YOHIOloid

YOHIOloid is an upcoming VOCALOID3 English and Japanese bilingual male developed by PowerFX and VocaTone. YOHIOloid is voiced by the Swedish singer YOHIO. He is expected to be released early May this year.

History
PowerFX begun production of another VOCALOID following the release of OLIVER. YOHIO presented himself with a rare opportunity and YOHIO's VOCALOID was put on priority due to its English/Japanese potential. Following a series of rumours, it was later confirmed that YOHIO was going to voice a bilingual VOCALOID. YOHIO himself confirmed this through a tweet as well.

In late April 2013 it was confirmed that the voicebank was complete, and that a demo was due soon. Later the contest winning image appeared, though this was confirmed as not the final version of the artwork and adjustments were being made to it.

In May it was confirmed they would not meet their given deadline (early May) for a release. Bil explained that this was their first step into a new language and it had been more difficult then they expected and the BETA vocals were still being tested. Bil admitted that PowerFX themselves had struggled to keep up with their main Soundation product during this time and 2 out of 3 members of their staff were out of office due to newborn arrivals.

Concept
The design was picked by Yohio himself so the final concept was driven by Yohio's own personnel preference. As a result, Yohioloid is the first PowerFX Vocaloid who is not confirmed to be a "Monster-themed" vocaloid.

Etymology
His working name of "Yohioloid" is taken from his provider "Yohio" and 'loid' from "Vocaloid". "Yohio" itself is taken from Yohio's original name "Johio".

Contest
An art related contest was held for YOHIOloid's cover art. The winning illustration will be the cover art and official image of YOHIOloid DVD, and the artist will receive $300, a VOCALOID3 Editor and a signed copy of the DVD by YOHIO. Four runner-ups, chosen by PowerFX, will receive a finished copy of the DVD. The rules for entering are available on YOHIOloid's homepage.

Announcement of the winner was meant to be held on the 22nd of April 2013. According to the report, the reason for the delay is because YOHIO wanted the artist to change one thing about it that was his favourite thing. On the 24th of April, the winner was revealed to be Sartika Nurhasanah. The runner-ups for the contest were later revealed to be Crealle, Noriko Hayashi, Celes Artemisatto and Camber Poon.

VOCALOID3
Unreleased


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