Galaco

galaco (ギャラ子) is a Japanese VOCALOID originally developed by Internet Co., Ltd. and YAMAHA Corporation, under the Stardust Music, Inc. name. Her NEO update is a collaboration between YAMAHA & Stardust Music, Inc. only. She was offered exclusively as a competition prize in the VOCALOID Shop, and was initially released in August 2012 for the VOCALOID3 engine. The voice provider was revealed to be Kou Shibasaki (柴咲 コウ; Shibasaki Kō), a Japanese actress, singer, and member of the Japanese music group, galaxias!.
On August 5, 2024, galaco received an update to VOCALOID6 as a pair of AI voicebanks (dubbed BLACK and WHITE respectively, with galaco sporting a different design for each vocal), in celebration of the 10th Anniversary of galaco NEO.https://x.com/Yamaha_JP_PR/status/1810133169544605852https://x.com/INTERNETjp/status/1810145531496464425 In addition, she received a speech voicebank for on the same day.https://x.com/AIVOICE_PR/status/1810132018342302023 Kou Shibasaki returned to provide her voice for both galaco BLACK & WHITE and A.I.VOICE galaco.
==Concept==
Her design and original concept came about with the release of the "galaxias!" musical unit, being part of the promotional material related to said project. "galaxias!" is composed by the producer DECO*27, the DJ TeddyLoid, and the voice actress and singer Kou Shibasaki, the latter being the one who came up with the idea for galaco.http://www.vocaloid.com/lineup/vocaloid3/galaco.html Although it hasn't been stated, it's evident that galaco was designed to follow the same galactic concept used on galaxias!,galaxias! - biography as it's reflected on her attire design and name.
===Etymology===
Her name is a combination of 'galaxy' and 'ko' (子), Japanese for child.
===Appearance===
Following her name and concept, galaco has a strong reference to galaxies and cosmos, which reflected on the nebulae pattern on her clothes. Her design also seems to adopt some princess-like traits, particularly for her and crown. Other characteristic traits are her multicolored hair locks and the triangular patterns on her design.
====NEO====
With the release of the NEO versions, galaco's appearance was redesigned to have a more delicate appearance, while keeping her iconic traits, like her "cosmic" vibe.
====BLACK & WHITE====
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==History==
===Marketing===
Prior to her announcement, she also had a doll made for her by (and custom made by galaxxxy).link The doll was only for display and not for sale, but was used in promotion.
===Voicebanks===
;galaco - Red
:The galaco "Red" vocal was originally given away as a prize for meeting the criteria of the VOCALOID SHOP contest. She was originally only aimed at a strictly Japanese market and the ability to gain access to her vocal was limited for overseas producers with issues occurring for a long time related to this. The vocal also had issues with an expiring code which lead to its formal release later on. In addition, due to technical difficulties, consequential commercially released versions have a noted increase in quality over the initial version. 
:"Red" is regarded as galaco's main vocal and is aimed to be a faster tempo vocal. The vocal is intended to capture the traits of its provider Kou Shibasaki.
* galaco (VOCALOID3), August 5, 2012
* galaco NEO (VOCALOID3 and VOCALOID NEO), August 5, 2014
* galaco Red (Mobile VOCALOID Editor)
;galaco - Blue
:In contrast to "Red", "Blue" is meant to be for slower songs. Also, "Blue" is a more voice-acted result and is intended to be a supportive voicebank. 
* galaco NEO (VOCALOID3 and VOCALOID NEO), August 5, 2014
* galaco Blue (Mobile VOCALOID Editor)
;galaco - Talk
:A speech version of galaco was released alongside the "galaco NEO" release. This voicebank runs on AITalk though is not compatible with other "AITalk"-powered software.
* galaco Talk (AITalk), August 5, 2014
* (), August 5, 2024
;galaco - BLACK
:An AI voicebank for galaco. A powerful, yet natural singing voice that is highly versatile with a firm and clear voice quality. Can sing songs ranging from cute and cunning to mature songs.https://www.yamaha.com/ja/news_release/2024/24070801/
* galaco BLACK (VOCALOID6), August 5, 2024
;galaco - WHITE
:Another AI voicebank for galaco. A lovely and expressive singing voice. While retaining the VOCALOID characteristics, it can achieve a variety of expressions depending on the adjustments. It can sing both cute and cool songs.
* galaco WHITE (VOCALOID6), August 5, 2024
==Music featuring galaco==
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