KAITO

KAITO is a Vocaloid DTM (Desktop Music) software created by Crypton Future Media. He utilizes the older Vocaloid engine developed by YAMAHA, the predecessor of Vocaloid2. The voice was supplied by a Japanese male singer Naoto Fuuga (風雅 なおと). The product's name was invited from the public, and "KAITO" was selected from among applicants, which was the idea of Shu-tP. He is fit to sing anything from hymns and children's songs to R &amp; B and pop, though the style that he is best used for is singing pop ballads.

Kaito sold only 500 packages in the initial distribution and Crypton deemed it as a failure. After Miku Hatsune was released, however, Kaito was revaluated and now many users prefer him with his forceful, strong voice.

卑怯戦隊うろたん� ー / Hikyō Sentai Urotandar (Coward Fighters Urotandar)
Original music and lyrics by Shin-P


 * Nico Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast with English subtitles

A humorous song intended to parody that of a typical Anime Opening. It displays the fictional fighting force known as 'Urotandar', whose every tactic is underhanded, dirty and overall cowardly. Their motto is "If we win thats all that matters". Their antics are the opposite of mainstream anime heroes like not shouting out their special attacks.

千年の独奏歌 / Sen'nen no Dokusouka (A Thousand-Year Solo)
Original music and lyrics by yanagi-P
 * Nico Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast
 * Youtube broadcast PV with English subtitles

カンタレラ (Cantarella)
Original music and lyrics by Kurousa-P
 * Nico Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast PV with English subtitles

A song about a man (Kaito) who tries to keep his love for a girl (Miku) hidden and approach the girl in order to make her his. Deciding to use a powerful drug called Cantarella, he drugged her and attempted to rape her. However, watching her as she (supposedly) slept, he began to regret his actions and cry. Suddenly he finds Miku on top of him and, realizing that she had loved him all along, the two share a kiss. There is also a popular version with Len and Rin Kagamine.

時忘人 / Toki-Wasure-Bito(Time Forgotten One)
Original music and lyrics by Shigotoshite-P
 * Nico Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast PV with English subtitles

A song telling of a great war where a warrior (Kaito) and his comrades fought together. Now he is alone standing in the noisy street, wondering where his comrades are. He can’t move and even his heart has already stopped. But he still waits for them. One of the interpretations of this song is that he was a commander who led his army, with many of his comrades dying in the process. A statue was erected in his honor, while they aren't getting the respect he received. And his soul would wait for them as long as that statue exists.

白虎野の娘 / Byakkoya no Musume (Daughter in White Tiger Field)
Originally sung, and music and lyrics written by Susumu Hirasawa, Kaito's and Rin's voices by Bucchigiri-P
 * Nico Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast

Main singer is Kaito, back chorused by Rin Kagamine.This is a cover of the theme song of anime Paprika. Susumu Hirasawa used Vocaloid Lola in this song and also MEIKO in other several songs of the movies soundtrack.White Tiger Field is a petroleum field which really exists in Vietnam.

アナザー：ワールドイズマイン (Another: World Is Mine)
Original music by ryo, lyrics by Anima, Kaito's voice by awk
 * Nico Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast PV with English subtitles

The prince version of Miku Hatsune's World is Mine. A man (Kaito) has an infatuation with a girl (Miku) who twists him around her little finger, and he is willing to treat her like a princess. There is also a popular parody version PV of this song.

闇ノ王 / Yami no Ou (King of Darkness)
Originally sung by Rin Kagamine, Original music by Akuno-P, lyrics arranged by a_a, Kaito's voice by Tetsubun-P
 * Nico Nico Broadcast
 * Nico Nico Broadcast PV by Nanashi
 * Nico Nico Broadcast PV by Mito
 * Youtube Broadcast PV by Nanashi with English Subtitles
 * Youtube Broadcast PV by Mito with English Subtitles

This is a parody cover of "Daughter of Evil", but its episode has nothing to do with the original song.

時の足音 / Toki no Aishioto(Footsteps of Time)
Originally sung, and music and lyrics written by Kobukuro, Kaito's voice by Pathos-P A cover of Kobukuro's single, Footsteps of Time
 * Nico Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast with English Subtitles

KAITO de Night
Original music and lyrics, Kaito's voice by VIVO, Kaito's title call by IceImo-P
 * Nico Nico Broadcast
 * Youtube Broadcast
 * Youtube Broadcast with English Subtitles

This song was written for the 'KAITO de Night' event (Osaka, May 11,2008), and it was uploaded on Nico Nico Broadcast on May 16,2008. The video, after a short intro with KAITO speaking in English (though he actually said 'KAIT' and not 'KAITO'), the song begins.Furthermore, when the event was also held in Tokyo (October 12,2008), many authors made remixed versions of it.

Fan Depiction
According to the package design, Kaito often wears a white coat and a blue muffler.Crypton did not set his character and profile except his package design, as well as MEIKO, for not having a concept of giving a certain character to an synthesizer application software. It was carried over to the following vocaloids to encourage creative activities by free individuals and expanding the characters based on each user's individual needs. Though his character and profile can be vary from person to person and fans have no common settings yet, as a fanmade character, he is frequently regarded as the older brother figure for the entire Vocaloid group or the lover of other vocaloids. Kaito and Meiko are often referred as "Nenchou-gumi" (年長組, The Seniors) compared to Vocaloid2s.

The Story of KAITO's Character Item
On September 16th, 2007, Tatsunami uploaded a parody of the song in Higurashi no naku koro ni, "A Request From Hatsune" onto NicoNicoDouga. During this time, Miku was extremely popular on NicoNicoDouga, yet almost nobody knew of Kaito let alone produced songs using him. The video begins with the words "please sometimes recall [KAITO]," as well as Miku saying "where are you and what are you doing now?" which is from the song Dear You.

About four hours later, "An Answer To Hatsune Miku" was posted by Ice-P. In this video, Kaito responds with, "yes? I was eating an ice cream," and then proceeds to sing a cover of The Ice Cream Song (originally sung by Saeko Shuu in 1960). Kaito's last dialogue in this video is "Miku, let's eat it together next time." It just so happened that Ice-P was producing the cover when he saw the video Tatsunami uploaded.

This series of events firmly established ice cream as KAITO's character item.


 * "A Request From Hatsune Miku" YouTube broadcast
 * "An Answer To Hatsune Miku" YouTube broadcast