Hiyama Kiyoteru

Hiyama Kiyoteru (氷山キヨテル) is a Japanese Vocaloid released in December 4, 2009. He is developed by AH-Software. Officially he teaches Kaai Yuki at school and is good at mathematics. He joins a rock band "Ice Mountain" as "Ice Mountain Teru" on weekends (note: this is a play on words as "Kiyo" (氷山) means "Ice Mountain").

History
Kiyoteru's voice was offered by a Japanese singer, Kiyoshi Hiyama. His name had been secret for a long time, however, Kiyoshi himself announced this on Nico Nico Live on August 12th, 2010.

Kiyoteru is meant to be portrayed as a sensei (teacher).

Three demos have been released, named "Seichi Jerusalem", "Wings", and "I'll love you again".

Book: "Ice Mountain"
A book is being released about Hiyama Kiyoteru's band "Ice Mountain Teru". The book lists information on the band "Ice Mountain".

Usage for Music
He tends be used for pop and heavy metal/rock. His treble range is supposedly smooth, which allows for an easier usage of the higher octaves. He has the softest of the Vocaloid male voices within the Vocaloid 2 voicebanks. Also he has clear Japanese consonant sounds and stable voice. However, he is not good at singing in a low voice as a male singer and the beginning consonant sounds get shorter as well as other AH-S vocaloids. Because of this he is often said to be not easy for beginners to use. A particular noted weakness of his voicebank is that he cannot produce a satisfactory low masculine vocal tone.


 * Improving vocals using Kiyoteru

His software may occasionally have an installation error when installed, this is related to his engine version and may show up when installing him over a more updated Vocaloid 2 like Gachapoid or Lily. Help can be found within the fandom on fixing this. This can be fixed very easily, however, if a newer Vocaloid installed after his installation, otherwise re-installation in release order is another solution.

Until late May 2011, works made using the AH-Software Vocaloids were banned from being published through Karen-T because premission had not been granted for their use with the website by AH-Software.

Reception
Kiyoteru's design received complaints by some fans. Since he was intended to be the partner to Yuki Kaai, some fans expressed the concern that the pair would become the subject of pedophilic based artwork/songs. It also received complaints of looking too plain and ordinary compared to previous past Vocaloids.

Initially, many of Kiyoteru's early videos on Nico Nico Douga had comments accusing him of being too similar to Kaito, however this effect occurs only on the higher octaves. Over time such comments shifted direction and another complaint followed; his voice is considered difficult to blend in with existing males. Although it is not impossible to make him blend in, heavy editing may be needed as his voice tends to stand out when singing with other Vocaloids.

He was also overall the least popular of the trio of Ah Software Vocaloids. Ah Software's Vocaloids took a while to gain popularity, leaving him as the least popular Japanese Vocaloid in Japan for a time.

Trivia

 * His tie clip is a motif of Yamaha's electric upright bass SLB100 and his glasses are ZS92001A by Zoff.
 * According to the book "Ice Mountain", the default configuration for his software package is Kiyoteru's vocals as a rookie singer.

Notable for...

 * One of the first 3 AH software Vocaloids
 * First male AH software Vocaloid
 * Once held the title of "least used Japanese Vocaloid"