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Zhiyu Moke (徵羽摩柯) is a Chinese VOCALOID developed and distributed by Shanghai HENIAN Co. Ltd. He was released for the VOCALOID4 engine in August 2018.[1]

Moke was a runner up entry to the first "VOCALOID™ CHINA" contest in 2012, held for choosing the design of the first Chinese VOCALOID and was a Vsinger supporting character for four years.[2] On December 8, 2016, Moke was confirmed to be in production along with Mo Qingxian.[3]

On May 6, 2023, Moke was announced to be receiving an AI voicebank for ACE Virtual Singer.[4]

His voice provider is Shangqing Su (苏尚卿; Sū Shàngqīng), a Chinese voice actor from 729 Studio.

Concept[]

According to the short animation series promoting VOCALOID CHINA, Moke is a genius with an IQ of 168. Even though he always wears an innocent and warming smile, he is actually the most Otaku of all Otaku. By starting threads in forums, editing, and uploading MVs, he is seen as a "god" by some people on the internet. He is sometimes mistaken as a girl; although he claims that he hates this, there are unconfirmed rumors of a popular cross-dressing cosplayer appearing in various comic conventions who looks very similar to him. Because he usually doesn't talk, most people will take him as a "nice boy", but he will reveal his true Otaku self when he is with close friends. He acts somewhat like a professional debater when talking about anime or other Otaku topics, but tends to react poorly to subjects that do not interest him.[5]

In 2017, according to Shanghai HENIAN's official website, Moke is listed as a Sagittarius and that he is mixed race. It was later added that he is a high school student and that he is good at street dance. It also mentions that he fears loneliness. He has a sense of dependency on the others in the band and wishes to be useful to them.[6][7] In 2018, it was confirmed that his official birthday is December 10.[8] His signature color is #0080FF.[9]

Etymology[]

His original name was MOKO, however, this was dropped because it was written in a Japanese naming style rather than Chinese.

Zhǐ (徵)[10] and (羽) are the fourth and fifth notes of the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale. His first name, Mókē (摩柯), originates in Buddhism (摩柯婆罗多 Mókēpóluóduo, i.e. Mahabharata). His name is generally stylized as "Zhiyu Moke" but "Zhi Yu Mo Ke" is also another official stylization.

Moke's official signature is "Moke" written in romanized letters rather than in Chinese characters. His signature featured a bird-like design, with a plumage in the front of the name, the "M" written as a feather or wing-like design, and the "e" trailing into a tail. Moke's signature was the only one out of the Vsinger cast that was entirely written in romanized form while the other characters wrote their names only in Chinese or combining both in some way.

Appearance[]

SAKU's MOKO design was submitted to the first VOCALOID CHINA contest and was announced as a runner-up entry. The character was later refined and redrawn by the Chinese illustrator ideolo as Zhiyu Moke.

Located on Moke’s hip in his debut design, there is a green charm with a Devanagari letter "च" (ca) which represents the "Metal" element, the "West" position, the color "white", and the "Autumn" season. This character’s Chinese equivalent is "商" (Shāng), one of the 5 Traditional Chinese melody characters which corresponds to D (re).[11]

Moke's V4 design was illustrated by TID. His color scheme changed from white and light blue to white and dark blue. His new design was more sailor-inspired compared to the debut design. His pants were white rather than black and his boots became lace-up with the Devanagari letter located on the sides. His hat has a keyboard and soundwave design on it. His hair color seemed to change from dark to a navy blue.

Relations[]

History[]

Marketing[]

Zhiyu Moke was a fan-designed VOCALOID that was entered in the first "VOCALOID CHINA" contest, like Luo Tianyi. He was created with VOCALOID fans in mind.

VOCALOID CHINA PROJECT released a five-part promotional animation series for the VOCALOID CHINA characters. On May 15, 2012, at CFO3, the full first PV was made available, mainly featuring Tianyi with Ling making a brief cameo at the end. Moke’s official introduction takes place in the third episode.

Prior to his release, Moke make an appearance at the Vsinger Live concert on June 17, 2017.[12] His voicebank made its debut with the song "Xūnǐ Shàonián". He was also scheduled to appear at bilibili Macro Link 2018 on July 20 with the rest of the Vsinger cast.[13]

Voicebanks[]

Zhiyu Moke
Intended to be a youthful young male.
Misc. voicebanks
Originally he was intended to be voiced by a female provider. Due to issues the voice was used for YANHE instead.


Music featuring Zhiyu Moke[]

  • On this wiki, Zhiyu Moke is featured in 65 songs , 9 albums , 4 events.
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戴帽子的孩子
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Translation Dàimàozi de Háizi
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凌晨五点半
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Translation Língchén Wǔ Diǎn Bàn
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万众之外
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Translation Wànzhòng Zhīwài
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Kongqi Ning
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无理无智
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Translation Wúlǐ-wúzhì
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Reputation[]

Status

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Reaction

Both Moke and Mo Qingxian have overall been released to a lukewarm reception compared to past vocals with very little interest or overall excitement. In the Chinese fandom, Moke and Longya’s popularity levels were undefined as they were about equal to each other. In the Eastern fandom, Moke appeared in less fanart and PVs than Longya.In the Western fandom, fans voiced a like for him, and he had more fanart and support compared to Longya and Qingxian in this part of the fandom.

Since his and Qingxian's release in August 2018, Moke received the most works, both original and cover songs, between the two of them.

Trivia
  • Considering that YANHE's voicebank was meant to be made for Moke, he would have been the first Chinese male VOCALOID to be released. This was fulfilled by Yuezheng Longya instead.
    • Extensively, the voicebank would have been the first male counterpart of the first two VOCALOIDs of a set language to have been voiced by a female voice provider.
  • Moke's launch-date for his preorder period was May 30, 2018. May 30 is also the birthday of his voice provider, Shangqing Su.
  • The first song featuring Zhiyu Moke to reach one million views was "Zài Yībēi!", an original by Xiao Yu Cosmos, Ming Huang, Hua er bu ku, and OQQ-P, on August 26, 2019.
Achievements
  • One of the last VOCALOID4s to be released.

References[]

External links[]

Language Description Site
Chinese 徵羽摩柯_官博 official Weibo Link
Chinese 徵羽摩柯 official bilibili Link
Chinese Shanghai HENIAN official homepage Link
English Deviantart art and community Link
Japanese pixiv art and community Link
English MikuMikuDance wiki for models Link

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