Piko

Piko (ピコ) is a Japanese male singer and the voice provider for the Vocaloid2 Utatane Piko. He was born in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan in March, 1988. He involved himself in music as an amateur vocalist when he was a high school student. With his mother's advice, Piko posted a vocaloid fandub on Nicovideo and the song received fame. In September 2009 he made his debut as an independent singer, and this led to the contract with Ki/oon Records (read as "kyuun records"), the subsidiary company of Sony Music Entertainment in March, 2010. His artist name Piko was from the dog hi had.

Trivia

 * In Japan, he is known as 両声類 Ryouseirui, an artificial word from the word of the same pronunciation 両生類 (amphibian). This is because he has the ability of producing both male and female vocals.
 * He often uses the emocon ［ﾋﾟωﾟｺ］. The letters ピコ is hidden in it.