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Tsuina-chan VOCALOID6 VOICEROID Synthesizer V Studio | Songs Albums Notable Originals

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Tsuina-chan
General information
Sex	Female
Age	14
Birthday	February 3
Height	139 cm (4 ft 7 in) 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) (with clogs and mask)
Weight	too thin (瘦せぎす)
Voice	Mai Kadowaki
Product information
Company	Internet Co., Ltd. Tsuina, the Ogre Hunter Project
Release	September 30, 2024
Base Language(s)	Japanese
Illustrator	Saki Ohenri
Type	VOCALOID6
Affiliation	Yamaha Corporation

Tsuina-chan (ついなちゃん), also known as Kisaragi Tsuina (如月ついな), is an upcoming Japanese VOCALOID to be developed and distributed by Internet Co., Ltd. in collaboration with Tsuina, the Ogre Hunter Project, and is planned to be released as an AI voicebank for the VOCALOID6 engine in September 2024. She was formerly released as Standard and AI voice databases for Synthesizer V Studio in November 2021. She was originally released as a VOICEROID2 product in November 2019.

Her voice provider is Mai Kadowaki, a Japanese voice actress and radio show host.

Concept

Tsuina-chan originates from a popular "meme" character in the online Japanese anime community - Hinomoto Oniko. Oniko was created by denizens of 2chan in order to combat a particular Chinese ethnic slur against Japanese people by using that term and making it into a "cute anime girl." By doing so, they would "embrace" said term and make it useless as an insult.

She is the first VOICEROID to have both standard and Kansai-ben dialects, the second of which is due to a stretch goal for her crowdfunding campaign having been reached. Previously, this was achievable with Kotonoha Akane & Aoi, but as two separate characters. Tsuina-chan considers her VOCALOID6 to be the first using Kansai dialect, despite the fact that singing synthesizers do not use dialects for singing.

Tsuina-chan resulted from a member of the "Hinomoto Oniko Project," Saki Ohenri, wanting to create a "rival" character to Oniko - as Oniko is an ogre, Tsuina-chan was conceptualized as an ogre hunter. Tsuina-chan made her official online debut on Oohenri's pixiv on February 3, 2011 (the initial upload was since deleted). Her character was inspired by the "Tsuina" Event, which is an annual ceremony performed on December 30 each year. It is a ceremony designed to exorcise ogres and bad spirits, which was the basis of Tsuina-chan's character. Elements of the ceremony (instruments, wooden masks, traditional clothing) were all part of her character design.

In November 2021, Tsuina-chan had an update to her website and more details about her character were given. Her blood type is "O-ni".

Etymology

Her real name is "Kisaragi Tsuina" (如月ついな), though she's also commonly referred to as "Enno Tsuina" (役ついな or 役追儺). She prefers being referred to as "Enno" as she considers it cooler than "Kisaragi" (which she is embarrassed by).

Kisaragi (如月) is an outdated term referring to the second month of the year, known as February. Tsuina-chan's original online debut was February 3, which is also her character birthday.

Enno (役) can be translated to "role," "duty," "responsibility," etc. When combined with the kanji of Tsuina's first name, 追儺, which means "the ceremony of driving out evil spirits", her full name can be translated to "the duty of driving out evil spirits," which is the basis of her character.

Her name is rendered in katakana as "ツイナチャン". Her name is rendered in Simplified Chinese as "追傩酱" (Traditional: 追儺醬; Zhuīnuó-jiàng).

Appearance

Tsuina-chan is a petite fourteen-year-old girl with long pale pink twintails. Tsuina-chan’s illustration for VOCALOID6 features a brand new outfit designed specifically for VOCALOID6, based on cutting edge design trends in vocal synthesizer scenes and features many hidden meanings and references to Tsuina-chan. The outfit appears as a more “active” design for Tsuina-chan featuring a black top and red skirt combination based on the concept of “Xuan Yi” (玄衣) and “Shou Shou” (朱裳) with an overall gold tone, a color prominent in Gardenia (≒クチナシ) or Gardenia jasminoides, which symbolizes Hōsōshi (方相氏) and Buddhism. Goki makes an appearance alongside Tsuina-chan in a matching jacket with the same designs. Goki will take on the appearance of a badge to disguise herself and will attach herself to the back of Tsuina-chan's skirt in this form. Parts of the design were influenced by the costumes worn by Hōsōshi of the Heian Shrine and use some traditional motifs. The main theme of the outfit was designed to feature a "girly, street-like atmosphere", similar to something one would find hanging out around a basketball court in front of Akihabara Station.

Tsuina-chan’s official Twitter noted that drills were opted out of the VOCALOID6 design to lower animation costs, and were illustrated in a way to be distinct from characters who have twintail designs, aiming to avoid being referred to as a “pink Hatsune Miku". She did note users may illustrate her with drills if they wish. Her eyes feature a “boar’s head” design motif that was often used in Buddhist temples. Her fingers are crossed, which is a common gesture among Westerners, and it was noted if they are pointing at you it means "Good luck." The number "217" was added onto her shoulder as a form of "proof" that she is a VOCALOID, a reference to how some VOCALOID characters have a number printed on their shoulders, such as Hatsune Miku. A skateboard was added to make the design around her feet look less "lonely". Tsuina-chan noted that the illustration was overall perceived well by Japanese fans, but observed that it was a “mixed-bag” or had mixed reviews among overseas fans.

Relations

• Dickson - The four-eyed gigaku mask on Tsuina-chan's head. He is described as "quiet and a nice guy".
• Zenki & Goki - Tsuina-chan's shikigami, the front and back demons (式神). A pair of demons originally of a married couple who serve as Tsuina-chan's companions.
• Takato Saki - Known as Saki-chan, is Tsuina-chan's friend and daughter of Tamamo-no-Mae. She is a keeper of a magic stone, the Sessho-seki, and is one of the heroines in Tsuina-chan's story.
• Kobayashi Kotaro - Saki and Tsuina-chan's childhood friend. He has an oblivious crush on Tsuina.
• Kisaragi Hoan - Tsuina-chan's grandfather. He is a mad scientist and a priest.
• Enno Odzuna (役小角奈) - Recognized alongside Tsuina-chan at the Kisshousouji Temple.
• Hinomoto Oniko (日本鬼子) - Ogre and formerly Tsuina's rival. The Tsuina, the Ogre Hunter Project is no longer affiliated with the Oniko Project as of the release of Tsuina's VOICEROID in 2019.

History

2024

On August 29, 2024, the official Tsuina-chan PR Twitter account announced that it was preparing a big announcement, that was being kept a secret, on the following day, August 30 between 3:00 to 4:00 P.M. JST. In accordance with the announcement, a set of voice materials was also announced to be released on the official Tsuina-chan Fantia account the same day. The following day, Internet Co., Ltd. and Tsuina, the Ogre Hunter Project announced the development of an AI voicebank to be released for VOCALOID6 for Tsuina-chan on September 20, 2024 based on the voice of Mai Kadowaki, a Japanese voice actress. Pre-orders were opened the same day and would be available in both digital download and packaged editions as well as Starter Pack options. Pre-orders would include a set of bonus “Tsui Tsui Voice Vol. 1” (ついついボイス Vol.1 ) featuring over 200 audio files (.WAV format). Tsuina-chan noted that voice lines were selected that could be useful for music production and also included a selection of long-awaited "non-verbal voices". Tsuina-chan noted that this was a dream of hers for a long time and hoped for everyone to use it. It was noted by Tsuina-chan that this was made possible by permission from AH-Software Co. Ltd. who, up until the VOCALOID6 announcement, had handled the development and distribution of Tsuina-chan’s earlier VOICEROID and Synthesizer V Studio products. Tsuina-chan expressed gratitude to AH-Software, Internet Co. and the Yamaha Corporation for allowing her to become a cross-platform vocalist.

It was noted that the Tsuina-chan Project was inspired by the VOCALOID movement led by Hatsune Miku, and became a goal of the project for over 14 years to develop a VOCALOID for Tsuina-chan. Tsuina-chan was reinvigorated by the announcement of Hatsune Miku’s return to VOCALOID. Tsuina-chan noted that the voice between the VOCALOID6 edition and the Synthesizer V Studio edition, while both having been recorded by Mai Kadowaki carry different accuracies. It was also stated that both softwares would be continued to be sold side-by-side, with Tsuina-chan encouraging users to ”choose the one you like… or rather, use both and try out the full potential of her voice”. Tsuina-chan noted that if users preferred a more natural singing style, to try the Synthesizer V Studio voice database, though if they preferred a more synthetic style of vocal synthesis, to try out her VOCALOID6. Tsuina-chan noted that if the conditions are good, Tsuina-chan aims to put products out anywhere, even to the extent of CeVIO. There were however, no plans for the creation of a library for VOICEPEAK at this time. Five demonstration songs were released upon Tsuina-chan’s debut on the official Internet Co. SoundCloud, each performed with a different style. Tsuina-chan introduced each song and producer individually featuring: ざるぼうる (@zal_bowl2222), 荒芳樹 (@carrotwine_), azuma (@bk_azuma), who returned to produce a demo song after producing one for her Synthesizer V voice database , collt (Kalpanica, @yuh2532) and EO (エオ, @eo_aui7740). The demonstrations were instructed to be unfinished versions and not master recordings, though Tsuina-chan was very humbled at the quality of the recordings.

Marketing

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Voicebanks

Tsuina-chan

A Japanese AI vocal based on the singing style of Mai Kadowaki.

• Tsuina-chan (VOCALOID6), , In development, expected to release September 30, 2024.

Product Information

Demonstrations

Demonstrations

プリズムワンダー	SoundCloud
恋する乙女モード	SoundCloud
ココロ天気予報	SoundCloud
流流流	SoundCloud
ついになって	SoundCloud

Music featuring Tsuina-chan

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• "VOCALOID Tsuina-chan" on SoundCloud
• "VOCALOID ついなちゃん" on Niconico Video
• "VOCALOID ついなちゃん" on YouTube
• "VOCALOID ついなちゃん" on bilibili
• "VOCALOID ついなちゃん" on SoundCloud

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Trivia

First VOCALOID from Tsuina, the Ogre Hunter Project First female VOCALOID from Tsuina, the Ogre Hunter Project First Synthesizer V vocalist to later also get a VOCALOID voicebank

External links

Language	Description	Site
Japanese	Yamaha Corporation official homepage	Link
English	deviantArt , art and media community	Link