Vocaloid Wiki:FAQ/Voice providers

This is archived content from the VOCALOID Answers wiki (which has been discontinued by FANDOM Staff in April 2019).

These questions were frequently asked by the community.

Why are some voice providers not revealed?

This is due to legal issues from the voice provider. Originally voice actors and actresses were nervous about letting people know they were the voice actor because people could " steal " their voice. This is still a major issue among the English VOCALOIDs today.

There are actors who simply don't want to be revealed for their own personal or privacy reasons. However, the possibilities behind this are speculative.

Additionally, young voice providers are not revealed because they are under the age of 18. Also, some voice providers are not revealed because of their country's legal issues that prevent their providers from being revealed.

Why can't they reveal the voice providers under the age of 18?

Actually, its not being under 18, the actual age varies per providers origin of country. In the UK, your a minor up until 16, in Japan its 13.

In the UK you can reveal a child's name only if parents grant permission, but they try and keep the name of the child a secret the best they can, in courts they use names like "Baby P" and in newspapers they'll dodge the name entirely if they have to.

Children are easy targets and too much fame can be bad for them.

How do VOCALOID companies pick people to create a VOCALOID? But for content purposes, we can provided a reason below.

The process seems to vary for each company.


 * Finding a voice actor (professional or amateur) by searching their resume.
 * Finding a amateur singer (professional or amateur) by searching their resume.
 * Finding a professional singer that is already well known.

In 2011, with the announcement of new vocals, there were contests to be the voice of a voicebank. It should be known that once someone lends their voice to a character, under contract, that voice sample now belongs to the company. It is unknown what type of financial process is involved.

edit 10/30/11: Also with this Zero-G has mentioned in interviews that they also ask the voice actor to demonstrate there singing in order to determine if they will obtain the part.