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MAYU (マユ) is a Japanese VOCALOID developed and distributed by EXIT TUNES, and was released in December 2012 for the VOCALOID3 engine.

She is voiced by the singer Mayumi Morinaga.

Concept

Her birthday is on May 6.^[1]

She is based on a yandere junior high school student.^[2]

Etymology

Currently, there has been no official word explaining the name "MAYU." However, it is likely to be taken from her voice provider's name "Mayumi".

Appearance

MAYU's design is based on Lolita fashion. Her hair itself fades from a light blonde to rainbow, and she is depicted with a hat that has a speaker attached. Her earrings appear to be styled like in-ear headphones that hook over the ear. The buttons on her dress are amplifier buttons/knobs, while the bottom of her dress has a keyboard pattern. Her shoes also have neon-lighting.

According to VOCALOID NET, she is supposed to be a junior high school age student.^[3]

She holds an axe, which is to show her yandere influence. She also holds a rabbit doll which has a microphone at the top of its head. When she holds it up to sing, she grabs it by the neck, as if she were strangling it. It was first introduced as an April Fools' Day 2012 joke as a parody of the Crypton Future Media Character Vocal series website. There, it was listed as a new line of VOCALOIDs called "Animaloid."^[4]

Relations

For more on VOCALOID relationships, see the FAQ.

Usano Mimi - A stuffed rabbit that acts as a microphone.

History

Marketing

MAYU has a standard usage "terms of use." Individuals and doujin circles can, without prior approval from EXIT TUNES, freely use the name MAYU, illustrations based on the character design, and her voice created through the software, as long as distribution is limited in scope or is one of the “noted distribution methods," regardless of whether money changes hands in doing so. Furthermore, commercial entities can freely use the voice without prior approval from EXIT TUNES. However, the official logo and illustration is not included in this license.^[5]

As part of her promotion, EXIT TUNES released MAYU as a special package, which features her VOCALOID3 voicebank and a Special 2-disc CD. This bundle also comes with a MAYU cellphone strap and mouse pad, though note that these items are limited stock.^[6] MAYU also has several pieces of merchandise based on her.^[7]

And a dress based on MAYU's outfit has been produced by Coslook, from which an Usano Mimi stuffed animal has also been made.

Voicebanks

MAYU: MAYU was a Japanese female voicebank and one of the more unique VOCALOID3 releases, she had an expressive youthful vocal.

MAYU (VOCALOID3), December 5, 2012
MAYU (VOCALOID NEO)

Music featuring MAYU

On this wiki, MAYU is featured in 72 songs , 65 albums , 3 series , 0 events.

There are listings for notable and original songs.

ホルマリンの海

Translation	Horumarin no Umi
Featuring	MAYU
Producers	Deadball-P
Categories	Original song

Love Logic

Featuring	MAYU
Producers	DaniwellP
Categories	Original song

孤独の番人

Translation	Kodoku no Bannin
Featuring	MAYU
Producers	natsu-P (music, lyrics), Haku (guitar, bass, drums, mix), HaruAki (illust, video)
Categories	Original song

チミドロスイッチ

Translation	Chimidorosuitchi
Featuring	MAYU
Producers	mothy
Categories	Original song

Search for music featuring MAYU [show/hide]

"VOCALOID MAYU" on Niconico Video
"VOCALOID MAYU" on YouTube
"VOCALOID MAYU" on bilibili
"VOCALOID MAYU" on SoundCloud
"VOCALOID マユ" on Niconico Video
"VOCALOID マユ" on YouTube
"VOCALOID マユ" on bilibili
"VOCALOID マユ" on SoundCloud

Reputation

Status

Google Trends

VOCALOID+MAYU,マユ

Reaction

Due to early announcement, MAYU started to gain popularity several months before her release.

In Japan, due to EXIT TUNES' effort, she received much attention. MAYU songs appeared in the Weekly VOCALOID Ranking seven weeks before her release. By the release date, her most popular song had earned 330,000 views on NicoNicoDouga, and had hit the #1 position in the Ranking (but only for one week). By that date, she had six songs with 50,000-150,000 views, and seven songs with 10,000-50,000 views. However, despite her heavy promotion, this result was not spectacular. Moreover, some of her promotional songs reached a lower number of views despite having been created by famous producers. These producers had experienced much more success in the past with other songs featuring different VOCALOIDs.

In addition, EXIT TUNES normally produce the most successful of the albums ever released featuring VOCALOIDs, popular VOCALOIDs such as Hatsune Miku, GUMI and IA owing part of their the success due to EXIT TUNES' album as a result. MAYU being owned by EXIT TUNES themselves, has maintained a presence on the albums since her introduction. As a consequences, Mayu has been present on albums that have sold well among VOCALOID fans and has in turn contributed to a level of success for MAYU herself.

However, this does not mean that the songs using her voice within those albums are as popular as those featuring different VOCALOIDs. More often then not, these songs were not as popular or gained as much popularity compared to the works of artists using other VOCALOID vocals featured on the albums. The result has been a mixed reaction since her release and it is unclear how popular she is overall and her popularity tends to place her in the mid-range of VOCALOID popularity overall.

Misc

In February 2014, Vocaloid Otaku user "Dessert>desert" decided to run a test to see how many illegal VOCALOID downloads had been made via torrent. At 11,404, MAYU was the second highest download, beaten by 12,434 illegal downloads for the VY2v3 package.^[8]

Achievements

First VOCALOID from EXIT TUNES
First female VOCALOID from EXIT TUNES
First Yandere influenced VOCALOID
First lolita-styled VOCALOID

Template:Vocaloid Character Poll

References

↑ MAYU Official Page (in the profile section)
↑ https://net.vocaloid.com/articles/mayu
↑ https://net.vocaloid.com/articles/mayu
↑ http://vocaloid.blog120.fc2.com/blog-date-20120402.html
↑ ~~http://vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/32091-new-vocaloid-mayu-from-exittunes/~~[dead link]
↑ rocketnews24 New Vocaloid Mayu Gets December 5 Release Date, Bundled with 2-disk CD Compilation October 20, 2012
↑ http://www.mayusan.jp/present.html
↑ ~~http://www.vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/48822-data-on-pirated-vocaloids/page__p__1121754__hl__data__fromsearch__1&#entry1121754~~

External links

Language	Description	Site
Japanese	EXIT TUNES official homepage	Link
Japanese	Mayu San The official website for VOCALOID MAYU	Link
English	deviantArt , art and media community	Link
Japanese	Pixiv , art and media community	Link

Navigation

[1] MAYU Official Page (in the profile section)

[2] ttps://net.vocaloid.com/articles/mayu

[3] ttps://net.vocaloid.com/articles/mayu

[4] ttp://vocaloid.blog120.fc2.com/blog-date-20120402.html

[5] ~~http://vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/32091-new-vocaloid-mayu-from-exittunes/~~[dead link]

[6] rocketnews24 New Vocaloid Mayu Gets December 5 Release Date, Bundled with 2-disk CD Compilation October 20, 2012

[7] ttp://www.mayusan.jp/present.html

[8] ~~http://www.vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/48822-data-on-pirated-vocaloids/page__p__1121754__hl__data__fromsearch__1&#entry1121754~~

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-{{Infobox Vocaloid|color = mayu
+{{Vocaloid Character
+  |theme       = mayu
-|image  = [[File:MAYU-TRANSPARENT.png|250px]]
+  |image       = MAYU-TRANSPARENT.png
-|gender = Female
-|age    = 15
+  |caption     =
+  |-
-|voice  = {{Unrevealed}}<!--Currently NO official announcement of a provider has been made.  Until one is announced, any edits will be reverted (no ifs, erms, buts or maybes), regardless of how obvious or popular any speculations and theories are!-->
+  |sex         = Female
-|illustrator = Hidari
-|language    = Japanese
+  |age         = 15
+  |voice       = Mayumi Morinaga
-|code   = QWCE-00264
+  |illustrator = Hidari
-|company     = EXIT TUNES
+  |-
-|affiliation = [[YAMAHA Corporation]] }}
+  |company     = EXIT TUNES
+  |release     = December 5, 2012
+  |language    = Japanese
+  |type        = VOCALOID3, VOCALOID NEO
+  |code        = QWCE-00264
+  |affiliation = [[YAMAHA Corporation]]
+  |website     =
+  |-
+  |img gallery = yes
+  |cat gallery = yes
+}}
-'''MAYU''' is a Japanese VOCALOID developed and distributed by [[EXIT TUNES]], and was released in December 2012 for the ''[[VOCALOID3]]'' engine. Her voice provider has never been revealed.
+'''MAYU''' (マユ) is a Japanese VOCALOID developed and distributed by [[EXIT TUNES]], and was released in December 2012 for the ''[[VOCALOID3]]'' engine.
+She is voiced by the singer [[Mayumi Morinaga]].
-EXIT TUNES had released several VOCALOID related CDs and albums for [[Crypton Future Media, Inc.|Crypton Future Media]], [[Internet Co., Ltd.|INTERNET]], and [[1st Place Co., Ltd.|1st PLACE]] VOCALOIDs.
 ==Concept==
 Her birthday is on May 6.<ref>[http://mayusan.jp/ MAYU Official Page (in the profile section)]</ref>
-She is based on a yandere junior high school student.
+She is based on a yandere junior high school student.<ref>https://net.vocaloid.com/articles/mayu</ref>
 ===Etymology===
-Currently, there has been no official word explaining the name "MAYU."
+Currently, there has been no official word explaining the name "MAYU."  However, it is likely to be taken from her voice provider's name "'''Mayu'''mi".
 ===Appearance===
-MAYU's design is based on [[wikipedia:Lolita fashion|lolita fashion]]. Her hair itself fades from a light blonde to rainbow, and she is depicted with a hat that has a speaker attached. Her earrings appear to be styled like in-ear headphones that hook [http://img1.targetimg1.com/wcsstore/TargetSAS//img/p/10/65/10654449.jpg over the ear]. The buttons on her dress are amplifier buttons/knobs, while the bottom of her dress has a keyboard pattern. Her shoes also have neon-lighting.
+MAYU's design is based on {{wp|Lolita fashion}}. Her hair itself fades from a light blonde to rainbow, and she is depicted with a hat that has a speaker attached. Her earrings appear to be styled like in-ear headphones that hook [http://img1.targetimg1.com/wcsstore/TargetSAS//img/p/10/65/10654449.jpg over the ear]. The buttons on her dress are amplifier buttons/knobs, while the bottom of her dress has a keyboard pattern. Her shoes also have neon-lighting.
-According to VOCALOID NET, she is supposed to be a junior high school age student.<ref>[https://net.vocaloid.com/articles/mayu link]</ref>
+According to VOCALOID NET, she is supposed to be a junior high school age student.<ref>https://net.vocaloid.com/articles/mayu</ref>
-She holds an axe, which is to show her [[wikipedia:Glossary of anime and manga#Y|yandere]] influence. She also holds a rabbit doll which has a microphone at the top of its head. When she holds it up to sing, she grabs it by the neck, as if she were strangling it. The rabbit is named '''Usano Mimi''' (宇佐乃ミミ). The name translates to "bunny's ears." It was first introduced as an April Fools' Day 2012 joke as a parody of the Crypton Future Media Character Vocal series website. There, it was listed as a new line of VOCALOIDs called "Animaloid."<ref>[http://vocaloid.blog120.fc2.com/blog-date-20120402.html link]</ref>
+She holds an axe, which is to show her {{wp|Glossary of anime and manga#Y|yandere}} influence. She also holds a rabbit doll which has a microphone at the top of its head. When she holds it up to sing, she grabs it by the neck, as if she were strangling it. It was first introduced as an April Fools' Day 2012 joke as a parody of the Crypton Future Media Character Vocal series website. There, it was listed as a new line of VOCALOIDs called "Animaloid."<ref>http://vocaloid.blog120.fc2.com/blog-date-20120402.html</ref>
+===Relations===
+{{Relationship link}}
+* [[Usano Mimi]] - A stuffed rabbit that acts as a microphone.
+==History==
+===Marketing===
+MAYU has a standard usage "terms of use." Individuals and doujin circles can, without prior approval from EXIT TUNES, freely use the name MAYU, illustrations based on the character design, and her voice created through the software, as long as distribution is limited in scope or is one of the “noted distribution methods," regardless of whether money changes hands in doing so. Furthermore, commercial entities can freely use the voice without prior approval from EXIT TUNES. However, the official logo and illustration is not included in this license.<ref><s>http://vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/32091-new-vocaloid-mayu-from-exittunes/</s>{{Deadlink}}</ref>
+As part of her promotion, EXIT TUNES released MAYU as a special package, which features her VOCALOID3 voicebank and a [[EXIT TUNES PRESENTS VOCALOID™3 Library MAYU SPECIAL 2CD|Special 2-disc CD]]. This bundle also comes with a MAYU cellphone strap and mouse pad, though note that these items are limited stock.<ref>[http://en.rocketnews24.com/2012/10/20/new-vocaloid-mayu-gets-december-5-release-date-bundled-with-2-disk-cd-compilation/ rocketnews24] New Vocaloid Mayu Gets December 5 Release Date, Bundled with 2-disk CD Compilation October 20, 2012</ref> MAYU also has several pieces of merchandise based on her.<ref>http://www.mayusan.jp/present.html</ref>
+And a dress based on MAYU's outfit has been produced by Coslook, from which an Usano Mimi stuffed animal has also been made.
+===Voicebanks===
+;MAYU
+:MAYU was a Japanese female voicebank and one of the more unique VOCALOID3 releases, she had an expressive youthful vocal.
+*[[MAYU (VOCALOID3)|MAYU]] (''[[VOCALOID3]]''), December 5, 2012
+*MAYU (''[[VOCALOID NEO]]'')
 {{Clr}}
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 ==Music featuring MAYU==
 {{Music featuring}}
-<h2>Examples of usage</h2>
 {{/Examples of usage}}
-{{external search for Vocaloid |color=MAYU|search for=
+{{external search box |color=mayu|search for=
 * {{external search listing|all|MAYU}}
+* {{external search listing|all|マユ}}
 }}
+==Reputation==
-==Additional information==
+{{Reputation
+ |GoogleTrends = VOCALOID+MAYU,マユ
+ |-
+ |Sales        =
+ |-
+ |Reaction     =
+Due to early announcement, MAYU started to gain popularity several months before her release.
+In Japan, due to EXIT TUNES' effort, she received much attention. MAYU songs appeared in the Weekly VOCALOID Ranking seven weeks before her release. By the release date, her most popular song had earned 330,000 views on NicoNicoDouga, and had hit the #1 position in the Ranking (but only for one week). By that date, she had six songs with 50,000-150,000 views, and seven songs with 10,000-50,000 views. However, despite her heavy promotion, this result was not spectacular. Moreover, some of her promotional songs reached a lower number of views despite having been created by famous producers. These producers had experienced much more success in the past with other songs featuring different VOCALOIDs.
-===Marketing===
-====General====
-MAYU has a standard usage "terms of use." Individuals and doujin circles can, without prior approval from EXIT TUNES, freely use the name MAYU, illustrations based on the character design, and her voice created through the software, as long as distribution is limited in scope or is one of the “noted distribution methods," regardless of whether money changes hands in doing so. Furthermore, commercial entities can freely use the voice without prior approval from EXIT TUNES. However, the official logo and illustration is not included in this license.<ref>[http://vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/32091-new-vocaloid-mayu-from-exittunes/ link]</ref>
-====Apparel====
-A dress based on MAYU's outfit has been produced by Coslook, from which an Usano Mimi stuffed animal has also been made.
+In addition, EXIT TUNES normally produce the most successful of the albums ever released featuring VOCALOIDs, popular VOCALOIDs such as [[Hatsune Miku]], [[GUMI]] and [[IA]] owing part of their the success due to EXIT TUNES' album as a result. MAYU being owned by EXIT TUNES themselves, has maintained a presence on the albums since her introduction. As a consequences, Mayu has been present on albums that have sold well among VOCALOID fans and has in turn contributed to a level of success for MAYU herself.
-====Promotion====
-As part of her promotion, EXIT TUNES released MAYU as a special package, which features her VOCALOID3 voicebank and a [[EXIT TUNES PRESENTS VOCALOID™3 Library MAYU SPECIAL 2CD|Special 2-disc CD]]. This bundle also comes with a MAYU cellphone strap and mouse pad, though note that these items are limited stock.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://en.rocketnews24.com/2012/10/20/new-vocaloid-mayu-gets-december-5-release-date-bundled-with-2-disk-cd-compilation/|title = New Vocaloid Mayu Gets December 5 Release Date, Bundled with 2-disk CD Compilation|date = October 20, 2012|accessdate = November 24, 2012}}</ref> MAYU also has several pieces of merchandise based on her.<ref>[http://www.mayusan.jp/present.html link]</ref>
+However, this does not mean that the songs using her voice within those albums are as popular as those featuring different VOCALOIDs.  More often then not, these songs were not as popular or gained as much popularity compared to the works of artists using other VOCALOID vocals featured on the albums.  The result has been a mixed reaction since her release and it is unclear how popular she is overall and her popularity tends to place her in the mid-range of VOCALOID popularity overall.
-===Reputation===
+ |-
-{{Reputation|color = mayu
+ |Misc         =
-|Sales =
+In February 2014, Vocaloid Otaku user "Dessert>desert" decided to run a test to see how many illegal VOCALOID downloads had been made via torrent.  At 11,404, MAYU was the second highest download, beaten by 12,434 illegal downloads for the [[VY2v3]] package.<ref><s>http://www.vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/48822-data-on-pirated-vocaloids/page__p__1121754__hl__data__fromsearch__1&#entry1121754</s></ref>
-|-
+ |-
-|Reaction=Due to early announcement, MAYU started to gain popularity several months before her release.
+ |Trivia       =
+ |-
-In Japan, due to EXIT TUNES' effort, she received much attention. MAYU songs appeared in the Weekly VOCALOID Ranking seven weeks before her release. By the release date, her most popular song had earned 330,000 views on NicoNicoDouga, and had hit the #1 position in the Ranking (but only for one week). By that date, she had six songs with 50,000-150,000 views, and seven songs with 10,000-50,000 views. However, despite her heavy promotion, this result was not spectacular. Moreover, some of her promotional songs reached a lower number of views despite having been created by famous producers. These producers had experienced much more success in the past with other songs featuring different Vocaloids.
+ |Achievements =
-In addition, Exit Tunes normally produce the most successful of the albums ever released featuring Vocaloids, with popular Vocaloids such as [[Hatsune Miku]], [[Gumi]] and [[IA]] featured. MAYU being owned by Exit Tunes themselves, has maintained a presence on the albums since her introduction. However, this does not mean that the songs using her voice within those albums are as popular as those featuring different Vocaloids.
-The result has been a mixed reaction, and it is unclear how it impacted her popularity. Overall, it is difficult to tell how much popularity/success she has had over the course of her existence.
-|-
-|Misc = In February 2014, Vocaloid Otaku user "Dessert>desert" decided to run a test to see how many illegal Vocaloid downloads had been made via torrent.  At 11,404, Mayu was the second highest download, beaten by 12,434 illegal downloads for the [[VY2v3]] package.<ref>[http://www.vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/48822-data-on-pirated-vocaloids/page__p__1121754__hl__data__fromsearch__1&#entry1121754 link]</ref>
-|-
-|Achievements=
 *First VOCALOID from EXIT TUNES
 *First female VOCALOID from EXIT TUNES
 *First Yandere influenced VOCALOID
 *First lolita-styled VOCALOID
+ |-
+ |color        = mayu
 }}
+{{Vocaloid Character Poll|mayu}}
-{{Poll vocaloidpage|MAYU}}
-==Gallery==
-{{Gallery page|Mayu 300x172.png}}
 ==References==
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-<h2>Navigation</h2>
+==Navigation==
+{{EXIT TUNES Co., Ltd. navbox}}{{Vocaloid Software navbox}}
-{{Nav exittunes}}{{Nav Voicebanks libs}}
 {{Interlang|de=MAYU|es=MAYU|fr=MAYU|it=Mayu|pl=MAYU}}
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 [[Category:VOCALOID3]]
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-[[Category:Feminine vocalists]]
+[[Category:Feminine vocals]]
 [[Category:Japanese vocals]]