Shanghai HENIAN Information Technology Co. Ltd.

Shanghai HENIAN (上海禾念信息科技有限公司 Shànghǎi Héniàn Xìnxī Kējì Yŏuxiàn Gōngsī) is a small Chinese company that once collaborated with the larger Japanese company, Bplats, Inc.. It is commonly abbreviated as "SHN" for short. They head the project Vsinger (formerly known as VOCALOID CHINA in 2012 and VOCANESE in 2014), a cast of characters listed under their name. They are also the developers of the first Chinese VOCALOID, Luo Tianyi.
==About==
Throughout the years of 2012 to 2013, Shanghai HENIAN worked in collaboration with Bplats to develop Chinese VOCALOIDs. Together, they successfully created two female voicebanks.
On January 31, 2014, it was announced that VOCALOID CHINA ceased activity, but YAMAHA would continue making Chinese VOCALOIDs.VOCALOID CHINA closed Later, in February, it was confirmed in an interview that YAMAHA was selling the two Chinese VOCALOIDs and four mascots to Shanghai HENIAN permanently. The project was relaunched as VOCANESE once the sales were finalized around March and the joint between Shanghai HENIAN and Bplats ended.Information about VOCANESE Since then, Shanghai HENIAN developed VOCALOIDs independently. However, due to the fact that Bplats helped develop the voicebanks for Tianyi and YANHE, there was a need to train a new recording team. Members of a new recording team traveled to Japan and received training in order to learn new techniques into creating a VOCALOID voicebank in a systematic way.July 27thJuly 28th
On February 2, 2015, Ren Li, the founder and general directer of the company, resigned from his duties as corporate representative and general manager.http://www.weibo.com/3638133220/C2t8r1BJY His resignation took effect some time in March. He was later succeeded by Zhang Rui. Ren Li 's retirement was caused by events related towards him in regards to the VOCALOID YANHE. For more information see Controversy Concerns.
In May, they started a second project called the "Voicebank Customize Project", which consisted of VOCALOIDs whose character rights belonged to a separate company or group, but had their voicebanks developed by Shanghai HENIAN. During this time, VOCANESE was relaunched as Vsinger to commemorate a new fresh start since Ren Li's resignation. From then on, a new notable member was made known and was introduced as Mr. V, a mascot for Shanghai HENIAN. He acts as a spokesperson and manages SHN's official social media accounts. The person behind Mr. V is a woman named Ruo Han and she appears during official events for SHN.
On August 17, 2023, a documentary about Luo Tianyi was released, which included interviews with former Shanghai HENIAN members, such as Yuki, Yuki's team, and Jian Pan, as well as others like lategra and ilem. According to the interview, it was noted that Yuki and her team were unable to control the whole Vsinger operation starting around 2019-2020, alluding to beginning to become more involved with Vsinger's activities.https://bilibili.com/video/BV1CN411z77E
===Key people===
====Former Members====
	G.K is a producer from Vanguard Sound. He was noted as a former voicebank developer for Shanghai HENIAN and developed Luo Tianyi's original vocal.
* https://weibo.com/greykni9ht
	Jian Pan (潘建), also known as Suyi, is a Chinese producer and the former musical director of Vsinger. Aside from writing official original songs for the cast, he was also the voicebank developer of Shanghai HENIAN. The first VOCALOID he developed was Yuezheng Ling and he worked on all Vsinger vocals after her, including Beijing Photek S&T Development Co., Ltd.'s VOCALOID4 product, Xingchen, up until January 2023, when he announced his departure from the company.https://www.bilibili.com/video/av650548957 - Jian Pan's announcement in the comments of his farewell song "" featuring Luo Tianyi AI Beta for ACE Virtual Singer
* https://www.weibo.com/usagisama27
==Voicebanks==
===VOCALOID3===
V3_lty.jpg|Luo Tianyi|link=Luo Tianyi (VOCALOID3)
Yanhe_boxart.jpg|YANHE|link=YANHE (VOCALOID3)
Ling_boxart.jpg|Yuezheng Ling|link=Yuezheng Ling (VOCALOID)
===VOCALOID4===
xingchen box.png|Xingchen|link=Xingchen (VOCALOID4)
longya box.png|Yuezheng Longya|link=Yuezheng Longya (VOCALOID4)
Luo_Tianyi_V4 box.png|Luo Tianyi V4|link=Luo Tianyi V4
tianyi jpn transparent box.png|Luo Tianyi V4 Japanese|link=Luo Tianyi V4 Japanese
moke box.png|Zhiyu Moke|link=Zhiyu Moke (VOCALOID4)
Mo qingxian box.png|Mo Qingxian|link=Mo Qingxian (VOCALOID4)
===VOCALOID5===
Luo tianyi v5 box.png|Luo Tianyi V5|link=Luo Tianyi V5|linktext=no official release date
Yanhe v5 box.png|YANHE V5|link=YANHE V5|linktext=no official release date
Yuezheng ling v5 box.png|Yuezheng Ling V5|link=Yuezheng Ling V5|linktext=no official release date
==Promotional involvement==
===Vocaloid: China===
To create a strong support for the first Chinese VOCALOID, a contest was held to pick a design.
The 5 winning entries:
*Grand Prize: Yayin Gongyu (original version of Luo Tianyi)
*Ling Caiyin (original version of Yuezheng Ling)
*Yayin (original version of Yuezheng Longya)
*MOKO (original version of Zhiyu Moke)
*Chou (original version of Mo Qingxian)
===Figurines===
===Apps===
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===Contest===
====Voice Provider Contest====
In the summer of 2014, Ling had a contest where fans could enter and compete into becoming her voice provider. In October, the winner for Ling was announced to be QI Inory.
====Song Writing Contest====
From July 1st 2015 to October 1st, a song writing contest was held. Participants could only use Tianyi, YANHE, and/or Ling's voicebanks and the themes were: Idyllic Land of Peach-Blossom Spring (桃花源), Midsummer Night (仲夏夜), and To Youth (致青春).
==VOCALOID CHINA winning entries==
LTianyi.png|Luo Tianyi, Chinese female
Moqingxian full.png|Mo Qingxian, Chinese female
Moke full.png|Zhiyu Moke, Chinese male
Yuezheng Ling.png|Yuezheng Ling, Chinese female
Longya full.png|Yuezheng Longya, Chinese male
YANHE.png|YANHE, Chinese female
==References==
==External links==
* Official Site (VOCALOID CHINA)
* Official Weibo (VOCALOID CHINA)
* Official Site (VOCANESE)
* Official Facebook (VOCANESE)
* Official Twitter (VOCANESE)
* Official YouTube (VOCANESE)
* Official Weibo (VOCANESE)
* Official site (Vsinger)
* Official Facebook (Vsinger)
* Official YouTube (Vsinger)
* Official YouTube (Vsinger - second account)
* Official Weibo (Vsinger)
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