Xiao Meihua

* Japanese
* Mandarin

**Xiao Meihua** (小梅花; Xiǎo Méihuā) is a Japanese and Mandarin Chinese vocalist from JAE VOCAL PROJECT that was voiced by Migi. Her Japanese was developed by HitCoder and released on December 21, 2019. Mandarin Chinese voicebanks developed by Ryan-kun were released on April 16, 2021.

## History

### 2019

Xiao Meihua was originally released for the UTAU engine on June 3, 2016. For UTAU, she had Mandarin Chinese and Japanese voicebanks. Since then, there have been updates for these vocals in addition to new languages.

Canary was the first of the JAE VOCAL PROJECT cast to receive a DeepVocal voicebank. It later was confirmed that Meihua, Ser0, and Xiao Shancha would also be receiving DeepVocal voicebanks, but there was no set schedule yet.

On August 7, 2019, a cover featuring Seishi Starchaser was uploaded. It was confirmed that Meihua's Japanese DeepVocal voicebank was used as the harmonies in this cover.

All members of JAE VOCAL PROJECT would have their DeepVocal illustrations done by Oweruru. Meihua's Japanese voicebanks were confirmed to be CVVCV. She was released on December 21, 2019 along with Xiao Shancha. It was confirmed that Meihua would receive additional DeepVocal voicebanks, but nothing could be revealed at the moment.

### 2020

On April 5, 2020, it was confirmed that Meihua would be receiving a new update to her Chinese UTAU voicebanks. To be able to use her in DeepVocal, she needed to be recorded in a different method as her CV+VV voicebanks may not be favored by the program. This update was confirmed to be CVVChinese based on Risku's reclist and was developed by Ryan-kun. Her new voicebanks were expected to release in either 2020 or 2021.

### 2021

On April 16, 2021, Xiao Meihua's CVVChinese voicebanks were released simultaneously with the UTAU version. A new design for this release was revealed and was confirmed to be illustrated by KUREiiRO. It was based on a design created by Parapa-kun, which was reused for DeepVocal with their permission.

## Character

Meihua is a shy and sensitive girl who tends to be cheerful and teasing towards her closest friends. She believes that self-expression is important and tries to find ways to be and stay positive. When she sees something or someone that she likes or wants and is asked about it, she often denies that she has any interest. She is a forgetful person and often doesn’t remember what task she was doing if she was interrupted or distracted.

Despite looking adorable, sometimes people find her difficult to approach. They notice her red eyes, often mistaking her as a demon or bad omen. She reacts poorly to people bullying or antagonizing her and would respond with aggressive or violent actions involving a nailed baseball bat. These behaviors tend to reinforce the claims that she and her younger sister, Shancha, are evil demons, even though she would never react in such a way unless provoked. She also has difficulty with making new friends as she is well aware of her violent tendencies and is afraid of hurting her friends or frightening them. Sometimes, this leads her to be clingy and rather possessive.

She has a pet blood red corn snake named Edgar (**艾德伽**; *Àidéjiā*). He is a loyal, precious, and endearing friend to her. His owner is very willing to protect him and vice versa.

She likes:

* Plums - Her favorite fruit.
* Soft flannel shirts - Not to wear, but to snuggle her face in.
* Smoothies - She loves strawberry banana smoothies the most.
* Dating sims - With no real understanding and experience of love, this is what she turns to. She has a list of favorite titles and characters.
* Red velvet foods - Anything with the flavor of red velvet, especially desserts!

She dislikes:

* Bugs - They're creepy and crawly, and are overall disturbing to her.
* Sharks - Another disturbing animal to her.
* Shaking environments - She despises being unsteady on her feet.
* Losing friends - Her worst fear is abandonment.

### Etymology

Her surname, "**Xiǎo**" (小), means "small" or "little". "**Méihuā**" (梅花), her given name, translates to "plum blossom" or "plum flower". The "Méi" character references "Ume", her former name with the same meaning of "plum". Altogether, her name translates to "small plum flower".

Her name is rendered as "**シァオ・メイフア**" in Kana.

### Appearance

* Japanese
* Mandarin

Meihua has long pink curly hair with parted bangs and red eyes. Her hair is tied in a single braid held together with a purple bow at the top and a purple tie at the bottom. Her black headphones have purple wolf ears. She wears a grey-ish white top with black edges on the short sleeves. At the collar of her top, there is a beige ribbon-tie. She wears a black skirt with white frills at the bottom, and on her legs are black leggings with beige leg-warmers that reach the bottom of her knees. Her shoes are purple and on her hands are purple gloves attached to her middle finger. There are black frills at the openings of the gloves. A purple shawl with white frills at the bottom is worn over her top.

This design was inspired by the winter season, school uniforms, and the tale of Little Red Riding Hood and the antagonist, the Big Bad Wolf.

Meihua's hair is worn in a half up half down style with the bun held together by a red ribbon. She wears a black and red sleeve-less dress that is held up by the collar, which is black with a red bow. The dress is decorated in red ribbons, leaves, and plum blossoms, with some gold pattern off to the left. A gold belt is located at her waist, with a red knot in the shape of a flower on the right. The skirt of the dress is made up of three tiers, starting from dark red to orange. Her heeled shoes are black with red trimmings and she wears long black socks with red frilly tops. Her long black gloves are only secured by her middle fingers and are also topped with red frills. She wears gold bracelets on both of her wrists.

This design was inspired by the action role-playing game by miHoYo, *Genshin Impact*. On January 22, 2021, Migi revealed an illustrated commission by Parapa-kun of what Meihua may look like if she was in the game. In this concept, she was noted to be a Pyro equipped with a claymore. The outfit was inspired by the region of Liyue. However, in the notes for Meihua's male derivative, Xiao Meiye, Meiye was noted to not be "from" there and was "from another world" due to this only being a crossover headcanon. This concept also applied to Meihua. This design was reused for the Mandarin Chinese DeepVocal release, but was altered to remove her Vision (located on the knotted flower of her belt) and the claymore. Edgar is also not present in the DeepVocal art. The theme color is based on volcanic skies.
### Relations

* Ser0 - friend. Meihua respects her and does her best not to cross her. Ser0 in return cherishes Meihua but sometimes likes to mislead her.
* Canary - friend. Meihua likes to teach him about Earth-related things but sometimes tricks him. She's amazed with his abilities.
* Xiao Shancha - younger sister. While they differ in personality, Meihua and Shancha generally get along. However, Shancha has a tendency to tease her big sister.
* JD - friend. Meihua likes to tease and pester JD in particular, but is sensitive to his feelings.
* kEna - friend. To Meihua, kEna is fun and daring. She finds these traits to be respectable.
* Yu Junjie - friend. Meihua views Junjie as an older brother figure. He helps her study and learn about new things.
* Seishi Starchaser - friend. Seishi views Meihua as a role model while she finds him adorable and enjoys his company.
* Xiao Meiye - male derivative. Can be achieved by adjusting Meihua's GEN parameter.

## Product information

### Voicebank libraries

* Japanese
* Mandarin

* Of the pair, Sweet has some noticeable pronunciation errors. "Ko" is one of them. Sounds starting with "r" or "ry" may also be incorrect.
* Sweet is the choppier vocal of the two.

Xiao Meihua Japanese - Sweet

* There are some noticeable pronunciation errors; some are due to her voice provider's American accent. The accent is even more noticeable in the Sweet voicebank.
* Like Japanese, these voicebanks can suffer distortion errors, but can be hidden if mixed well.

Xiao Meihua Mandarin - Sweet

## Download

* Japanese
	+ Dropbox
	+ Baidu Drive - Password: kzio

* Mandarin Chinese
	+ Dropbox
	+ Baidu Drive - Password: wgo5

## Gallery

* Boxart
* Concepts
* Promotional
* Merchandise

Japanese design with background by OweruruAlt Japanese art by PurpledMandarin art by KUREiiRODefault/Chinese UTAU design by PurpledJapanese UTAU design; illust: ReishichiEnglish UTAU design; illust: Riisago

Concept by PurpledColor reference by PurpledDesign concept by Parapa-kun

Official MMD model by OSformula

Acrylic keychain by faynatical
## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/JaeVocalProject/status/1499117336443473924
2. ↑ http://jaevocalproject.weebly.com/news/xiao-meihua-mandarin-sweet-demo-1
3. ↑ http://jaevocalproject.weebly.com/news/deep-vocal-announcement-canary
4. ↑ http://jaevocalproject.weebly.com/news/new-deepvocal-voicebanks-pinku-and-seishi
5. ↑ http://jaevocalproject.weebly.com/news/canary-japanese-deepvocal-release
6. ↑ http://jaevocalproject.weebly.com/news/new-video-pi
7. ↑ http://jaevocalproject.weebly.com/news/deepvocal-release-xiao-meihua-shancha
8. ↑ http://jaevocalproject.weebly.com/news/xiao-meihua-cvvchinese-demo-1
9. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CKWXucega-c/
10. ↑ https://twitter.com/YuezhengMigi/status/1365054183464910849

## External links

* Official website
* Meihua's webpage
* Official Twitter - Defunct as of December 1, 2021
* Moegirlpedia
* UTAU Wiki
* UTAU Wiki 2.0
* VocaDB

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