【VOCARAINBOW】 A Vocaloid Cover Group

kylewrightmusic for Kaito

Singer
Singer
Kaito
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: kylewrightmusic

This role: For this role you would be being the voice of Katio. Everyone is welcome to audition. For Kaitos voice a low male pitched voice would be preferred. A baritone vocal range is also recommended since most of Kaitos songs are medium-low for a male voice.

For the audition songs you may sing in either Japanese or English. Although in the future we will be singing in both languages.

About Kaito: (from the vocaloid wiki)  

KAITO (カイト) is a Japanese VOCALOID developed originally by Yamaha Corporation and distributed by Crypton Future Media, Inc.. He was one of the 4 known "Project Daisy" vocals. His VOCALOID3 update was developed and distributed by Crypton. He was initially released in February 2006 for the first VOCALOID engine. There has since been a second installment developed for the VOCALOID3 engine dubbed KAITO V3. His voice is provided by the famous Japanese singer, Naoto Fūga (風雅なおと).  

The product's name was invited to be chosen by the public, and "KAITO" was selected from among the applicants, which was Shu-tP's offered idea.[3][4] One of the reasons why his name "KAITO" was selected was because it would be easy for non-Japanese speakers to pronounce, and it looked fitting with the name "MEIKO" when they were put next to one another.[5]

KAITO's codename was "TARO";[6] it likely came from "Yamada Tarō (山田太郎)", a placeholder name for male characters and the Japanese equivalent to "John Smith".

KAITO is often mistakenly called "Kaito Shion" or "Shion Kaito", particularly by overseas fans. "Shion" was a fan-created term used to refer to him during the 2007-2009 period. Due to its common sighting, it is still incorrectly used by fans as his family name even as of the VOCALOID4 engine's release. Officially, the character is known just as "KAITO"; he has no family name or surname. 

The illustration was done by Takashi Kawasaki. Crypton did not set his character and profile except for his package design. Like MEIKO, he was not made with the aim of giving character or personality to vocal synthesis software.[7][8] This was also emphasized during the development of the V3 vocal banks, with Wat stating how different the intention of the CV series was to the intention of KAITO and MEIKO. This led to the updates taking a totally different course of development in comparison to the Appends of Miku, Len, Rin and Luka.

KAITO's muffler has become one of his most iconic items. During his V3 update, there was fan outcry over the idea of it being made transparent. In answer to this, Crypton stated that cloth can be made out of anything, including plastic; there was a lot more freedom with it than many realized.[9] 

The original release of both MEIKO and himself was noted for their lack of marketing. Aside from a DTM MAGAZINE article, he appeared in the April 2006 issue[11], he had no other marketing as attention turned to VOCALOID2 in early 2007. At the time, VOCALOID was not expecting much in the way of sales. The prospect of MEIKO and MEIKO receiving updates being impossible post-VOCALOID and it was expected that Hatsune Miku would take over their roles going into VOCALOID2. Due to the state of the market VOCALOID was being released into at the time, there was no plan to update the pair and VOCALOID2 was expected to see a similar fate to VOCALOID.[12]

Despite this, the act of putting a character on the boxart was popular, though the image was not of KAITO originally. The act of putting a character on the boxart was carried over to following VOCALOIDs to encourage creative activities by individuals, expanding the characters based on each user's individual needs.[13][14][15]

Some focus was given to the older engine, but only after VOCALOID2 had gained popularity, with basics such as tutorials produced where there was once not anything at all.

KAITO's V3 release repeats many aspects of what made the CV series popular, and he was already due a series of "beginners guides" in magazines such as DTM before release. 

KAITO's rise to fame is often considered a matter of luck, since KAITO was "a commercial failure" when he was first released. He sold only 500 units in his first year,[17] in which he needed to sell 1,000+ units to be considered "successful". After this failure, 100 units were sold in Jan 2008; then this amount began to rise rapidly. By June 18, 2008, KAITO was reported to have now sold an additional 1,000 units, twice as much as his initial sales. This shocked the Vocaloid developers at Crypton Future Media, who were surprised by the sudden attraction to the old VOCALOID software.

At the height of his sales, he was the only one of the two VOCALOID engine vocals to have a consistent ranking as one of the Crypton's Top Ten Products. In 2010, KAITO was ranked as the 7th most popular VOCALOID product they sold.[18] In some instances after his rediscovery, VOCALOID KAITO was even more popular than the VOCALOID2 engine Appends for Miku and the Kagamines. His design has also spawned many producer based derivatives.

Unlike KAITO, KAITO V3 was very well received upon release. Crypton updated their music software sales page with those of March 2013 in the following month and the presenting data that showed KAITO V3 was an all-time topper in sales.[19] He managed to even surpass MEIKO V3 in sales and in August 2014, was in 3rd place while she remained in 6th; 1st and 2nd were held by Hatsune Miku V3 and Hatsune Miku V3 complete.

In 2014, Crypton's Sonicwire download store reported that KAITO V3 had gained 4th position in all Vocaloid sales.[20] In 2015, the package came in 6th position.[21]


  • Canterella (Sing all of or a segment of Canterella, acapella or with instrumentalist.)

kylewrightmusic
【VOCARAINBOW】 A Vocaloid Cover Group
Cosmic_Slushie

Awesome voice! :)

Bay Doxey
Bay Doxey

TRULY AMAZING

Lindz
Lindz

This i# so good! :)

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