Aoki Lapis

Aoki Lapis (蒼姫ラピス) is a Japanese VOCALOID developed and is distributed by Bplats, Inc., under the YAMAHA Corporation, and was created in collaboration with i-style Project. She was released in April 2012 for the VOCALOID3 engine. Her voice is provided by a contest winner, Japanese female, Nako Eguchi (江口 菜子; Eguchi Nako).

Concept
Aoki Lapis is a fairy who has no memory of who she is. She belongs to a race of fairies capable of transform the music into power and her voice is said to have the power to give life when she sings.

She was made to be able to be easy to use for beginners and new producers of the VOCALOID3 software.

Etymology
Aoki Lapis (Aokii Rapisu) is named after the semi-precious gemstone Lapis lazuli because of her color palette. "Aoki" (her surname) means "Blue Princess".

Appearance
Lapis' design is mostly based on a "Magical girl" design. Being a Fairy she is the smallest VOCALOID to date at 5.91 inches/15 cm. Her design is "light" in contrast with her sister, Merli. The large gem she has on her head is a Paraiba Tourmaline, an extremely rare and precious gemstone.

Relations

 * Merli; Older sister

ToSpeak
On August 10th, 2013, Lapis was shown in a demonstration using another synthesizer called "ToSpeak". Her voice was also shown at the "Comic Market 84", an event held at Osaki West Station shopping centre.

Examples of Usage

 * -|Aoki Lapis=

Marketing
Lapis has had some fan direct marketing.

Trivia

 * Because of her iVOCALOID and Vocalowitter adaptations, Aoki Lapis was the first and so far only VOCALOID3 vocal to later be released on a version of the VOCALOID2 engine.

Notable for...

 * First i-style Project VOCALOID released
 * First female VOCALOID by i-style Project
 * First VOCALOID to have a confirmed sibling
 * First VOCALOID3 vocal to later be released on a version of the VOCALOID2 engine