Voice providers/VOCALOID2

===Sweet ANN: Jody===
Jody is the stage name of an Australian singer who is the voice provider for the VOCALOID Sweet ANN.Interview: Bil Bryant (Production and CEO of PowerFX)
====Trivia====
* An original codename for Sweet ANN was "Jodie".
===Hatsune Miku: Saki Fujita===
Saki Fujita (藤田咲) is a professional voice actor and the voice provider for the VOCALOID Hatsune Miku.
She was born in 1984 in Tokyo, Japan. In 2003 she was awarded in the contest VS Audition 2003 by Pony Canyon which established her career as a voice actress. Since then, she has built her fame in the industry, providing her voice for anime and video games. She provided high quality voice samples for VOCALOID2 Hatsune Miku. She has become a veteran of Vocaloid and due to her familiarization of Vocaloid scripts, she herself stated she now reads Vocaloid script much faster than when she first did it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD9H34jvh0c
Throughout her time in VOCALOID, a number of people, including other voice providers working for Crypton Future Media, commented on how professional she remained even when frustrating recording moments occur.https://ameblo.jp/tacit/entry-12201321113.html
====Hatsune Miku: VOCALOID2====
Her soft and clear voice caught the attention of Crypton, and they adopted Saki for their first VOCALOID2 product and third VOCALOID product overall, Hatsune Miku. Crypton created an instant hit, launching the widely known VOCALOID trend. Saki Fujita provided a cute, high and clear voice for Miku's voicebank. Hatsune Miku is now widely recognized as the most famous VOCALOID having appeared in concerts worldwide. Saki once again reprised her role for the Miku append voicebanks.
====Learning English: VOCALOID3====
She took on a new challenge in VOCALOID, providing English-based voice samples as Miku, for the English voicebank of Hatsune Miku. She learned English by using an English learning program called "Engrish away!". Due to problems with learning an American accent, she progressed slower in her voicebank than a native English speaker. Despite this, Crypton claims her accent is clearer and more understandable than Yuu Asakawa (Megurine Luka's voice provider).
====Trivia====
* Her voice acting prowess would find herself voicing various characters for the browser game .
====External links====
* Wikipedia (en)
* Wikipedia (ja)
* IMDB
* Twitter
* Official blog
===Kagamine Rin & Len: Asami Shimoda===
Asami Shimoda (下田麻美) is a professional voice actress and the voice provider for VOCALOIDs Kagamine Rin and Kagamine Len.
She was born in 1986 in Tottori, Japan. During high school, she developed her talent as a voice actress and received a scholarship for voice actress school. Her professional career broke through in 2005, when she provided her voice for Ami/Mami Futami in the popular video game series THE IDOLM@STER. This product spread her fame in the industry, causing her to be contracted by Crypton to provide the voice for a new male/female VOCALOID after Saki Fujita was hired as the voice for Hatsune Miku.
====External links====
* Wikipedia (en)
* Wikipedia (ja)
* IMDB
* Arts Vision
* Official blog
* Twitter (@shimoda_asami)
* Interviews:
** Miku Channel Interview: Asami Shimoda 's Interview for the 6th anniversary of Kagamine Rin/Len (English subs)
===Camui Gackpo: GACKT===
Gakuto Ōshiro (大城ガクト), also known as Gakuto Kamui (神威楽斗), is a professional singer and the voice provider for the VOCALOID Camui Gackpo (Gackpoid).
He was born in Okinawa, Japan. He is one of the Japanese leading rock music singers and has fans worldwide. Recently, he stretched his activity to the stage and usually takes on the role of a shogun or a samurai. The final design of Gackpoid is heavily influenced by many aspects of GACKT's own personality.
He is no stranger to overseas and foreign performances. He is capable of speaking and singing in English and Chinese. He also has been in one Hollywood film, Bunraku, as the role of Yoshi.
On September 7, 2021, he indefinitely suspended his musical career because of "deterioration of neurological disorders he has battled since childhood"; at the same time, certain vocal disorders he was grappling with, which were described by the press as "serious", made it "virtually impossible" for him to continue singing.Nikkan Sports (in Japanese)Tomohiro Osaki on Twitter (partial English translation of the above)
====Trivia====
* In the year 2009, GACKT placed a contest for GACKPOID users to 'challenge' their capabilities. Later, the winning song, "Episode.0" by mathru/KanimisoP, and the runner-up song, "Paranoid Doll" by NatsuP, were added into GACKT's 39th album, "Episode.0", featuring GACKT's vocals.
====External links====
* Wikipedia (en)
* Wikipedia (ja)
* IMDB
* Official website
* MySpace
* Twitter (@GACKT)
===Megurine Luka: Yuu Asakawa===
Yuu Asakawa (浅川悠) is a professional voice actress and the voice provider for the VOCALOID Megurine Luka.
She was born in 1975 in Tokyo, Japan. The Luka project started in early 2007, preceding the Hatsune Miku and Kagamine Rin/Len projects. Crypton had the idea of releasing Luka as their first VOCALOID2 product, but Yuu's and Crypton's schedules did not match well. Therefore, Luka was distributed as the third Crypton VOCALOID following Miku and Rin/Len.
Yuu can speak competent English, which is the reason why Crypton hired her for Luka. She does not consider herself bilingual and openly admits that she has problems with English at times. Her belief in regards to English is that she feels it is best to learn better English then it is to learn to precisely speak English. This was reflected in her methods of teaching when she was brought in to aid with producing other English vocals such as Hatsune Miku V4 English.https://ameblo.jp/tacit/entry-12201321113.html
====External links====
* Wikipedia (en)
* Wikipedia (ja)
* IMBD
* Arts Vision
* Official blog
* Twitter (@Julia320)
* Reports:
** Miku Channel Report: Yuu Asakawa's Report for the Magical Mirai Concert 2013 (Channel 39)
===GUMI: Megumi Nakajima===
Megumi Nakajima (中島愛) is a Japanese professional voice actress and singer. She is the voice provider for the VOCALOID GUMI (Megpoid). She is managed by the talent agency Stay Luck and the record label (a sublabel of , also known as ), which also distributes the Blu-ray and DVD releases of Magical Mirai's productions; she used to be managed by E-stone Music (another JVC Entertainment sublabel).
She was born on June 9, 1989 in Ibaraki, Japan. In 2007, was chosen out of 5,000 applicants for the voice actress role of (蘭花李), the heroine of the TV anime . She started her musical career in 2008, with Macross Frontier's notable song, (星間飛行, Interstellar Flight), entering the charts at number 5 that year. She is also known for her roles as and in as well as (Cure Lovely) in .
====External links====
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* IMBD
*Original official website (dead link; last known archive, July 11, 2014)
*Official blog (dead link; last known archive, July 1, 2014)
*Second official website (dead link; last known archive, March 31, 2022)
* Profile at Stay Luck
* Twitter (@mamegu_staff)
* YouTube
===SF-A2 miki: Miki Furukawa===
Miki Furukawa (フルカワミキ / 古川美季) is a professional singer-songwriter and the voice provider for the VOCALOID SF-A2 miki.
She was born in Aomori, Japan. She started her career as the vocalist and bass guitarist in the rock unit . The unit disbanded back in 2006 and she has been in solo career since then. She later briefly joined the band in 2011, which was active until 2012.
Her most notable participations were in the soundtrack of the live-action film , in the ending of the anime , in the opening of the anime , and in the soundtrack of the franchise .
====External links====
* Official website
* Official blog
* Sony Music
* Twitter (@furukawamiki)
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===Hiyama Kiyoteru: Kiyoshi Hiyama===
Kiyoshi Hiyama (比山貴咏史) is a professional singer and the voice provider for the VOCALOID Hiyama Kiyoteru.
Kiyoteru's voice provider was initially undisclosed. YAMAHA gave a vague hint that the vocal was from "a talented professional singer who has been joining the development of VOCALOID." Fans speculated that Kiyoshi was the voice provider during this time. It wasn't until August 12, 2010 that Kiyoshi disclosed in a NicoNico live broadcast that he was the voice behind Kiyoteru.
He is a backing vocalist who has worked with artists such as , , , and . He has also participated in the chorus of soundtracks of anime such as , , , and .
His most detectable participations are in the ending of the Christmas OVA , on the TV show , and in the opening of the anime .
====Trivia====
* He made one of VY1v3's demo songs.
====External links====
* Official website
* Official blog
* Twitter (@voixnon)
===BIG AL: Frank S.===
Frank S. was a former employee of PowerFX Systems AB. and the voice provider of the VOCALOID BIG AL.
Frank became the provider after Michael King was unable to help complete the original voice files for the voicebank. He is a native American-English speaker who was born in Sydney, Australia.
The identity of the voice provider was revealed during an interview about VOCALOID. However, the Wikia is not allowed to provide further information.
===BIG AL (development): Michael King===
Michael King is a professional and was originally intended to be the voice provider for BIG AL.
When PowerFX Systems AB. felt that the provided recordings did not meet their satisfactions, they attempted to do another recording session with Michael. However, they found he was on tour and was unable to return to provide more recorded samples. He was replaced with Frank S., however, demos of his voice for beta BIG AL are still available online.
====External links====
* YouTube
* "Beta" BIG AL Samples:
** PowerFX
** I Feel Good
** Sweet Ann and Old Big-AL duet
** Miriam and Old Big-AL duet
===Lily: Yuri Masuda===
Yuri Masuda (益田祐里) is a professional singer and the voice provider for the VOCALOID Lily.
She was born in 1977 in Kumamoto. Her artist name is Yuri (ユリ) and she is a vocalist of the unit m.o.v.e. This band is famous for the opening and closing songs of the anime Initial D. 
====External links====
* Wikipedia
* J!-ENT Celebrity File
* Official website
===Ryuto: Kuniko Amemiya===
Kuniko Amemiya (雨宮邦子) is a professional voice actress and the voice of VOCALOID Ryuto (Gachapoid). 
She is known as the voice actor for , the baby dinosaur from Hirake! Ponkiki and the inspiration for Ryuto.
===Nekomura Iroha: Kyounosuke Yoshitate===
Kyounosuke Yoshitate (佳館杏之助) is an utaite and freelance singer. He is the voice provider for the VOCALOID Nekomura Iroha.
Initially, Kyounosuke was not revealed to be the voice provider during Iroha's VOCALOID2 release. However, directly after Nekomura Iroha V4 was made available for purchase, AH-Software Co. Ltd. revealed on Twitter that he provided her voice.https://twitter.com/ahsoft/status/611369842151571456
He is a member of Bangetu Tei, along with Ayabe Fuyu.Bangetu Tei Website
====External links====
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* Official blog
* Twitter (@tokyounosuke)
* Instagram
* Facebook
* Niconico
* YouTube
===Utatane Piko: PIKO===
PIKO (ピコ) is a singer and the voice provider for the VOCALOID Utatane Piko.
He was born in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. His earliest known involvement with music was when he was a high school student. Back then, he was an amateur vocalist and with his mother's advice, he posted a VOCALOID fandub song on Niconico that received fame. In September 2009, he made his debut as an independent singer and this led to his contract with Ki/oon Music Inc., a subsidiary company of Sony Music Entertainment Inc. in March, 2010. His artist name, PIKO, is the namesake of a pet dog he had.
In August 2019, he made an announcement on his Twitter that he had "end-stage renal failure" and was hospitalized since June. Future treatments would include surgeries and medications and he states that he will continue to keep his fans updated.https://twitter.com/piko_niconico/status/1161976316775694337https://twitter.com/poppochan28/status/1162069602878152704 Translated announcementhttps://twitter.com/Anime/status/1162084053639684098 ANN
====Trivia====
* In Japan, he is known as 両声類 Ryouseirui, an artificial word from the word of the same pronunciation 両生類 (amphibian) and meaning "both-vocals-species". This is because he has the ability of producing both masculine and feminine vocal tones.
* His logo is ﾋﾟωﾟｺ, where the katakana ピコ (Piko) are included. His logo is similar to 's.
* PIKO often uses a hand-drawn mouse named Pikochu with the following face as his trademark image ﾋﾟωﾟｺ. This mouse can be seen as a representation of PIKO in several of his Niconico song covers. He has many plush toys, puppets, and oversized pillows in the likeness of his trademark mascot.
* The official English romanization is "PIKO" as stated in an entry in his blog.http://ameblo.jp/piko-blo/entry-10740577576.html
* In a Namahousou on December 18, 2010, he said his favourite anime character is K-ON!'s Hirasawa Yui.
* He is often known for singing with Sekihan and various other Nico Nico singers.
* Sekihan and PIKO occasionally add comedy into their covers.
* PIKO has 7 major singles: Story, Wasurenagusa, Sakurane, Yumehana, Emiiro Refrain and Make My Day, and Gennoha.
* He has released three albums so far as an signed artist (Infinity (Sep 9, 2009), 1PIKO (May 11, 2011) and 2PIKO (May 30, 2012). He has also released cover albums and compilation albums as an utaite.
* PIKO is also a VOCALOID producer. As a VOCALOID producer, he goes by the name Chuutoro-P (ちゅうとろP) and has composed songs since December 21, 2012. His only works so far are "Seiya Bokumetsu Chouzetsu Suishou Dan" sung by GUMI and Hatsune Miku and "Uta Catastrophe" sung by Miku.
====External links====
* Wikipedia
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* Official website
* Official blog
* Twitter (@piko_niconico)
* Nicovideo 
* YouTube
* Online Shop
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