Xingchen

Stardust, also known in Chinese as Xingchen (Simplified Chinese: 星尘; Traditional Chinese: 星塵), is a Chinese VOCALOID developed by Shanghai HENIAN Information Technology Co. Ltd., in collaboration and distributed by Beijing Photek S&T Development Co., Ltd. for the VOCALOID4 engine in April 2016. She is the first VOCALOID for the Voicebank Customize Project.

She is voiced by Chalili (茶理理; Chálǐlǐ), a Chinese utaite.

Concept
Stardust was originally a mascot for the doujinshi group and series Quadimension.

According to the Quadimension 3 album artbook and November's design concepts, Stardust is capable of flying to Earth by using her hair. However, it was noted that she does not necessarily need to flap her hair while flying in space.

Her birthday is August 12.

Etymology
Her name, Xingchen (星尘; Xīngchén), means "Stardust" in Chinese. "Stardust" is her official English name as it appears on her boxart, numerous promotional material, and is utilized on her official social media accounts.

She was originally known as "Quadimensionko".

Appearance
Stardust's initial VOCALOID design was based on her original Quadimensionko concept. There were notable minor changes as she was given a skirt, shorter pigtails on the lower side of her head, and a different top. This design was drawn by November.

However, due to the Chinese fans' worries about her appearance looking similar to Hatsune Miku, Stardust was later redesigned. Her final design was drawn by ideolo but was conceptualized by November. Her quad-tail hairstyle was still kept but worn in a different way. She also wore a new one-piece dress and her arm-warmers were replaced with long gloves.

Stardust's quad-tail hairstyle was created to represent "Quadimension".

Relations

 * Haiyi - Younger sister

Music featuring Stardust
Examples of usage

Marketing
On September 26, 2015, an illustration contest for Stardust's official artbook was launched and ended in December. Prizes were available to all who participated. Art pieces needed to tag Stardust's official Weibo page or be sent in to the email address provided. The winners were revealed on January 2, 2016: ORRY Miao, COCYTOPIA, KYURITIZU, Sida, and Lanbaba. They received gold phone straps of Stardust, a place within the artbook, and payment. Chinese runner ups received silver phone straps, while overseas runner ups received a digital copy of Stardust's artbook. No physicals were available for the overseas contestants due to shipping costs. The artbook consisted of 30 to 40 pages.

Quadimension asked the fans for suggestions about the name for the official debut album and artbook. The artbook was later named "银河美术馆" (Yínhé Měishù Guǎn / Gallery of the Galaxy) while the album was named "星愿" (Xīng Yuàn / Star Wish).

A figure was announced to be showcased at Wonder Festival on February 17, 2016. The finished product was revealed in August 2016 and was made available for preorder on August 29.

Trivia

 * While she is the first VOCALOID developed by Shanghai HENIAN to not be part of the Vsinger project, Xin Hua was the first Chinese VOCALOID to not be part of it overall.
 * She is the first to not receive a Molihua demo. Every Chinese VOCALOID before her, including Zhanyin Lorra, sang the song at some point during their development.