Kurosawa Kohaku

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Kurosawa Kohaku (黒(くろ)沢(さわ)冴(こ)白(はく)), formerly Mizusawa Takuto (瑞(みづ)澤(さわ)タクト), is an upcoming Japanese vocal synthesizer character developed by VirVox Project. He is the fifth character to be announced from the VirVox Project, however is the sixth to make his official debut. He was initially released as a series of exVOICE samples in September 2023. He was later announced to be in development as an A.I. text-to-speech library for the VOICEVOX text-to-speech synthesizer in August 2024.^[1]^[2]

His voice is provided by the Japanese voice actor and Virtual YouTuber, saka seiso, also simply known as Saka (さか).

Concept[]

VirVox project's goal is to increase the variety and number of masculine vocals in vocal synths. Takuto is the rival of Kurono Takehiro.

Etymology[]

WIP

Appearance[]

WIP

Personality[]

Takuto is described as a cool and stoic young man who sees Kurono Takehiro as his rival. He is not good with women.^[3]

Likes[]

Favorite Food: Strawberry-flavored convenience store sweets^[4]
All sports
The library
Tokusatsu
Working out
Messing with Shirakami Kotarou

Dislikes[]

Bugs
Women (Stated to be "not good" with women.)
Strong lighting

Relations[]

Kurono Takehiro - fellow VirVox Project vocal.
Shirakami Kotarou - fellow VirVox Project vocal.
Aoyama Ryusei - fellow VirVox Project vocal.
Wakamatsu Akashi - fellow VirVox Project vocal.
Kigashima Sourin - fellow VirVox Project vocal.

History[]

2021[]

Takuto was introduced as an unknown fifth character who was shown as a silhouette on VirVox Project's website on 2021.^[5] Small parts of his design were teased in a height comparison illustration of the cast.^[6]

2022[]

On April 22, 2022, VirVox project tweeted that Shiki Rowen's exVOICE files mentioned the names of the VirVox Project characters, including the unknown male, confirming it to be "Takuto".^[7] He was also included in Shiki Taigen's exVOICE files as "Takuto-kun".^[8] On November 7, stats for Takuto were added but his surname was still unknown.^[9]

2023[]

On January 28, 2023, the first character of his surname, "瑞", was revealed. His personality was also updated, describing him as a cool and stoic young man who sees Takehiro as his rival. He is not good with women.^[10] His full information and illustration were revealed on September 4, and he was released with exVOICE files.^[11]^[12]^[13]

2024[]

On October 1, VirVox Project posted a press release announcement that all artwork, including those featuring Takuto and the other VirVox Project characters that have been illustrated by the former official illustrator, onidaruma, would be removed from the official website following a legal dispute and official separation between the artist and the project over the use of conceptual designs. VirVox Project noted that they plan to focus on designs with various concepts by a variety of illustrators hoped that fans would enjoy the new illustrations that would "bring a new world view to the series."^[14] It was stated that as the illustrations used for VOICEVOX and A.I.VOICE were commissioned pieces, VirVox Project noted that users could continue to use the released artwork as normal and would continue to be allowed for use in derivative works, such as creating videos using derivative character images or illustrations.^[15] A full explanation of the situation was released on October 12.^[16]

On December 24, VirVox Project teased a group image featuring new silhouettes for each member of the project. It was noted that these new illustrations were created to commemorate the addition of new voices and voice styles for all VirVox characters. The new visuals were designed for each character to be used for speaking. Additionally, the release and distribution of PSD files, which include variations for video production (free of charge), were scheduled for the first quarter of 2025, prior to the implementation of VOICEVOX.^[17] The silhouettes became the header image for the official VirVox Website..^[18]

2025[]

In celebration of the new year (2025), VirVox reaffirmed its plans for character development as it enters the new year, mentioning Maghni AI Shirakami Kotarou - Yoshi, along with the previously announced implementation of new VOICEVOX voices and styles for all members, as well as the previously mentioned updated visuals. In honor of the Year of the Snake (despite it not being the Year of the Dragon), VirVox revealed an extended silhouette of the upper body portion of the new visual for Aoyama Ryusei, which was noted to be closest motif to that of a snake.^[19]

On February 24, the new visuals for VirVox Project were unveiled, featuring new illustrations for all six members. The most noable of that being the new illustration for Takuto, who received the most drastic changes of all of the members. Takuto, now known as Kurosawa Kohaku (黒沢冴白), has undergone a name change alongside the release of the new visual. The reasons for this change were noted as follows: 1) The "Sawa" (沢) was often not supported by certain fonts (a similar issue encountered on the official VirVox Project website; 2) The naming conventions would be standardized to align with those of other characters; and 3) This change would assist in differentiating theme colors.^[20] The illustrations were created by mahora (まほら, @mahora_official), a Japanese illustrator.^[21] At a later date, VirVox plans to distribute a free PSD file containing various facial expressions that could be used in videos and other media. VirVox hopes that fans will also look forward to the three-dimensional character setting illustrations. VirVox reiterated that there would be no issues with continuing to use the old visuals.^[22]

Voicebanks[]

Mizusawa Takuto: Talk voicebank for Mizusawa Takuto

Mizusawa Takuto (exVOICE), September 4, 2023
Mizusawa Takuto (VOICEVOX), In development, release date unknown.

Reputation[]

References[]

External links[]

Official[]

Articles[]

Synthesizer V Wiki

Navigation[]

[1] ttps://x.com/VirVox_pjt/status/1818572560210227607

[2] ttps://x.com/VirVox_pjt/status/1828043283198542003

[3] ttps://twitter.com/VirVox_pjt/status/1619322785981140999

[4] ttps://www.virvoxproject.com/takuto

[5] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20211127070722/https://virvoxproject.wixsite.com/official/blank

[6] ttps://twitter.com/VirVox_pjt/status/1405841016318353408

[7] ttps://twitter.com/VirVox_pjt/status/1517413707642327040

[8] ttps://twitter.com/pheodore/status/1535439042539835392

[9] ttps://twitter.com/VirVox_pjt/status/1589612022240784385

[10] ttps://twitter.com/VirVox_pjt/status/1619322785981140999

[11] ttps://twitter.com/VirVox_pjt/status/1698621930180395422

[12] ttps://twitter.com/uchuuzentai/status/1698622382334746886 - English translation provided by @uchuuzentai

[13] ttps://twitter.com/VirVox_pjt/status/1698622495979721020

[14] ttps://x.com/VirVox_pjt/status/1841106133689516166

[15] ttps://x.com/VirVox_pjt/status/1842392553053892740

[16] ttps://x.com/VirVox_pjt/status/1845075749054849488

[17] ttps://x.com/VirVox_pjt/status/1871209145849831858

[18] ttps://x.com/VirVox_pjt/status/1871210227103867363

[19] ttps://x.com/VirVox_pjt/status/1874124916360106146

[20] ttps://x.com/VirVox_pjt/status/1894002205293777362

[21] ttps://x.com/mahora_official/status/1894060797870924257

[22] ttps://x.com/VirVox_pjt/status/1894002202273886287

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