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54-401: The name "Gumi" is the voice provider Megumi Nakajima's nickname from her childhood. The software name, "Megpoid", was taken from the provider's name, "Megumi." The second half, the "poid", is short for "like Vocaloid," the full implied name of this product is "Megumi-like Vocaloid." Gumi was developed by Internet Co., Ltd. using Yamaha Corporation 's Vocaloid 2 synthesizer software. Her voice

108-425: A musical instrument manufacturer are still reflected today in the group's logo—a trio of interlocking tuning forks . After World War II , company president Genichi Kawakami repurposed the remains of the company's war-time production machinery and the company's expertise in metallurgical technologies to the manufacture of motorcycles . The YA-1 (AKA Akatombo, the "Red Dragonfly") , of which 125 were built in

162-578: A band. When he was a college student, he discovered the video sharing platform Nico Nico Douga and was impressed by Vocaloid music when he saw a music video of a Livetune song. He then began to study DTM to make Vocaloid songs. In 2008, Deco*27 debuted as a Vocaloid producer. His stage name was a fusion of the Japanese word for forehead , "Deco", and his favorite numbers. He later added an asterisk . On May 17, 2009, he released his first self-produced doujin album produced. In July 2009, he released

216-457: A festival Sónar , he was reminded of the quality of Vocaloid music, and when he saw his song being played and enjoyed at Hatsune Miku Magical Mirai 2013 in Yokohama, he realized that his music was being enjoyed by many people, rejuvenating his desire to continue creating Vocaloid music. Consequently, he changed the concept of his compilation album Deco*27 Vocaloid Collection 2008~2012 , which

270-399: A metaphor for hidden love. Deco*27 released "Salamander" on January 8, 2022 as part of a collaboration between Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage! and Cup Noodles . The song incorporates new techniques such as Latin music , which was described as "a subversion of the formulaic hit style". On March 9, 2022, Deco*27 released his eighth studio album Mannequin . The concept of this album

324-642: A new standard for the Vocaloids for having no face, sex, or set voice, but are designed to complete any song. VY1 has a new approach to how the software handled the database of samples and improved the performance of the Vocaloid 2 engine. Yamaha announced a version of the Vocaloid 2 software for the iPhone and iPad , which exhibited at the Y2 Autumn 2010 Digital Content Expo in Japan. Later, this version of

378-552: A restructuring. At this point, the YAMAHA brand and company name continued, but the company essentially withdrew from management. Subsequently, YLT conducted a MBO of the investments of Yamaha and the investment funds, and the company name was changed as of 1 October 2013 and withdrew from the housing equipment business in both name and reality. Other companies in the Yamaha Corporation group include: Kandō ( 感動 )

432-479: A strong influence on early utaite culture. It has about 12 million views on Nico Nico Douga as of July 2023, making it his most-played song, and is the sixth most viewed Vocaloid song on that platform as of September 2024. The popularity of this song would also additionally contribute to GUMI experiencing an increase in sales. The song's remake was released 10 years after its initial release. On November 25, 2010, Deco*27 released "Mukashi Mukashi no Kyou no Boku" as

486-488: Is Gumi from Vocaloid which ran from 2013 to 2014. This particular manga is not based on a specific song, but rather on Gumi's adventures as a Vocaloid. Another manga which appeared in 2014, which stars Gumi. This features the fictional birth story of "Gumi", who was a girl who becomes an Android and debuts as an idol. The story focuses on her and a mysterious team called Interface sound Orchestra ( インタネ団 ) . Fellow Vocaloids Camui Gackpo , Lily and Cul , also feature in

540-431: Is "all idols are Hatsune Miku", and each song has its own Hatsune Miku concept. On January 14, 2023, Deco*27 released the song "(Not) A Devil" with PinocchioP. The two each used a different voicebank of Hatsune Miku. It became the number one single on Billboard Japan 's newly-instituted Niconico Vocaloid Songs Top 20 singles chart, and became both Deco*27's and Pinocchiop's first number-one song. It ranked as

594-514: Is a Japanese musical instrument and audio equipment manufacturer. It is one of the constituents of Nikkei 225 and is the world's largest musical instrument manufacturing company. The former motorcycle division was established in 1955 as Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. , which started as an affiliated company but has been spun-off as its own independent company. Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd. ( 日本楽器製造株式会社 , Nihon Gakki Seizō Kabushiki gaisha , lit.   ' Japan Musical Instrument Manufacture ' )

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648-465: Is a Japanese musician, Vocaloid producer, and songwriter. He is considered to be one of the most influential Vocaloid producers of the early 2010s, along with wowaka and Kenshi Yonezu . Deco*27 was raised in Fukuoka , Japan. At age 13, he taught himself how to play the guitar, a choice that was inspired by his father, who would sing and play guitar for Kosuke as a child. In high school, he joined

702-415: Is a Japanese word used by Yamaha Corporation to describe its corporate mission. Kandō is the sensation of profound excitement and gratification derived from experiencing supreme quality and performance. Some reasonable English equivalents are "emotionally touching" or "emotionally moving". Yamaha Corporation is widely known for its music teaching program that began in 1954. In a continuation of that program,

756-445: Is also known for his frequent use of sexually explicit lyrics. This is especially evident in "Animal", which focuses on a girl with a voracious sexual appetite. When "Sad Girl Sex" was released in 2024, its sexual lyrics and title caused some controversy. His lyric style is influenced by Chiharu Matsuyama , 19 , Yuzu , and Bump of Chicken . Deco*27 started his creative studio, Otoiro, under NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan . This

810-791: Is considered one of her most popular songs with over 10,000,000 views on Nico Nico . Concerning Gumi's age, during the Extend, Noboru once tweeted that there was a rough age preferred for Gumi, set around the teenage years. However, no official age was ever given to Gumi in her various designs. When writing about the Extend, it was noted the voice could be considered 'extensions' of the age conceptualized for Gumi. Gumi has appeared in several manga based series. The bi-monthly Vocaloid magazine, Comic@loid, has released some titles, and others have not been released yet. The released titles include Mozaik Role, Kiritorisen, Shiryoku Kensa, Setsuna Trip, Ringo Uri no Utakata Shoujo, and Yowamushi Montblanc. Another manga

864-586: Is considered one of the best examples of slow-tempo Vocaloid songs from the late 2010s. It attracted attention for its focus on themes of murder and suicide. The single featured on his sixth studio album Android Girl , released on May 22, 2019. Rockwell wrote all of the songs on this album. The album reached number eight on both the Billboard Japan Hot Albums and Oricon Albums Charts, his first Top 10 entry and biggest hit. On December 16, 2020, Deco*27 released Undead Alice . This album

918-480: The Billboard Japan Hot Albums . The title of the album is a reference to death and reincarnation . The sound of this album is loud rock with elements of hip hop . The single "Delusional Sentimental Compensation Federation" from the album was released on November 18, 2016. The music video for the song had about 58 million views on YouTube as of August 2024, making it the most viewed song on

972-543: The Yamaha CS-80 in 1977. In 1983, Yamaha made the first commercially successful digital synthesizer, the Yamaha DX7 . In 1988, Yamaha shipped the world's first CD recorder . Yamaha purchased Sequential Circuits in 1988. It bought a majority stake (51%) of competitor Korg in 1987, which was bought out by Korg in 1993. In the late 1990s, Yamaha released a series of portable battery operated keyboards under

1026-768: The Yamaha YPG-625 was awarded "Keyboard of the Year" and "Product of the Year" in 2007 from The Music and Sound Retailer magazine. Other noteworthy Yamaha electronics include the SHS-10 Keytar , a consumer-priced keytar which offered MIDI output features normally found on much more expensive keyboards. Yamaha is segmented into three primary business domains of musical instruments, audio equipment, and others (industrial machinery and components, etc.) The company began by manufacturing high-end furniture based on its expertise in wood processing for piano manufacturing, and

1080-564: The 12th best-performing song of the year on the year-end chart of 2023. On May 19, 2023, Deco*27 released " Rabbit Hole ". This song became a sleeper hit , and received considerable renewed attention in 2024 when Hatsune Miku artist and animator "channelcaststation" uploaded a "Rabbit Hole" animation on February 17, 2024 titled "Pure Pure" . As of September 2024, it had over five million views on YouTube. The song then reached number five in Global Japan Songs excl. Japan for

1134-614: The Music♯ ( メグッポイド ザ ミュージック シャープ ) . This was a rhythm based game created by ParaPhray ( パラフレ ) for the PlayStation Portable . Both a standard and limited edition were released on March 28, 2013. She also appears as a special guest in several songs in Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai and its sequel . In May 2012, a song contest was announced for Gumi, which was hosted by CreoFUGA. Producers entering

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1188-642: The PSS and the PSR range of keyboards. The Yamaha PSS-14 and PSS-15 keyboards were upgrades to the Yamaha PSS-7 with short demo songs, short selectable phrases, and sound effects. In 2002, Yamaha closed its archery product business that was started in 1959. Six archers in five different Olympic Games won gold medals using their products. In January 2005, it acquired German audio software manufacturer Steinberg from Pinnacle Systems . In July 2007, Yamaha bought out

1242-644: The Yamaha Music Foundation was established by the authority of the Japanese Ministry of Education for the purpose of promoting music education and music popularization In 1966. Yamaha expanded into many diverse businesses and product groups. The first venture into each major category is listed below. Yamaha announced the singing synthesizer Vocaloid for the first time at the German fair Musikmesse on 5–9 March 2003. Yamaha began

1296-529: The album and the fourth most viewed song on his YouTube channel. In 2017, Deco*27 released "Hibana". The song was the first to be arranged by Rockwell. It was written to contribute to the album HATSUNE MIKU 10th Anniversary Album Re:Start . It has about 10 million views on Nico Nico Douga as of September 2024. It placed first in the Netolabo -compiled 2021 ranking of his most popular songs. On January 18, 2019, Deco*27 released "Otome Dissection". This song

1350-567: The contest could use any Vocaloid 2 or Vocaloid 3 Gumi voicebank. A contest was held by VocaloTracks in 2013 to create an original song using any of Gumi's voicebank. They were able to sell their songs under a "professional label". Another song contest was run, linking with the release of her English vocal. [REDACTED] Media related to Megpoid at Wikimedia Commons Yamaha Corporation Yamaha Corporation ( ヤマハ株式会社 , Yamaha Kabushiki gaisha , / ˈ j ɑː m ɒ ˌ h ɑː / ; Japanese pronunciation: [jamaha] )

1404-648: The debut non-Vocaloid single "Light Lag" featuring Topi. Four months later, he released the single "Egomama/Love Distance Long Affair". These served as singles for his third studio album, Love Calendar , released on July 25, 2012. This was his first album without Vocaloid and featured guest appearances by Shoko Nakagawa and Aoi Yūki . A manga based on this album was serialized in Monthly BIG GANGAN from 2012 to 2013. In June 2013, Deco*27 considered quitting his music career because he had done everything he wanted to do. However, when he participated in

1458-583: The first producer to have multiple Vocaloid songs with over 10 million views on the Nico Nico Douga platform. Additionally, it has garnered approximately 49 million views on YouTube as of October 2024. He stated that with "Ghost Rule"'s popularity, he "hoped that people of the new generation would become aware of Vocaloid's culture, and produce more and more works." On September 22, 2016, he released his fifth studio album Ghost , which also included "Ghost Rule". This album became his first entry on

1512-692: The first year of production (1954), was named in honour of the founder. It was a 125cc, single cylinder , two-stroke street bike patterned after the German DKW RT 125 (which the British munitions firm, BSA , had also copied in the post-war era and manufactured as the Bantam and Harley-Davidson as the Hummer ). In 1955, the success of the YA-1 resulted in the founding of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. , splitting

1566-431: The manga. The name of the manga is MeguMegu☆Singer Song Fighter ( メグメグ☆シンガーソングファイター ) . Gumi stars in an anime television short series called Koi Suru Dessan Ningyō , named after a song by sasakure.UK on which the short is based. Masanori Okamoto is responsible for many aspects of this project including the script and filming of the short. If the short is popular a series will follow. Gumi starred in her game Megpoid

1620-668: The minority shareholding of the Kemble family in Yamaha-Kemble Music (UK) Ltd, Yamaha's UK import and musical instrument and professional audio equipment sales division. It was renamed Yamaha Music U.K. Ltd in late 2007. Kemble & Co. Ltd, the UK piano sales & manufacturing arm, was unaffected. On 20 December 2007, Yamaha made an agreement with the Austrian Bank BAWAG PSK Gruppe to purchase all

1674-576: The motorcycle division from the company. Also, in 1954 the Yamaha Music School was founded. Yamaha has grown into the world's largest manufacturer of musical instruments (including pianos, "silent" pianos , drums , guitars , brass instruments , woodwinds , violins , violas , cellos , and vibraphones ), and a leading manufacturer of semiconductors , audio/visual , computer related products, sporting goods, home appliances , specialty metals , and industrial robots . Yamaha released

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1728-555: The music video for "Love Words," in which he expressed his gratitude and appreciation for his listeners. "Love Words" was included on his debut album Sou Ai Sei Ri Ron . This album debuted at number 42 on the Oricon Albums Chart , and became his first entry on the chart. He later released more "Love Words" sequels with the same concept, with "Love Words 4" being released on May 28, 2022. On April 14, 2010, Deco*27 released "Yowamushi Mont Blanc" featuring GUMI . The song

1782-456: The sale and production of Vocaloid applications, starting with Lily which was later sold via Internet Co., Ltd. 's website. Their involvement continued with the VY series, with VY1 being the first, released in deluxe and standard editions on 1 September 2010. The VY series is a series designed to be a high quality product for professional musicians. The series is also designed with the intention to set

1836-639: The shares of Bösendorfer , with Yamaha intending to continue manufacturing at the Bösendorfer facilities in Austria. The acquisition was announced on 28 January 2008, after the NAMM Show in Los Angeles. As of 1 February 2008, Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik GmbH operates as a subsidiary of Yamaha Corporation. Yamaha electronics have proven to be successful, popular, and respected products. For example,

1890-644: The software was released using the VY1 voice. VY2 will also be released for this version of the software. In Japan, the company maintains three factories for musical instrument manufacture, engine and various vehicle manufacture (motorcycles and marine products), with all factories located in Shizuoka Prefecture . Deco*27 Kosuke Terayama ( Japanese : 寺山 幸助 , Hepburn : Terayama Kōsuke , born December 16, 1986) , known professionally as Deco*27 (stylized in all caps and pronounced "Dekonīna")

1944-589: The theme song for Syukan Hajimete no Hatsune Miku . On December 1, 2010, "Aimai Elegy" featuring Marina was released. Two weeks later, a studio album of the same name as the song was released. It debuted at number 11 on the Oricon Albums Chart. In 2011, Deco*27 formed a band Galaxias! with Ko Shibasaki and TeddyLoid . Their debut album was released on November 23 of that year. In the same year he formed another band, Love Lashes Forever, with Mai, Hiro and Alex. On July 27, 2011, Deco*27 released

1998-747: The vocal with the normal vocals, it was dropped and a Vocaloid called " Kokone " was developed instead with Falsetto capabilities. Volume 3 of the Vocaloid-P Data Series was also dedicated to the Megpoid V3 software. In September 2022, GUMI received a speech voicebank for the A.I.VOICE text-to-speech software named A.I.VOICE GUMI. On October 13, 2022, AI Megpoid was released on the VOCALOID6 engine as an AI voicebank with Japanese, English, and Mandarin Chinese support. Her AI release

2052-401: The week of April 2, 2024. It has been streamed over 40 million times on Spotify as of September 11, 2024. To celebrate the 16th anniversary of Hatsune Miku's birth, Deco*27 released "Blue Planet" on August 31, 2023. The song debuted at number one on Niconico Vocaloid Songs Top 20 and becoming his second number one song. On 29 September 2023, Deco*27 released the single "Volt Tackle". It

2106-588: Was a co-writer on the Shoko Nakagawa single "Choberi Good Time", released in October 2015. On January 8, 2016, Deco*27 released "Ghost Rule", which is regarded as one of the most important songs of the Vocaloid industry in the late 2010s. It has about 11 million views on Nico Nico Douga as of September 2024, making it his second most-played song, and it is the tenth most viewed Vocaloid song on that platform as of same time. With this achievement, he became

2160-564: Was also allowed for the Vocaloid 3 version of the Megpoid software, though was restricted only to working with the 5 Vocaloid 3 Japanese vocals. Noboru responded that the English bank for Vocaloid 4 would be updated at a later time but there is currently no schedule. When asked about what this meant, Noboru replied "this year or next" (2016/2017). In regards to making more than 1 vocal, he noted this may be too difficult. Ultimately, Megpoid English

2214-454: Was caused by the termination of his contract with U/M/A/A. Akka became the first artist signed to the new studio. Four months after its establishment, more than ten creators had signed on. The name "Otoiro" is taken from the Japanese words "oto" (音) for melodies and "iro" (色) for colors. Holo*27 is a musical project between Deco*27 and virtual YouTuber agency Hololive . He has been providing music to Hololive since about 2021, and Holo*27

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2268-492: Was created by taking vocal samples from singer Megumi Nakajima at a controlled pitch and tone. On December 11, 2010, the president of Internet Co. announced that Gackpoid , Megpoid, and Lily would be distributed in Taiwan . On October 21, 2011, a new version of the software, called "V3 Megpoid", was released containing a package of four different tones of GUMI's voice for Vocaloid 3 : Adult, Power, Sweet, and Whisper. This

2322-404: Was described as rock-based, flexibly absorbing folk and electronic music . His rock style is influenced by Blink-182 , Sum 41 , Green Day , and others. Later on in his career, his music became a combination of rock and hyperpop because of the influence of his collaborator, Japanese songwriter Rockwell. Most of Deco*27's music contains themes of love for parents, friends and lovers. He

2376-487: Was established in 1887 as a reed organ manufacturer by Torakusu Yamaha (山葉寅楠) in Hamamatsu , Shizuoka Prefecture and was incorporated on 12 October 1897. In 1900, the company manufactured the first piano to be made in Japan, and its first grand piano two years later. In 1987, 100 years after the first reed organ built by Yamaha, the company was renamed Yamaha Corporation in honor of its founder. The company's origins as

2430-553: Was never updated by the time VOCALOID4 was retired and VOCALOID5 released. The voice was also featured in use on the Vocaloid Keyboard prototype. In addition, an unrelated Vocaloid product called "Megpoid Talk" was developed which allowed Megpoid speech. "Native" and "English" were released for the Mobile Vocaloid Editor . She was also set to have a " Falsetto " vocal. Due to issues with balancing

2484-618: Was on par with Crypton Future Media's Vocaloids and had out sold her predecessor Camui Gackpo, becoming the most popular and well known non-Crypton Vocaloid. In 2011, her usage grew and in a number of weeks she would have even more songs in the top 100 rankings than some of the Crypton Future Media vocalists. In January 2015, a popularity poll was released, confirming Gumi was the second most popular Vocaloid of 2015 on Niconico. Gumi has so far over 300 known songs and one of her songs titled "モザイクロール ( Mozaik Role ) ", by Deco*27 ,

2538-504: Was on the same day that YAMAHA released VOCALOID6. In mid November 2023, it was announced that GUMI would be receiving a software release for Synthesizer V , also called AI Megpoid. It is slated to release mid December 2023. Gumi initially struggled to build popularity against the Crypton Future Media's Character Vocal series and was considered to be "nothing special" when first released. She was, however, quicker to gain popularity in comparison to Camui Gackpo . By 2010, Gumi's popularity

2592-484: Was one of the first 4 packages released on the same day for the then-new engine, the others being Mew , SeeU and VY1 V3. This was originally going to be an expansion pack for the Vocaloid 2 version of GUMI under the name of "Megpoid Extend" and was based on the "Append" vocals of Crypton Future Media. On March 16, 2012, an update of the Vocaloid 2 Megpoid was released, called "V3 Megpoid - Native". On February 28, 2013, another new version of GUMI, called "Megpoid English"

2646-567: Was released also for the Vocaloid 3 engine. On November 5, 2015, an update to the V3 Megpoid package, called "Megpoid V4", was released for the Vocaloid 4 engine updating the vocals from V3 Megpoid and V3 Megpoid - Native along with adding alternative versions to the vocals including: MellowAdult, PowerFat, NaturalSweet, SoftWhisper, and NativeFat. These vocals made use of the new Vocaloid 4 feature "Cross-Synthesis". Vocaloid 4 Cross Synthesis

2700-431: Was revealed to be the last in an album trilogy of albums, following Ghost and Android Girl . The common concept of these albums is "becoming human". On March 9, 2021, Deco*27 released "The Vampire", his first dance-pop song. It went viral on TikTok . The music video for the song had about 82 million views on YouTube as of August 2024, and it is the most viewed song on his YouTube channel. The song uses vampires as

2754-513: Was spun off into a separate company in 1991 with the establishment of YAMAHA Livingtec (YLT). The company manufactured and sold unit baths , system kitchens , and other products. In 1992, the company decided to stop selling system furniture, and after narrowing down its product lineup, it terminated orders and production in 2005 March. In 2010, Yamaha sold its 85.1% stake in YLT to Japan Industrial Partners and three foreign investment funds as part of

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2808-502: Was the first song released from " Pokemon feat. Hatsune Miku Project VOLTAGE 18 Types/Songs ", a collaborative project between the Japanese media franchise Pokémon and Hatsune Miku. On 30 August 2024, Deco*27 announced a 9th Album, titled "Transform" to be released on the 27th of November 2024. The album is composed of 2 sides, with majority of the songs hit singles of his from 2022-2024, including "Rabbit Hole", "Blue Planet", "Salamander" and others. Early in his career, Deco*27's sound

2862-481: Was to be released on December 18, 2013, from "goodbye" to "hello from now on". On September 7, 2013, Deco*27 released "Mousou Zei". This was the first Vocaloid song he had written in a year and eight months. It depicted the way he came to resume his Vocaloid activities. He then released one song a month for nine months. His fourth studio album, Conti New , which included these songs, was released on March 26, 2014. All songs were written using Hatsune Miku. Deco*27

2916-419: Was viewed over 1 million times on Nico Nico Douga within 5 months of its release. A light novel adaptation was released on March 26, 2016. The song was used in a video trend that combined the song with images of Hiroyuki Nishimura and the phrase "I ain't got no data." The trend became an Internet meme in 2022. Deco*27 released "Mozaik Role" on Jule 15, 2010. The song was covered by many utaites and had

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