As more and more creators post their works on easily accessible and free-to-view sites like Nico Nico Douga and YouTube™, the more fans VOCALOID continues to draw. In addition to this, fans who sing along to and record their own performances to the VOCALOID songs (a genre in Nico Douga known as "utattemita") or even choreographed and recorded their own dance steps to the songs (another genre in Nico Douga referred to as "odottemita") created even further fanfare for the series.


"Happy Synthesizer" mass dance-off!
"ASIA VOCALOID FESTA @ Tenjin Central Park" by asianbeat
The finale to the "ASIA VOCALOID FESTA" on October 23rd, 2011. We had 250 people dancing to "Happy Synthesizer" in Tenjin Central Park, Fukuoka! (Sorry to those who got cut from the picture..)
Keitan, Merochin, Tadanon and Ringosu also joined in as special guests for the event! A big thank you to all those who participated!!
Brought to you by asianbeat and Fukuoka Prefecture!

The virtual idols have even evolved from 2D (virtual space) to 3D (reality), expanding their range of influence. The most obvious example of this is music CDs. The most popular songs posted on video streaming sites have been compiled into compilation albums, one such album is “EXIT TUNES PRESENTS Vocalogenesis feat. Hatsune Miku” which even managed to take out the top spot on Japan’s Oricon music chart at the end of May 2010.

VOCALOID albums have since continued to rank on hit music charts resulting in the creation of a new “VOCALOID” genre. On March 9, 2010 (labeled the Day of Miku), Hatsune Miku performed in her own solo concert to a sell out crowd at ZEPP Tokyo. Miku fever then went intercontinental with another concert being held in Los Angeles (USA) in July 2011.

● “MIKUNOPOLIS in LOS ANGELES – Hajimemashite, Hatusne Miku desu” concert performance at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, July 2nd 2011.

SEGA 「MIKUNOPOLIS in LOS ANGELS」YouTube™

Even the big name corporations are beginning to take notice of the VOCALOID craze; Toyota employing Hatsune Miku into one of their recent commercials for the US Carolla.

●Toyota of America’s Carolla commercial

Toyota of America’s “Toyota and Hatsune Miku – Carolla commercial (48sec version)” posted on YouTube™.

VOCALOID is no longer regarded as just amusement for otakus. The name “Hatsune Miku” is taken from a Japanese phrase meaning “the first sound from the future.” But her sounds are not from the future, they are being resonated throughout the world right now! It has only been 7 years since the creation of the first VOCALOID. With such a shallow history VOCALOID is sure to evolve even further, in ways we probably can’t even imagine at this point in time. The age of VOCALOID is now and it’s only going to get bigger!