CYBER DIVA

CYBER DIVA is an English VOCALOID developed and distributed by YAMAHA JPN, she was released in February 2015 for the VOCALOID4 engine. In March 2015 on Instagram, an American singer, theater actress, and model that went by the name of Jenny Shima claimed that she was the voice provider for CYBER DIVA.

Concept
Originally a male and female VY English pair were confirmed for English Vocaloid soon after the release of VY2 in 2010. CYBER DIVA was confirmed to be the English female VY vocal "VY3".

Etymology
Her name, "CYBER DIVA", has not been explained by her developers. It is currently unknown how she received the name.

"Diva" is used as a loanword in English to describe females, generally singers, who reach idol status or consider themselves as important. It is a descriptive word that can also be used as a girl's name, which is borrowed from archaic Italian, originally meaning "goddess".

Due to the origin of the word "Diva", the name can have more than one meaning when read. It can also be seen as a play on words.

Appearance
As part of the VY series, CYBER DIVA follows similar ideals to past VY vocals VY1 and VY2. These Vocaloids are designed with the intention of being able to freely manipulate the Vocaloid to how a producer wants.

It is speculated that because YAMAHA was aiming for the Western audience and looking for a more professional look, YAMAHA opted to use a simple photo as an avatar, without a character concept behind it (similar to Zero-G's Prima and Tonio).

Relations

 * CYBER SONGMAN: a complementary voice bank with masculine vocals.

Music featuring CYBER DIVA
Examples of usage

Marketing
She is targeted towards the American market as a professional producer VOCALOID.

Trivia

 * Viewing the source for her introduction page reveals the hidden message "Please enjoy Vocaloid!".
 * Despite common misconceptions about her that occurred when she was first released, BIG AL was the first American accented VOCALOID, as his voice provider (Frank S.) was also American.