Utatane Piko

Utatane Piko
Developer(s)	Ki/oon Music
Initial release	December 8, 2010
Operating system	Windows
Platform	PC
Available in	Japanese
Type	Vocal Synthesizer Application
License	Proprietary
Website	www.kioon.com/vocaloid/piko/

Utatane Piko (歌手音ピコ) is a Japanese speaking Vocaloid by Sony Entertainment for Vocaloid 2. His voice is taken from the Japanese singer Piko. He was used in Samfree's "Night Series", singing the song "Piko Piko Legend of the Night."^[1] Later, Utatane Piko would be illustrated in two posters promoting an ending song to the anime Gintama, in which Piko sung.

Development

His design incorporates aspects of YAMAHA's RGX A2 guitar, along with a vague resemblance to his voice provider. A free trial version was released on December 1. The same day his trial was released, Sony demanded that all content made with it be taken down.^[2] He was released on December 8, 2010 in download form.

He was later used as reference along with other masculine vocals during the development of VY2.^[3]

On August 16, 2020, it was discovered that Piko's voicebank had sold out on the Sony Music website.^[4] With no plans for an update, this officially rendered Utatane Piko as a discontinued product.

References

^ Utatane Piko - Piko Piko☆Legend of the Night (Original Song) (in Japanese), retrieved 2019-03-29
^ [1] Twitpic - Sony request Piko trial video be removed
^ [2] IT Media News - コードネームは「勇馬」　ヤマハ純正のイケメンボカロ「VY2」の話を聞いてきた
^ "Piko sells out on the SONY Music website".

Vocaloid

Versions

Vocaloid
Vocaloid 2
Vocaloid 3
Vocaloid 4
Vocaloid 5
Vocaloid 6 (a.k.a Vocaloid:AI, released on 2022-10-13)

Studios /
Vocaloid Products

Yamaha / Bplats	VY1 (2,i,3,W,4,M,5) VY2 (2,i,3,W,5) Mew (3,M) Tone Rion (3, 4) Aoki Lapis (i,3,W,M) ZOLA Project (3,M,6) Merli (i,3,M) Macne Nana (3,4) Anon Kanon (3) Galaco (3,M) Cyber Diva (4,M,5) Sachiko (4,M) ARSloid (4) Unity-chan (4,M) Rana (3,4) Fukase (4) Cyber Songman (4,5) Yumemi Nemu (4) Masaoka Azuki (4) Kobayashi Matcha (4) Mirai Komachi (4) Amy (5) Chris (5) Kaori (5) Ken (5) SARAH (6) ALLEN (6) HARUKA (6) AKITO (6) Po-uta (6) Fuiro (6) ASAHI (6) SAKURA (6) SHION (6) TAKU (6) LUCAS (6) MICHELLE (6)
Zero-G Ltd	Leon (1) Lola (1) Miriam (1) Prima (2) Sonika (2) Tonio (2) Avanna (3) Dex (4) Daina (4)
Crypton Future Media	Meiko (1,2β,3) Kaito (1,2β,3) Hatsune Miku (2,2Eβ,3,4x) Kagamine Rin / Len (2,4x) Megurine Luka (2,2+β,3β,4x)
PowerFX	Sweet Ann (2) Big Al (2) Oliver (3) Yohioloid (3) Ruby (4)
Internet Co., Ltd.	Gackpoid (2,3,4) Megpoid (2,2+β,3,4,M,,6) Lily (2,3) Gachapoid (2,3) Cul (3) Kokone (3) Chika (3) Otomachi Una [ja] (4,6)
AH-Software	Hiyama Kiyoteru (2,4) Kaai Yuki (2,4) SF-A2 Miki (2,4) Nekomura Iroha (2,4) Yuzuki Yukari (3,4,M) Tohoku Zunko (3,4) Kizuna Akari [ja] (4) Haruno Sora [ja] (5)
Ki/oon Music	Utatane Piko (2)
SBS A&T	SeeU (3)
Voctro Labs	Bruno (3) Clara (3) Maika / Ona (3)
1st Place	IA (3)
Shanghai Henian	Luo Tianyi (3,4) Yanhe (3) Yuezheng Ling (3) Yuezheng Longya (4) Mo Qingxian (4) Zhiyu Moke (4)
Beijing Photek S&T	Stardust (Xingchen) (4)
Exit Tunes	Mayu (3)
Gynoid	V Flower (3,4) Xin Hua (3,4) Meika Hime & Mikoto (5)
ST Media	Uni (4)
Akatsuki Virtual Artists	LUMi (4)