UNI

UNI (유니) is a Korean VOCALOID developed and distributed by ST MEDiA and was released for the VOCALOID4 engine in February 2017. Her voice provider has never been revealed.
A set of additional Korean voicebanks were expected to be released some time in 2017, however, they have since been pushed back. She was also announced to have an English voicebank, but it would not begin development until after the additional voicebanks are released.http://cafe.naver.com/vocaloidempire/46482 Information about these voicebanks were stalled since 2016. On November 25th, 2022, Starlike Inc. an event and gaming development team, has announced that they would be licensing her and SeeU.https://twitter.com/StarlikeInc/status/1596358890098425858
==Concept==
In her early concept submitted by Dr. Yun to the 2015 Korean Character Business Conference (2015 국산캐릭터 비즈니스 컨퍼런스), UNI was noted to have been an 18 year old girl and one of two twins of light born from the Big Bang that took place in the middle of the vast universe. She was to be accompanied by Koni (코니), a character born from the stars gathered in the constellation of the Unicorn after the birth of UNI. It was stated their story began when Koni was wandering in search of UNI in the vast universe and finally met her.http://www.kvca.or.kr/Program/board/listbody.html?a_gb=board&a_cd=5&a_item=0&sm=3_1&page=7&po_no=149 See pages 25 & 26 of [붙임2] 2015 KOCCA 비즈니스컨퍼런스 캐릭터 브로셔.pdf This concept seems to have been scrapped upon her VOCALOID4 release of which she was given a new design and profile.
According to the Facebook post revealing her design, UNI has strawberry milk and electronic dance music listed as her 'favorites'. It also states that her are 34-23-35.https://www.facebook.com/vocaloidtalks/photos/a.546427865509226.1073741828.542702002548479/546479295504083/
===Etymology===
Her name is derived from the words: Universe, U&I, & Union.Debut news translated by randomkoreantranslations on Tumblr It is pronounced /ju:ni/.
In September 2023, it was later elaborated that UNI's name was from "unicorn", possibly in relation to her past concept of her relation to Koni the Unicorn, a character born from the stars gathered from the unicorn constellation after UNI's birth.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq2bjZuRUMkhttps://twitter.com/liondance_1214/status/1705180554143142316 - Summary by @liondance_1214https://twitter.com/uchuuzentai/status/1705200035284033563 - English translation of summary by @uchuuzentai
===Appearance===
Her appearance is based off her concept of being the "Universal VOCALOID". She has a star under her left eye, as well as star badges on her tie, cuff links, and ankles.
UNI's concept plays off of electronic controls and is inspired by SeeU's design. Her skirt lights up when she sings. She wears a band on her thigh that has rewind, pause, and skip buttons. UNI's name is printed on her shoulder, based off of the Crypton VOCALOID characters' and SeeU's tattoos.
UNI's color scheme was chosen to complement SeeU's, which is why her hair and base color were set as pink when she was first being developed.http://cafe.naver.com/vocaloidempire/33275
===Relations===
* Koni - Concept partner, a unicorn-like being born from the stars.
==History==
===Marketing===
On December 1, 2017, ST MEDiA published their first album: I Love Moonlight. The album was a compilation of all of UNI's promotional demo songs in addition to four songs made exclusively for it. A limited edition version was also produced and came with a special LED light stand based off of the album's cover art. A five-day preorder sale was held prior to the album's release and allowed customers to purchase the normal version at a 10% discount for either.
On January 26, 2024, ST MEDiA announced the hosting of a contest as part of the SeeU Library Renewal Limited 400 project broadcast to be launched with the goal of creating a masculine derivative for UNI, to be known as "YUNO" (유노).https://youtu.be/_6YvdyyfHZU?t=2125
===Voicebanks===
;UNI
:UNI is a young female who sings in Korean, unlike SeeU before her, she has the basic Korean Phonetics with no extra or unneeded sounds. Her voice is sweet and naive-sounding with a good bass but poor treble range.
*UNI (VOCALOID4), February 14, 2017
;Other vocals
:More voicebanks and English were planned for VOCALOID4 but have not appeared.
==Music featuring UNI==
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==Navigation==
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