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प LUO TIANYI
洛天依
AGE: 15
HEIGHT: 156cm
INSTRUMENT: Vocals
VOICE PROVIDER: Shan Xin, Kano (JP)
CHARACTER BIRTHDAY: July 12
RELEASE/PREORDER DATE: July 12, 2012 (V3)
CHARACTER COLOR: #66ccff
ABOUT: Her lore lists her as an angel that comes to earth with the mission to spread music to the world. She's an upbeat girl who loves to eat, her favorite food being xiaolongbao.
Following her debut in V3, she has received a V4 update with two voicebanks as well as a Japanese voicebank.
Official Bio Translation (Source)
Since her debut, Chinese musicians have created over 10,000 original works with Tianyi, as well as countless pieces of art, videos, cosplays, and so on.
Tianyi has appeared on a lot of Chinese TV channels, and collaborated with many famous Chinese musicians. Some of her most famous works include 《普通DISCO》《权御天下》《追光使者》and《达拉崩吧》. Her tone of voice is soothing and sweet, and she is widely adored by many fans.
V3 Voice Demonstration by 伊水_Uryan
V4 Voice Demonstration by 伊水_Uryan
V4 POWER Voice Demonstration by 伊水_Uryan
COMPANION: Tian Dian (天钿)
A fairy of music with the ability to transform into Tianyi's microphone. She is 10 years old and 30 cm tall.
Displayed: V4 Boxart (TID)
Debut design (ideolo)V3 boxart (ideolo)V4 Japanese (TID)Winning Contest Design: Yayin Gongyu (MOTH)
YANHE
言和
HEIGHT: 170cm
INSTRUMENT: Piano scroll
VOICE PROVIDER: Seira Liu
CHARACTER BIRTHDAY: July 11
RELEASE/PREORDER DATE: July 11, 2013 (V3)
CHARACTER COLOR: #00ffcc
ABOUT: Unlike the other members of Vsinger, because Yanhe was not a part of the first wave of character designs, she has not received any significant lore.
Her boyish tone of voice is due to the fact that her voice provider initially recorded for Zhiyu Moke, but due to legal issues his character could not be used. A second character design contest was hosted for the voicebank instead, with the winner becoming Yanhe.
Official Bio Translation (Source)
Yanhe is a handsome girl with a kind heart. Her charm point is her androgynous voice. Her famous works include 《阴阳先生》《葬歌》and 《冠世一战》.
Voice Demonstration by 伊水_Uryan
COMPANION: n/a
त YUEZHENG LING
乐正绫
AGE: 15
HEIGHT: 160cm
INSTRUMENT: Guitar
VOICE PROVIDER: Qi Inory
CHARACTER BIRTHDAY: April 12
RELEASE/PREORDER DATE: July 17, 2015 (V3)
CHARACTER COLOR: #ee0000
ABOUT: Her lore describes her as a lively high school student. Born into a big music company, she lives a rich-girl lifestyle. Her friends call her A-Ling (阿绫).
A contest was held to decide her voice provider, with Qi Inory as the winner.
Official Bio Translation (Source)
A cheerful young lady with a distinct ahoge on her head. She has a great high range. Her notable works include 《干物女》《Scarlet Drop》《梦语》《霜雪千年》and《九九八十一》.
Voice Demonstration by 伊水_Uryan
COMPANION: Shi Tian (释天)
A lion-like creature with the ability to transform into Ling's guitar. He is 10,000 years old and 200 cm tall. He's described as steadfast, elegant and noble, but is still a big cat at heart.
Displayed: V3 Boxart (ideolo)
Finalized design (ideolo)Winning Contest Design: Ling Caiyin (Rikuhao)
ट YUEZHENG LONGYA
乐正龙牙
AGE: 23
HEIGHT: 180cm
INSTRUMENT: Drums
VOICE PROVIDER: Jie Zhang
CHARACTER BIRTHDAY: October 2
RELEASE/PREORDER DATE: May 10th, 2017
CHARACTER COLOR: #006666
ABOUT: His lore describes him as a grad student studying finance on Ling's campus. He's the heir to the prestigious Yuezheng corporation and lives a very wealthy lifestyle. Ling is his little sister.
Vsinger asked fans who they would like to become Longya's voice provider, with Jie Zhang being one of the popular options. Longya made his debut in V4 with two banks: Chun (normal) and Ya (soft).
Official Bio Translation (Source)
Longya’s playing style is incredibly intense. He’s earned himself the title of “Drum Destroyer”. His notable works include 《In Your Breath》、《Bloom》and《月狐物语》.
Chun Voice Demonstration by 伊水_Uryan
Ya Voice Demonstration by 伊水_Uryan
COMPANION: Bei Chen (呗辰)
A dragon-like creature with the ability to turn into Longya's drum set. He is 50,000 years old, the wisest and oldest of the Vsinger companions.
च ZHIYU MOKE
徵羽摩柯
AGE: 14
HEIGHT: 150cm
INSTRUMENT: Keyboard
VOICE PROVIDER: Shangqing Su
CHARACTER BIRTHDAY: December 10
RELEASE/PREORDER DATE: May 30, 2018
CHARACTER COLOR: #0080FF
ABOUT: His lore describes him as a genius hacker with an IQ of 168. He puts up a "good boy" front, but is an otaku behind closed doors.
His voice provider was initially Seira Liu, but legal issues lead to Yanhe being created for the voicebank instead. His V4 voicebank was announced on May 30th, the birthday of his current voice provider Shangqing Su.
Official Bio Translation (Source)
A genius with an IQ of 168, he’s a well known hacker (codename MOKE). He’s mixed race and excels at street dance. His notable works include 《虚拟少年》and《魔法少年》.
Voice Demonstration by 伊水_Uryan
COMPANION: Fei (绯)
A phoenix-like creature with the ability to turn into Moke's keyboard. He is 500 years old and 20 cm tall, with a wingspan of 60 cm. He argues with Moke often, and his wings turn red when he is angry.
क MO QINGXIAN
墨清弦
AGE: 17
HEIGHT: 171cm
INSTRUMENT: Bass
VOICE PROVIDER: Mingyue
CHARACTER BIRTHDAY: May 20
RELEASE/PREORDER DATE: June 14, 2018
CHARACTER COLOR: #FFFF00
ABOUT: Her lore describes her as an elegant upperclassmen with a mysterious air. She has an extremely slow reaction time and a tendency to space out due to her poor health, but others mistake this for her supposed mysterious and mature nature. The younger band members call her "Mo-Jie" (墨姐), a respectful way to refer to an older female.
Her V4 debut was announced on June 14, the birthday of her voice provider, Mingyue.
Official Bio Translation (Source)
A super-popular upperclassman; while she seems like a cool beauty on the outside, she’s actually pretty spacy and slow. Her famous works include 《ACE》and《我存在》.
Voice Demonstration by 伊水_Uryan
COMPANION: Yi Xian Qing (一弦青)
A flower-like creature with the ability to turn into Qingxian's bass violin. She is 1 year old and 20 cm tall. Qingxian finds her in a patch of grass.
Displayed: V4 Boxart (TID)
Finalized design (ideolo)Winning Contest Design: Chou (HANS)
*Note that, due to discoveries of plagarism, ideolo did not use Chou when designing Qingxian.
ABOUT VSINGER
Vsinger is a project headed by Shanghai HENIAN that manages and promotes their Chinese Vocaloids. It debuted as VOCALOID CHINA PROJECT in 2012 and was also known as VOCANESE in 2014-15. There are currently 6 members.
A character design contest was held for the first Chinese Vocaloid, with the design that would become Luo Tianyi coming in first. The other 4 supporting members were runnerups. A 5-part series of short anime clips was created to promote them.
Part 1 (also above) | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
After Tianyi's debut, a second character design contest was held to decide the second Chinese Vocaloid, bringing Yanhe into the family.
Note: Character names are listed in Eastern order, meaning surname first (i.e. her name is Tianyi, not Luo).
VSINGER OFFICIAL SOCIAL MEDIA
Vsinger official
Luo Tianyi | Yanhe | Yuezheng Ling | Yuezheng Longya | Zhiyu Moke | Mo Qingxian
Luo Tianyi JP (Twitter)
ABOUT VSINGERNEWS
@VsingerNews is an unofficial account run by @rice_deity starting June 2017. Japanese translations are courtesy of @inkopolis. @YuezhengMigi assisted for a while as well.
Chinese translations, typesetting, and crossposting are done by Rice.
Not a journalist or anything, just doing my best. Stan Qingxian
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Q&A
Is Vsinger the name of the company?
No, the company is Shanghai Henian. Vsinger is the name of the project.
"Are Vsingers different than Vocaloids?"
Nope! As of now, they're all Vocaloids; Vsinger is just the name of their group. Think of it like they're a band called Vsinger. Vsinger is their band name.
"I thought Vsingers were like Vtubers but singers"
This project has been called Vsinger since 2015, but the term "vsinger" for virtual singers in general has picked up on its own. It's a bit confusing, yeah.
"What's with all the brand deals?"
Tianyi's an icon. She does a lot more than I crosspost, actually, because I just don't, have the energy to look into the context of every single thing she does, and I don't think many people are going to terribly miss her KFC brand deal she did this one time.
"Which is the first name?"
Names are generally written in Eastern order, so last name first. Tianyi is her first name, Ling is her first name, Yanhe is her full name, Longya is his first name, Qingxian is her first name, Moke is his first name.
"Qingxian/Tianyi is too long. Can I just call them Mo/Luo?"
It would be super weird if you did tbh
"How do you pronounce ___"
In each "Voice Demonstration by 伊水_Uryan" video, the character introduces themselves by name. You can also put the Chinese characters into Google translate and have the robot read it aloud for you, but here's an extremely rough guide:
Luo Tianyi 洛天依 - Luoh Tyen-yee
Yanhe 言和- Yen-Huh
Yuezheng Ling 乐正绫- Yuu-eh Juhng Ling
Yuezheng Longya 乐正龙牙- Yuu-eh Juhng Lohng-Ya
Mo Qingxian 墨清弦 - Mo Ching-Seean
Zhiyu Moke 徵羽摩柯- Jer (like the vowel in "sir")-yuu Moh-kuh (pronounce this like "mocha") (if you put this name into google translate or another TTS, it might pronounce his last name "zheng yu". it's not zhengyu)
"Is Vocaloid China the same as Vsinger?"
Depends on the context. Vsinger debuted as VOCALOID CHINA PROJECT in 2012, but they don't go by that name anymore. Vocaloid China (or VC) is used nowadays to refer to all Chinese Vocaloids, which includes Vsinger as well as Stardust, Xinhua, Yuecheng (KING), Chuchu, and sometimes Miku.
"Are Stardust/Xinhua/Yuecheng (KING)/Chuchu part of Vsinger?"
No, they're Chinese Vocaloids managed by different companies.
Stardust is managed by Quaddimension. She has a whole gang of sisters in SynthV.Xinhua is managed by Gynoid and SHANGHAI WANGCHENG (Vsinger is SHANGHAI HENIAN). I'm kind of unclear on her situation actuallyYuecheng (KING) and Chuchu are manged by SHANGHAI WANGCHENG.
Feel free to ask any other general questions if you have them! We'll do our best!
MR V/老V
A character that represents the staff behind Vsinger. Portrayed as something of a father figure.
ZHANYIN LORRA
战音Lorra
Lorra was announced in 2014 alongside Ling as an upcoming Chinese Vocaloid. Gui Xian Ren was chosen as her voice provider.
In 2016, it was announced that the production of Lorra's Vocaloid project had ceased, and in 2017 Joyme Network announced that they had acquired her character rights for an upcoming video game.
It can be assumed that she will never make her Vocaloid debut.
