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Tsuina, the Ogre Hunter Project (鬼っ子ハンターついなちゃんプロジェクト) is a project revolving around the character, Tsuina-chan, and was originally developed in 2011 and made in response to the Hinomoto Oniko Project (日本鬼子ぷろじぇくと) by former author Saki Ohenri (大辺璃紗季) featuring Mai Kadowaki.
Originally starting as a voice drama series featuring Tsuina-chan, the project would later set up as a company, Kisaragian LLC. (合同会社如月庵) on September 17, 2019 following the rebrand of the character, dropping all connections to Oniko. It would branch off into various manga and illustration projects as well as various sound sources and led to the development of VOICEROID and Synthesizer V libraries.[1][2]
History[]
Tsuina, the Ogre Hunter Project developed their first VOICEROID2 speech synthesis library for Tsuina-chan and released in collaboration with AH-Software Co. Ltd. on November 1, 2019.
On September 14, 2020, the Tsuina-chan Project launched a contest for fans to design what would be an outfit for her if she were to become a singing synthesizer.[3] The contest was set to last until November 14. Less than a month later, on October 5, Tsuina-chan's official twitter account confirmed that she would be starting a crowdfunding campaign for a singing synthesizer later in winter.[4] On October 30, Synthesizer V AI was announced and it was later revealed that Tsuina-chan would begin a crowdfunding campaign for Synthesizer V Studio Standard and Synthesizer V AI banks later that year.[5] The campaign began on December 4 and reached its initial goal of 5,000,000 yen in one day.[6][7]
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Key people[]
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Saki Ohenri (大辺璃紗季) is a manga artist, illustrator, screenwriter, event manager, character manager and anthropomorphic local Moe character critic from Atsushi Kaki City, Japan and is the creator of Tsuina-chan. |
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Mai Kadowaki (門脇 舞以) is a voice actress from Tokyo, Japan and is the voice actress for Tsuina-chan. She is known for her roles in anime such as Illyasviel von Einzbern (イリヤスフィール・フォン・アインツベルン) from the Fate/stay night series, Sanya V. Litvyak (サーニャ・V・リトヴャク) from the Strike Witches series, Emil from the NieR series, and Yaoyao (瑶瑶) from Genshin Impact. |
Voicebanks[]
Voicebanks that the company developed and/or distributed, sometimes in collaboration with other companies.
VOICEROID[]
VOICEROID2[]
Synthesizer V[]
VOICEVOX[]
Generation 5
A.I.VOICE[]
Seiren Voice[]
COEIROINK[]
MYCOEIROINK[]
SHAREVOX[]
VOCALOID[]
VOCALOID6[]
Main Characters[]
Dickson[]
Dickson (ディクソン) - The four-eyed gigaku mask on Tsuina-chan's head. He is described as "quiet and a nice guy".[8]
Stats[]
- Height: Unknown
- Weight: Unknown
- Birthday: Unknown
- Age: Unknown
Zenki[]
Zenki (前鬼) - One of Tsuina-chan's shikigami (式神), the front and back demons. One-half of a pair of demons originally of a married couple who serve as Tsuina-chan's companions.[9][10]
Stats[]
- Height: Unknown
- Weight: Unknown
- Birthday: Unknown
- Age: At least 1300 years old
- CV: Serizawa Aimu (former)
Kisaragi Hoan[]
Kisaragi Hoan (如月宝庵), also known as Oji-chan (おじいちゃん), is Tsuina-chan's grandfather. He is a mad scientist and a priest.[11]
One-eyed Oni[]
One-eyed Oni (目一つ鬼, Mahitotsu Oni) is the greatest enemy in the story of Tsuina-chan, who manipulated the history of Japan from the shadows.[12]
His voice is provided by Nozomu Sasaki (佐々木望).
Minor Characters[]
Sanmoto Saeko[]
Sanmoto Saeko (山ン本左衛子) is a character made in 2015. She had a preliminary design made in 2015 that has yet to be updated.[13][14] She's described as the "vice-president type to shut down clubs", in this instance, Tsuina, Saki and Kotaro's newspaper club. She was announced to be going on SHAREVOX right after SHAREVOX's announcement but was absent in the first wave of releases.
Her voice was provided by Shinonome.[15]
Chuuki[]
Chuuki (中鬼) was conceptualized as a joke character in 2017 that plays off of Zenki and Goki's shikigami status. While the two are Tsuina's front and back demons, Chuuki is the alleged "Middle Demon". They have no official relation to either Zenki or Goki though. Their canonicity is debated in the official setting but they do make an appearance in he first generation of the Tsuina-Chan Voice Dramas and a cameo appearance as a plush strap hanging from Saki's bag in her Seiren Voice design.
They speak in standard Japanese dialect but with a voice similar to Mickey Mouse. Their green body is longer than Zenki or Goki's and in fact grows longer when they lie or lust. Because of this, they are often compared to a cucumber. Chuuki is often depicted with a mischievous personality, not necessarily antagonistic but moreso annoying. Cats are hostile to them and they don't like crickets and bell crickets.
Voice Drama 1st Generation characters[]
Takiyashashime[]
Takiyashashime (滝夜叉姫) is an antagonist character originating from the first generation of the Tsuina-Chan Voice Dramas. She is the final villain that Tsuina-chan goes up against.
Her voice was provided by Kadowaki Mai.
Shiori[]
Shiori (汐里) is a character originating from the 38th episode of the first generation of the Tsuina-Chan Voice Dramas.
Her voice is provided by Makina Ryo (真希那稜).
Kisarazu Uina[]
Kisarazu Uina (木更津ういな) is Kisaragi Tsuina's doppelganger and rival. She originates from the first generation of the Tsuina-Chan Voice Dramas.
Her voice was provided by Kadowaki Mai.
List of minor original characters from the voice drama[]
- Pettanmomen (ぺったんもめん) - A harmless paper doll yokai sporting Tsuina's twin drills.
- Hanzaki (ハンザキ) - A giant salamander yokai under Takayshihime's orders.
- Gashadokuro (がしゃどくろ) - A giant skeleton yokai under Takayshihime's orders.
- Nurikabe (ぬりかべ) - A wall yokai under Takayshihime's orders.
Snowflake characters[]
Yuki[]
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Kazahana Yuki[]
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Abe Hiroha[]
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Suzuno[]
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CoeStation Adopted characters[]
Following AI, Inc.'s acquisition of CoeStation Co., Ltd. on June 29, 2023, it was announced in A.I.VOICE's 36th livestream on December 22 that Hasuki Nemi and Musui Joko's intellectual property would be transferred to Kisaragian LLC.
Hasuki Nemu[]
Hasuki Nemu (蓮鬼ねむ) is a character made by CoeStation Co., Ltd. (コエステ株式会社). She was the first voicebank to be released for CoeAvatar. Her intellectual property was given to Tsuina, the Ogre Hunter Project after AI, Inc. acquired CoeStation.
She is an Oni (鬼) and her design is themed around as such. Her family name Hasuki (蓮鬼) is the inverse of the Oni Basu (鬼蓮) also known as the Prickly Water Lily, which means "mysterious" in Japanese flower language. The Lotus (蓮) represents is a symbol of purity and holiness, and is one of the kigo for July. Her given name Nemu (ねむ) comes from the kanji Sound (音, ne) and Dream (夢, mu); which represents the desire for her to be loved as a vocal synth character.[16][17]
Stats[]
- Height: 152cm
- Birthday: July 21
- CV: Iori Saeki (佐伯伊織)
- Illustrator: lack
Musui Joko[]
Musui Joko (夢酔じょうこ) is a character made by CoeStation Co., Ltd. (コエステ株式会社), their second original character after Hasuki Nemu. She was created and was successfully crowdfunded for their TTS engine, CoeAvatar but did not end up seeing a public release. Her intellectual property was given to Tsuina, the Ogre Hunter Project after AI, Inc. acquired CoeStation.
Her name, profile and final clothing aspects was crowdsourced from user-submissions on a Twitter Space based on a rough draft of her design.[18] Much like Nemu before her, she is also an Oni and she works as her maid. Her family name Musui (夢酔) is a combination of the words Dream (夢) and to get Drunk (酔う), which means the desire to let loose and get drunk. Her given name Joko (じょうこ) comes from the term Jogo (上戸), which alone is slang for someone who loves to drink as opposed to Geko (下戸) which is slang for someone who doesn't like to drink. However when tacked in front of another term, it describes the what type of drunk that person is and what their drunk habit is.[19] Altogether, Musui Joko's name is a pun that means "The type of drunk who's habit is dreaming of getting drunk."
Stats[]
- Height: 145cm
- Birthday: October 1st, Japanese Sake Day
- Age: 21
- CV: Miyu Kubota (久保田未夢)[20]
- Illustrator: MtU[21]
Promotional involvement[]
Audio Drama[]
Shrine Involvement[]
Niconico Shrine[]
References[]
- ↑ https://fantia.jp/posts/1439
- ↑ https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%A4%E3%81%84%E3%81%AA%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93
- ↑ https://fantia.jp/posts/460822
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Tuina_chan_PJ/status/13130833410300887047
- ↑ https://dreamtonics.com/en/synthesizer-v-ai-announcement/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Tuina_chan_PJ/status/1334697472090726406
- ↑ https://camp-fire.jp/projects/view/334914
- ↑ Tsuina-chan's secrets part 7
- ↑ https://twitter.com/tuina_chan_pj/status/802704488775548928
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Tuina_chan_PJ/status/801940848589950980
- ↑ Tsuina-chan's secrets part 26
- ↑ https://fantia.jp/posts/668275
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Achakamu/status/658670389980086272
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Achakamu/status/658999402938286080
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Tuina_chan_PJ/status/1584188972452184065
- ↑ https://coeavatar.com/update/detail.php?id=1100172
- ↑ https://robotstart.info/2022/02/14/coeavatar-production-project.html
- ↑ https://coeavatar.com/update/detail.php?id=1103691
- ↑ https://dime.jp/genre/1315439/
- ↑ https://coeavatar.com/update/detail.php?id=1104563
- ↑ https://coeavatar.com/update/detail.php?id=1103461
External links[]
Official[]
- AH-Software Co. Ltd. Character Page
- Official PR Twitter
- Tsuina-chan Youtube Channel
- Fantia
- Tsuina-chan Synthesizer V CAMPFIRE Crowdfunding Page
- Tsuina-chan VOICEROID GREEN FUNDING Crowdfunding Page
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