DAINA

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**DAINA** is an English VOCALOID that was developed and distributed by Zero-G Limited. She was released in November 2015 for the *VOCALOID4* engine.

She is voiced by AkiGlancy (aka. EmpathP), an American VOCALOID producer.

## Concept

DAINA and DEX were given the theme, 'The Fox and the Hound', at the suggestion of Lupin. They were both focused on the pop genre. They were intended to be counterparts that complement each other. Lupin stated that he thought DAINA was what Zero-G wanted to achieve with SONiKA. He also noted that DEX and DAINA were a pair, but not twins. When asked about the aims of both VOCALOIDs, they were described to be aimed towards fans and designed to give producers with the voices they needed. AkiGlancy chose red hair and the blue and white colors for DAINA. The theme of "fox and hound" was one of many suggestions put forward, but one the group became fond of. Initially, it was treated as a light-hearted concept. The design was chosen after the team adored the primary sketches of the pair from SteelEmissary.

### Etymology

According to Lupin, he was the one who proposed DAINA's name in both writing and pronunciation. It was also chosen because it sounded whimsical. AkiGlancy and the staff members of Zero-G thought it was a reference to Dinah, a cat owned by Alice from the series, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". However, it was not Lupin's original intention.

What's more, "Daina" means *"song"* in Lithuanian.

### Appearance

DAINA made her debut as a *kemonomimi* modeled after a fox. The choice was made to give a twist of the popular *Nekomimi* design seen in SeeU and Nekomura Iroha.

AkiGlancy said they knew many would not like the designs and focused on the vocals instead. The animal traits were added to make the designs unique and to introduce something new in the VOCALOID franchise.

DAINA was also given an alternative design with slight changes to the original, but still retains the theme of The Fox and The Hound. This was done to appeal to non Japanese-styled art fans. The alternative design featured DAINA without her fox ears and tail. The ears were replaced by black headsets with a blue fox on it. This version of DAINA appears on the boxart.

Other concepts were revealed during a November 2015 livestream. This included DAINA as a thief instead of a kemonomimi in case Zero-G wished to scrap the 'Fox and Hound' theme. However, Zero-G liked the designs and they were kept as alternate fantasy illustrations, complementary to AVANNA. According to AkiGlancy, SteelEmissary added more detail to the thief design then the final chosen design. The final art was cel-shaded because Zero-G preferred it.

### Relations

* Namida - Same voice provider
* DEX - A complementary voicebank with masculine vocals.
* Tuna - Another UTAU by AkiGlancy.
* Pesuto - Another UTAU by AkiGlancy.

## History

### Marketing

DAINA has been featured in VOCAMERICA since 2016 along with DEX.

## Voicebanks

DAINA
A female English speaking counterpart to DEX, sings with an American accent.
* DAINA (*VOCALOID4*), November 20, 2015

## Reputation

### Sales

DAINA and DEX were put on sale within a short time of being released, noting that they were Zero-G's (then) current best selling product.

Both DAINA and DEX proved to be very popular and despite their recent release, both nearly claimed the no.1 spot from AVANNA in the 2015 most popular product for Zero-G. DAINA held the no.3 position. Zero-G also highlighted once again how well the pair were selling being "big news", noting their sales with the words "red hot" in red text which had never been seen before. In 2016, DAINA came in 4th place, 2 spots behind DEX.

In 2017, Zero-G added a top 10 products to the front page of their website. AVANNA, DEX and DAINA were often among the 10 top products an were often found within the 1-5 position overall. At the end of the year Zero-G released its "2017 Best sellers" list, all 3 made it onto their top 20s list.

### Achievements

* First female VOCALOID4 from Zero-G.
* One of the first Zero-G VOCALOIDs to be available for Mac.
* DEX and DAINA were the first counterparts of VOCALOID4.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/Kenji\_Baionoto/status/612434997908148225
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8pNp3gYztg
3. ↑ ~~http://www.vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/60706-dex-and-daina-two-new-vocaloids-from-zero-g-names-not-final/page\_\_st\_\_30~~[dead link]
4. ↑ https://twitter.com/Kenji\_Baionoto/status/612483261625794560
5. ↑ ~~http://www.vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/60706-dex-and-daina-two-new-vocaloids-from-zero-g-names-not-final/page\_\_st\_\_75\_\_p\_\_1268561&#entry1268561~~[dead link]
6. ↑ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WWo2CgHqCli96CLY8yOkHczVf3\_wybtPOzjij2DpAUE/edit
7. ↑ http://engloids.info/news/dex-and-daina-livestream-summary/#more-2850
8. ↑ Daina's name
9. ↑ https://twitter.com/Kenji\_Baionoto/status/612526464710283264
10. ↑ http://engloids.info/news/dex-and-daina-livestream-summary/#more-2850
11. ↑ About the alt design
12. ↑ ~~http://www.vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/60706-dex-and-daina-two-new-vocaloids-from-zero-g/page\_\_view\_\_findpost\_\_p\_\_1312285~~[dead link]
13. ↑ ~~http://www.vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/60706-dex-and-daina-two-new-vocaloids-from-zero-g/page\_\_view\_\_findpost\_\_p\_\_1312643~~[dead link]
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 ~~http://www.vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/65122-voice-providers-for-dex-and-daina-revealed/page\_\_st\_\_15\_\_p\_\_1333170&#entry1333170~~[dead link]
15. ↑ https://twitter.com/hyoujisama/status/672856738945740800
16. ↑ http://zero-glimited.cmail20.com/t/ViewEmail/y/E82EF059D5D86F9E/A10CC7377B4C425B1C65CA3F48968C2E
17. ↑ http://zero-glimited.cmail19.com/t/ViewEmail/y/60AD34268A65AE9D/A10CC7377B4C425B1C65CA3F48968C2E
18. ↑ Zero-g website
19. ↑ https://zero-g.co.uk/collections/2017-bestsellers?utm\_source=Newsletter+Subscribers&utm\_campaign=773daa65a8-EMAIL\_CAMPAIGN\_2018\_01\_10&utm\_medium=email&utm\_term=0\_aef2f88805-773daa65a8-24794245&mc\_cid=773daa65a8&mc\_eid=4df52f594c