Miku Hatsune

* Casual and driver outfit
* Singer

**Miku Hatsune** (発音 ミク) is an ally in Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion THE ANIMATION. She first appears in Episode 15. She is voiced by Saki Fujita.

## Personal

Miku is a 11-year old girl and the driver of Shinkalion H5 Hayabusa. She is great at both studying and kendo, and has a great aptitude to be a driver. However, she considered herself to be "a failure of a driver" due to her motion sickness. She loves going to the Hakodate City Seikan Ferry Memorial Museum Mashumaru, where she used to always talk with her mentor figure curator Sōya Ōnuma before the latter assumed the position of Hokkaido Branch's commander.

At some point between the events in Episode 76 and the Movie, she somehow becomes a singer.

## Appearance

### Personality

A dedicated kendo trainer and eventual Shinkalion driver, Miku holds herself to a high standard of discipline, and is often blunt and to the point. Because of this, she was quite dismissive of the Ōmiya Branch drivers opting to sightsee in Hakodate downtown instead of training in case of a counterattack and referred to Hayato as a failure of a driver for not maintaining his health. However, Miku herself isn't perfect; she gets severely motion sick very easily, even after taking medications, which often makes her doubt herself as a driver. After talking with Hayato about her motivations, however, she quickly grew more respective of the other drivers and accepted Hayato's offer of a lecture on Japan's railways, even enjoying it despite previously having brushed it off when they first met.

### Relationships

* Hayato Hayasugi and the rest of Team Shinkalion (teammates)
* Sōya Ōnuma (superior, mentor)

## Trivia

### Background

* Miku's character originates from Miku Hatsune of Vocaloid, and shares the same first name as well as homophonic last name with her. She was introduced to Shinkalion as a collaboration with said brand.
	+ Her affiliation to Hokkaido is a reference to where Crypton Future Media, the creator of her basis, headquartered in.
	+ Her age is a reference to the date of her basis' initial release, August 31, 2007, which was 11 years old at the time she's introduced to the franchise.
	+ Her singer outfit design is very much identical to Snow Miku.
* She is voiced by Saki Fujita herself and filtered by Crypton Future Media afterwards to sound closer to the Vocaloid software.

### Notes

* She is the first female Shinkalion driver in the franchise.
* She shares the same voice actresses with the following:
	+ Kenroku Daimonyama in Cantonese dub.
		- Rei Ozora, Suzaku and Hikari Horaki in Cantonese dub after re-casted in the theatrical screening version of the Movie.
		- Miyu Kiyosu and Misaki Ōishi in Cantonese dub after re-casted in the TVB version of the Movie.
	+ Shinobu Tsukiyama, Rei Ozora, Suzaku, Asuka Langley Soryu, Misuzu Daimonyama, Momiji Oga, Haruna Takasaki, Penguin, Taiju Togakushi, young Shimakaze Anjō, Kasumi Abiko, Ayu Arata, Hōjō Nakasu and Ōboke Elder in Taiwanese dub.
		- Seiryu and Asuka Langley Soryu in Taiwanese dub after re-casted in the Movie.
* Miku tops the 1st place in the first character popularity poll, and ranks 9th in the second.

## Gallery

### Promotional media

Comparision of Vocaloid Miku and Shinkalion Miku in the official announcementMiku's driver suit renderPromotional poster of MikuPromotional poster of Miku and her Shinkalion unitMiku's singer outfit concept art by official outfit designer RellaMiku's singer outfit model sheet
### In *Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion THE ANIMATION*

Miku in Episode 15Miku in Episode 16Miku along with the Team Ōmiya membersMiku as a singer in the movie

## Links

### References

1. ↑ News about Hatsune Miku's appearance on Shinkalion
2. ↑ Saki Fujita's blog post regarding her role in Shinkalion
3. ↑ News about poll regarding characters on Shinkalion