Board Thread:Wiki Discussion/@comment-5164724-20130415051753/@comment-3076833-20130416161443

@Kimi : A fan character doesn't need to be derived from a character to be a fan character. though. There are plenty of other fandoms where they make a fan character based off the setting of their series and they don't need to be based off another character to fit in.

The definition of a fan(made) character is a character from a series which was created by a fan and not the original creator(s) of the series. To further emphasise; the definition of a "Fanloid" is a Vocaloid made by a fan (Fan Vocaloid). Roro and Kiku were not created by bPlats or Yamaha; they were created by their original artists whom are fans. Hence Roro and Kiku are fan characters.