Hikuine Kiiro

Hikuine Kiiro ( キイロ) is a voicebank for the UTAU software, first released in 2014, then re-released in 2017. He currently supports the Japanese language.
Kiiro is a British Furry UTAU owned, designed and voiced by ryouichi.
==History==
===2014===
Kiiro's first appearance was in a cover of "Meltdown" by iroha(sasaki)https://vocaloid.fandom.com/wiki/%E7%82%89%E5%BF%83%E8%9E%8D%E8%A7%A3_(Roshin_Yuukai) uploaded on 22nd November 2014. ACT1 was later released on November 30th 2014, originally as "Yasashiine Kyou", as a mono-pitch CV. This voicebank is known to have pronunciation issues and poor oto.ini and recording quality.
===2015===
A year later, ACT2 was released on November 30th 2015. This was released along with a demo reel which showcased 3 covers. ACT2 was known for lesser pronunciation issues, and had different microphones for each voicebank which caused quality disparity.
During ACT2's development, EXSERIES was created, which was a series of experimental voicebanks. 3 Voicebanks were created which were "Power", "NEO", and "Mature". Only Kiiro's Mature append was released.
===2016===
At the start of January, ACT3 began production. It was a VCV with 2 VCV appends. These banks were fully recorded but was never released.
During ACT3's development, 1 CVC and 2 VCV voicebanks were created. The CVC was bi-lingual between Japanese and English, and was just an experiment and was never meant to be distributed. The 2 VCV's, however, was. The two were WARM and STRONG appends, they were created to test a new microphone, but they never ended up releasing due to a hard-drive failure. A VCCV was also tested, but the results were unpleasant.
On August 16th 2016, Kiiro was rebooted and a new tri-pitch CV-VV with 2 appends named "ACT1" started development.
===2017===
In April, Kiiro got a name change from "Yasashiine Kyou" to "Hikuine Kiiro". After the loss of ACT1, V1, or later called DEFER, begun development. DEFER was re-recorded many, many times, which earned it it's name.
B1, or later called EMERGE, started development during DEFER's development. EMERGE is a tri-pitch CV released on November 30th 2017, and was released along with a Demo reel. This release was accompanied by a re-design, which featured Kiiro, now much older-looking, in a green shirt, a trenchcoat, black trousers and knee-high boots.
At the end of the year, a new voicebank was being created which was a CV-VV tri-pitch called "B1_Somber", but, again, was never released.
===2018===
DEFER was in development for the entirety of this year.
B2, or later called CINDER, started development this year, which is a mono-pitch CV-VV. This voicebank released on November 30th 2018 along with a Demo reel. This release was also accompanied by another re-design which sported a black button-up, an orange t-shirt, some shorts and sandals.
===2019===
DEFER finally released as a bi-pitch VCV on November 30th 2019. This was accompanied with a Demo reel with mini-PVs. A new illustration of his 2018 design was shown with the voicebank.
===2020===
CARBON released as a 5-pitch Powerscale CVVC on November 30th 2020. Another new illustration of his 2018 design was showcased with the voicebank, along with a Voicebank icon illustrated by Neku.
===2021===
FLARE released as a 6-pitch Powerscale CV-VV on May 24th 2021. Another new illustration of his 2018 design, drawn by Onin, was showcased with the voicebank, along with a Voicebank icon illustrated by Temi.
More voicebanks were released later in the year on his 7th anniversary, these being SMOKE, PYRE and BURN, being soft, neutral and power VCVs respectively. These were also packaged in a combined VCV with all the appends, including a unique G2 pitch. They were released alongside a visual history timeline with all of Kiiro's old voicebanks.
Spanish voicebanks were also started this year. These are similar to his JPN combined voicebank, 3 separate appends and a unique G2 pitch.
===2022===
His Spanish voicebanks will release later this year.
An NNSVS AI voicebank was started this year, it will be a Powerscale-type bank.
A Dark append called 'ASHES' was released on August 28th 2022, with Kiiro sporting Blue as a colour instead of the usual Orange, along with a fancy suit with frills coming from the neck. ASHES is a Tri-pitch VCV Dark append intended to be added to his JPN Voicebank, and was released along with a demo reel.
==Concept==
Kiiro Hikuine is a 23 year old golden retriever/husky mix. His birthday is on November 30th 1998, making him a Sagittarius. He's usually seen as a cool "popular jock" type, what with his good looks and athletic ability being in the local rugby team, as well as his coldness and difficulty to trust people, but once you get to know him and he gets to know you, he's a sweet guy and kind of a dork, since he tends to act like a puppy from time to time. Most people give him weird looks for his behavior. He also has a power that allows him to control fire, which is called Pyrokinesis, which was indirectly passed down his family. His power was a genetic mutation from his father's Cryokinesis, which allowed him to control ice.
Kiiro Hikuine is his UTAU name, while his real name is Kiiro Shirainu.
===Etymology===
*低伊音 (Hikuine) - Deep Sound
*キイロ (Kiiro) - Yellow, Colour of the base of a flame, Katakana
*白犬 (Shirainu) - White Dog, Relating to snow
*黄色 (Kiiro) - Yellow, Colour of the base of a flame
=== Appearance===
Kiiro is a 6'4" tall, muscular, Husky / Golden Retriever crossbreed. His fur is cream with red highlights on his tail, and he has a brown moustache, beard and chest hair. His nose and ear fur are also red. He wears special breathable fabrics tailored specifically to him so he doesn't overheat, thanks to Jasper and Mava.
=== Relations===
*Sachiko Shirainu - Mother
*Keiji Shirainu - Father
*Kaede Shirainu - Sister
*Kazuya Oguma - Nerd Close Friend
*Kuno Ohne - Close Friend (with benefits)
*Kazuki Unmei - Close, but tiny, Friend
*Mava - Personal Tailor, Close Friend, (Is Mava's Personal Flamethrower)
*Jasper - Space Friend!!
*Aino Kat - Close Friend
*MAT - Close Friend
*Hayate Ryuta - Close Friend
*Roko Soon - Close Friend (also with benefits)
==Voicebank Information==
===JP VCV:===
<tabber>|-|DEFER=
|-|SMOKE=
|-|PYRE=
|-|BURN=
|-|ASHES=
</tabber>
===JP CVVC:===
<tabber>|-|CARBON=
</tabber>
===JP CV:===
<tabber>|-|EMERGE=
|-|CINDER=
|-|FLARE=
</tabber>
===ES CVVC:===
<tabber>|-|ASCUAS=
|-|CENIZA=
|-|FLAMBÉ=
</tabber>
==Terms of Use==
Please visit https://kiiro.uwu.ai/#tou for the terms of use! It's too long to add in this wiki entry.
==Gallery==
<tabber>
|-| JPN / ESP=
HikuineKiiro-PYRE.png|ryouichi 2021
HikuineKiiro-SMOKE.png|ryouichi 2021
HikuineKiiro-BURN.png|ryouichi 2021
HikuineKiiro-ASHES.png|ryouichi 2022
HikuineKiiro-REF1.png|ryouichi 2021
HikuineKiiro-REF2.png|ryouichi 2021
HikuineKiiro-REF3.png|ryouichi 2021
HikuineKiiro-REF4.png|ryouichi 2021
HikuineKiiro-REF5.png.png|ryouichi 2021
HikuineKiiro-REF6.png|ryouichi 2022
|-| FLARE=
HikuineKiiro-FLAREcomm.png|Onin 2021
HikuineKiiro-FLAREcomm2.png|Frame 2021
|-| CARBON =
HikuineKiiro-CARBON.png|ryouichi 2020
HikuineKiiro-CARBONcomm.png|Temi 2021
HikuineKiiro-CARBONhuman.png|ryouichi 2021
|-| DEFER =
HikuineKiiro-DEFER.png|ryouichi 2019
HikuineKiiro-DEFERcomm.png|Kerodingding 2020
HikuineKiiro-DEFERcomm2.png|neku 2020
|-| CINDER =
HikuineKiiro-CINDER.png|ryouichi 2018
HikuineKiiro-CINDERalt.png|ryouichi 2018
HikuineKiiro-CINDERendroll.png|ryouichi 2018
|-| EMERGE =
HikuineKiiro-EMERGE.png|ryouichi 2017
HikuineKiiro-EMERGEold.png|ryouichi 2017
KiiroHikuine-EMERGEhuman.png|ryouichi 2018
HikuineKiiro-EMERGEfestive.png|ryouichi 2018
HikuineKiiro-EMERGEsanta.png|ryouichi 2017
</tabber>
==External Links ==
*ryouichi's Carrd
*UTAU Wiki 2.0
==References==
Category:Male
Category:Japanese voicebank
Category:Dog
Category:Voice actor from United Kingdom
Category:CV voicebank
Category:VCV voicebank
Category:CVVC voicebank
Category:CV-VV voicebank
Category:Active
Category:Spanish voicebank