Akatsuki Virtual Artists (AVA) is a subsidiary company of Akatsuki Inc.; a Japanese video game developer. It was created specifically to get into the VOCALOID market.
Kaoru Yoshizawa (吉澤馨) was known as the founder of Akatsuki Virtual Artists. He built AVA with the belief "increasing more creative activities" in mind. In July 2018, he confirmed that he was retiring from AVA and the LUMi Project.[1]