Namine Ritsu & Amehare Hau To Be Added To VOICEVOX’s 2nd Gen of Vocals
Considering the fact that the majority of things related to using vocal synths cost money, this can make getting started with it for the first time quite difficult, and means that many of us feel rather detached from the world of voice synthesis (I can vouch for this myself). But this is where the software VOICEVOX comes in – it’s a completely free, opensource piece of software, meaning that anyone can use it without spending a penny.
We recently wrote about the brand new voice synth being added to the software called “Kasukabe Tsumugi”, but were delighted to find out that two more characters were recently added to the upcoming vocals list – Namine Ritsu (whom you may have heard of already) and Amehare Hau! Here we’ll be introducing you to these new characters and what’s in store for VOICEVOX in the coming days.
※The coverage here is all unofficial
Namine Ritsu
For veterans of the vocal synth community, you’ll likely already know Namine Ritsu. Originally released as an UTAU, the character was created following discourse in the Vip News Bulletin from 2channel (2ch) back in 2009. After the success of the first troll “VOCALOID” Kasane Teto, many other characters were developed, including Namine Ritsu! They’re often referred to as a “VIPPERLOIDs”, and Ritsu also has a Deepvocal bank which was released in 2019.
Considering Ritsu is supposed to be a “troll” character, much of his profile can be seen as a parody of other existing voicebank characters. His voice provider is カノン / Canon and his official illustrations were made by 菊の字 / Kikunoji.
Find out more about Namine Ritsu from their official website here!
(JP/EN)
His eye colour, I noticed, is something that often isn’t explained aside from being “maziora”; “maziora” is a term which often refers to something that changes colour, similar to a particular paint commonly used for painting cars. “Maziora” is a brand of “ChromaFlair” paint, which can look a mixture of blue, purple, red, orange and more- the colour you see will change depending on the angle you look at it, and the light source shone on it. In Canon’s Twitter bio, it’s specifically mentioned that “Ritsu’s eye colour is NOT green/blue” (リツの瞳の色は緑ではありません).
Namine Ritsu’s voice has been added to VOICEVOX today, November 26th, alongside Kasukabe Tsumugi’s! Find out more to do with the newest update for the software here.
Amehare Hau
Amehara Hau is likely to be a less familiar name, and that’s because she’s an all new VTuber!
According to the bio on her official website…
- Her birthday is October 30th
- She’s 152cm tall
- She likes ramen
- Her hobby is eating on the go
- Her designated colour is #28c4ec
- Her voice provider is unreleased (TBA at some point later)
In her Twitter bio, she’s described as a (nurse) VTuber who was designed by えろ豆 / Eromame. Her account is relatively new, having only been created in April this year, and she has a YouTube channel, but as of writing no videos have been uploaded. Her VTuber activities should be starting early next year (2022). It also seems that she wants to help teach people about nursing, so her future content is definitely something to look forward to! She uses the personal pronoun 僕 / boku.
Here’s her introduction video, where she talks about becoming a vocal synth thanks to VOICEVOX:
Nice to meet you, my name is Amehara Hau. I spend most of my time working hard as a nurse! And now, my voice is being added to VOICEVOX’s vocal synthesis library! It’ll be a little while until its release, so please be patient and wait just a little while longer!
In-video text: Scheduled for release in January 2022
If you’d like to draw Amehara Hau, here are the tags you can use:
Fanart tag: #amehau_art
R-rated* fanart tag: #hau_Hart
You can visit Amehara Hau’s official website here!
Amehara Hau is set to start her activities early next year, and we should expect to see her voice added to VOICEVOX around the same time! Make sure to follow her social media to stay up to date with her developments!
*This refers to any artwork that would gain an “R-” tag for “mature” content. The most common ratings would be R-18 (explicit content such as sex, nudity, other suggestive themes) or R-18R (all of the above but also including elements of gore).
Some fans have already drawn fanart releated to the 2nd generation of characters being added to VOICEVOX! I’m sure that Hiro and the official accounts for Kasukabe Tsumugi, Namine Ritsu and Amehara Hau would be delighted to see your creations featuring them, so make sure to show them your love and support in whichever medium you like best!
All of the characters who’re part of the VOICEVOX family are also listed in the “VOICEVOX Dorm” which you can check out here! Click on a character to see their bio, hear voice samples and even see a chart showing how each character refers to the others (i.e. which honorifics they use) and how they say “you” (e.g. “anata”, “kimi” etc.).
We hope you’re looking forward to the release of these cute new vocal syths for VOICEVOX as much as we are!
Links
VOICEVOX / Hiho
- VOICEVOX official download page
- Hiho’s Official Twitter
- Hiho’s Official YouTube
- Hiho’s Blog
- Hiho’s Marshmallow (ask them a question!)
Namine Ritsu / Canon
Amehare Hau
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