Yuezheng Ling

Yuezheng Ling (乐正 绫) is an upcoming Chinese VOCALOID3 to be developed by Shanghai He Nian Co. Ltd.

Ling was a runner up entry to the first "VOCALOID™ CHINA" contest in 2012, held for choosing the design of the first Chinese VOCALOID and was a VOCANESE supporting character for two years. On July 13th, 2014, she was confirmed to be receiving a VOCALOID voicebank.

She was voiced by QI Inory (祈Inory; Qí Inory), a Chinese internet singer and cosplayer. She was the winning participant for Ling's voice provider contest.

Concept
According to the short animation series promoting VOCALOID CHINA, Ling is a lively high school student. Her family runs the huge Yuezheng company, a business that makes instruments and music. Her personality is very straight forward, and can sometimes be seen as blunt. She also does not care for details. She is extremely generous and energetic, for she spends as much as 3/4 of the day running all over the place. Sometimes, she can make a boy jealous due to her high spirit. She loves music, experiencing new things, and huge, fluffy dolls. However, Ling has many annoying issues in her life, mostly related to her older brother, Yuezheng Longya.

Etymology
Her original name was Ling Caiyin (绫 彩音), however, this was dropped because it was written in a Japanese naming style rather than Chinese.

The surname Yuèzhèng (乐正) comes from the governor of music during the Zhou Dynasty. The existence of this surname was was proven when two historical books (《元和姓纂》&《尚友录》) state that: the "Chou Dynasty's 'Yuèzhèng' Position was used as a surname", therefore hinting that the name existed as early in Zhou Dynasty, which was more than 2,600 years.

After the Zhou took over the Chinese empire, the positions of the governing system were used as surnames. During this time, there was a position called "Yuèzhèng", which was responsible for music and melodies. Any descendants of this governor will bear the same surname.

During the Zhou Dynasty, people took great measures with politeness and rituals. The Yuezhengs were heavily looked upon by the emperor and the standard of music can directly affect a country's impression to the outside world.

Appearance
The design was originally drawn by Rikuhao, but was refined and redrawn by illustrator Ideolo. Unlike the winner and other runner ups, Ling's design was the least heavily edited.

Relations

 * Yuezheng Longya: Older brother
 * Luo Tianyi: Companion
 * Mo Qingxian: Companion
 * Zhiyu Moke: Companion
 * Zhanyin Lorra: Companion

Marketing
Yuezheng Ling was a fan-designed VOCALOID that was entered in the first "VOCALOID CHINA" contest, like Luo Tianyi. She was created with VOCALOID fans in mind.

VOCALOID CHINA PROJECT released a five-part promotional animation series for the VOCALOID CHINA characters. On May 15th, 2012, at CFO3, the full first PV was made available, mainly featuring Luo Tianyi with Ling making a brief cameo at the end. Ling's official introduction takes place in the second episode.

In the summer of 2014, Ling had a contest where fans could enter and compete into becoming her voice provider. In October 2014, the winner for Ling was announced to be QI Inory.

In October 2014, VOCANESE promoted their official eyewear line, created by KMYK Design. The glasses were inspired by Ling and Tianyi's characters for the song, March Rain.

In January 2015, VOCANESE promoted a 2015 calendar, celebrating the Year of the Ram. Ling and Zhanyin Lorra appear on the cover while the inside contents features all VOCANESE characters.

On February 25th, two official t-shirts by Manchy were revealed. One used Ling's finalized design image and the other was a pixel version of her.

Trivia

 * Ling has a feline-like companion named Shi Tian (释天). He is 10,000 years old and 200 cm tall. He has the ability to transform into her electric guitar.
 * She is the first VOCALOID to have a brother, Longya. They are also the first brother and sister combination and are the first Chinese siblings. However, they are third set of siblings in the VOCALOID franchise as whole, with the previous two pairs as Japanese VOCALOIDs.
 * She is one of the first Chinese VOCALOIDs to have their voice picked from a contest.

Notable for...

 * First VOCALOID to be based on a runner up design
 * First supporting character to be made into a VOCALOID
 * First VOCANESE supporting character to be made into a VOCALOID
 * First VOCALOID to have both their design and voice originate from a contest.