/1003
- ↑ https://vocalomakets.com/archives/2928
- ↑ https://www.dtmstation.com/archives/22442.html
- ↑ https://twitter.com/mark00ac/status/1101446557142937602
- ↑ http://n.shop.vector.co.jp/service/special/award/#16
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