Xin Hua

Xin Hua (Traditional Chinese: 心華; Simplified Chinese: 心华) is a Chinese-capable VOCALOID formerly developed by the YAMAHA Corporation and distributed by Facio, in collaboration with Gynoid Co., Ltd. and was released in February 2015 for the VOCALOID3 engine.

She was updated to the VOCALOID4 engine and received Japanese voicebanks in September 2017. Her Chinese update was developed and distributed in collaboration with Shanghai Wangcheng Information Technology Co. Ltd..

She is voiced by Wenyi Wang (王文儀; Wáng Wényí), a Chinese voice acting apprentice currently in the Taiwan region of China.

Concept
She is a high school student.

Etymology
Her name is rendered in traditional Chinese as "心華" (Xīn Huá), meaning "Elegant Heart". A second meaning could be "Heart Flower" or "Flowery Heart" as "華" is also an old of "花" and was known in ancient times as "the flower of a tree". Another possible meaning of 華 is "Chinese / of Chinese descent", so when combined, her name would roughly translate to "Heart of Chinese descent" and utilizes the character, "华", in simplified Chinese.

Her Japanese name, "シンファ", is a representation of the Chinese pronunciation of her name.

It was later explained that her name derived from "桃之夭夭，灼灼其華", a line from the classic poem Tao Yao which translates to "The peach tree is young and elegant, brilliant are its flowers". Gynoid thought that a peach tree or blossom suited her cute concept and better represented the youth of a sixteen year old high school girl, thus she was given the name "Xin Hua". It was noted that they wanted the name to also fit the phrase "最美的風景是人心" ("the most beautiful scenery is the heart of people"). This is due to the Taiwan region being famous for its hospitality.

Appearance
Xin Hua's pink dress was created to represent cuteness and youth. Under her dress, she wears a basic Taiwanese high school uniform, making her outfit double layered. One of her notable accessories includes a pink beret that is the same color as her dress. There is a black and blue checkered scarf tied around her neck. Matching checkered fabrics tied in a similar fashion to her scarf are found on her wrists over her cuffs.

Her design for the V3 vocal bundled with the VOCALOID4 Editor for Cubase and her Japanese package utilize the same outfit as her normal V3 release but in a different color scheme. This was one of the conceptual color schemes VOFAN was testing for her.

Her VOCALOID4 outfit was designed by ZARD and is similar to the VOCALOID3 version with some significant changes. Her color scheme consists of purple, pink, blue, black, and white. Her yellow shirt from her VOCALOID3 design became white and frilly and a black and blue ribbon is tied under the collar. She gained white gloves with black and blue ribbons tied at her wrists. She wears a black and blue choker rather than a scarf. Her dress received bows at the bottom front and the frills became less rounded and have sharper black and blue cuts. She is also holding a conductor's baton. According to Shanghai Wangcheng's article, her VOCALOID4 boxart themed around puzzles. ZARD wanted this to represent the idea of VOCALOID lovers using their own skills (puzzle pieces) to create and compose content.

Relations

 * Xiao Hua - A purple teddy bear.

Music featuring Xin Hua
Examples of usage

Marketing
In January 2016, an event based on her 5th demo, "LET ME SING FOR YOU", was launched. There were certain areas mentioned within the lyrics of the song and if people traveled to the places that were mentioned and took photos there, they have the opportunity to submit their photos by posting them on Facebook with the tag "V-XinHua". In return, they would receive a transportation card with VOFAN's signature.

In January 2016, Xin Hua's pet bear, Xiao Hua, was introduced. Xin Hua and Xiao Hua received their own set of stickers.

Xin Hua's VOCALOID3 and Japanese designs have official MMD models by Yamamoto.

Trivia

 * Xin Hua is the first Chinese VOCALOID to have voice provider who was not from Mainland China. She was from Taiwan respectively.  The previous known Chinese VOCALOIDs that were released or revealed before her all had voice providers who originated from China.
 * While it was never revealed in public, Xin Hua did have a "Molihua" demo, as it was shown to only a certain amount of fans in the development process. Therefore, she is not the first Chinese VOCALOID to not have a "Molihua" demonstration.