DAINA

DAINA is an English VOCALOID that was developed and distributed by Zero-G Limited. She was released in November 2015 for the VOCALOID4 engine.

She is voiced by AkiGlancy, an American VOCALOID producer.

Concept
DAINA and DEX were given the theme, 'The Fox and the Hound', at the suggestion of Kenji-B. They were both focused on the pop genre. They were intended to be counterparts which complement each other. Kenji-B stated that he thought DAINA was what Zero-G wanted to achieve with SONiKA. He also noted that DEX and DAINA were a pair, but not twins. When asked about the aims of both VOCALOIDs, they were described to be aimed towards fans and designed to give producers with the voices they needed. AkiGlancy chose red hair and the blue and white colors for DAINA. The theme of "fox and hound" was one of many suggestions put forward, but one the group became fond of. Initially, it was treated as a light-hearted concept. The design was chosen after the team adored the primary sketches of the pair from Steel.

Etymology
According to Kenji, he was the one who proposed her name in both writing and pronunciation. DAINA's name was also chosen because it sounded whimsical. AkiGlancy and the staff members of Zero-G thought it was a reference to Dinah, a cat owned by Alice from the series, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". However, it was not Kenji's original intention.

Appearance
DAINA made her debut as a kemonomimi that is modeled after a fox. The choice was made to give a twist of the popular Nekomimi design seen in SeeU and Nekomura Iroha.

AkiGlancy said they knew many would not like the designs and focused on the vocals instead. The animal traits were added to make the designs unique and to introduce something new in the VOCALOID franchise.

DAINA was also given an alternative design with slight changes to the original, but still retains the theme of The Fox and The Hound. This was done to appeal to non Japanese-styled art fans. The alternative design featured DAINA without her fox ears and tail. The ears were replaced by black headsets with a blue fox on it. This version of DAINA appears on the boxart.

Older concepts were revealed during a November 2015 livestream. This included DAINA as a thief instead of a kemonomimi in case Zero-G wished to scrap the 'Fox and Hound' theme. However, Zero-G liked the designs, and they were kept as alternate fantasy illustrations, complementary to AVANNA.

Relations
DEX: A with masculine vocals.

Music featuring DAINA
Examples of usage