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Ring Suzune and Lui Hibiki: Two New Vocaloids (Updated)

134 CommentsTuesday • May 31, 2011 • by

Source: 2ch

The “Everyone’s Vocaloid Project” contest winners, as well as one of the voice providers have been announced earlier today at Vocaloid Festa 02. Follow us after the break for character info!

Update: MiKA of the band Daisy×Daisy will provide the voice for Ring! Read for a link to one of her songs as well as a picture.
Update 2: Original illustrations + English spelling change.
Update 3: New release dates have been announced + more info on the other winners (illustrations for VY1 and VY2 among other things).

According to a tweet by raitori retweeted and discussed by many Vocaloid fans and P’s like LeleleP, as well as a thread on 2ch, two illustrations have been chosen. The following info come from the illustrators.

On the left:

VFS-01L Lui Hibiki (Original name: Lui)
Voice provider: N/A
Boy, 12 years old
155cm, 43kg
His arms and legs are very bright.
Easily mistaken for a girl because of his graceful manners.

On the right:

VFS-01R Ring Suzune (Original name: it should be noted that the illustrator used the regular Japanese name ordering, but Yamaha changed it to a western one, given name first)
Voice provider: MiKA
Girl, 17 years old
160cm, 44kg
Light-hearted, doesn’t have high aspirations, but she’s hard-working.

According to her blog, MiKA, vocalist of the band Daisy×Daisy, will provide the voice for the girl, Ring. Daisy×Daisy performed a Fairy Tail OP, “Evidence”, which you can listen to here. Below is a picture of MiKA with a Luka cosplayer, taken during the VocaFes02.

Source: MiKA

According to the official VocaFes website, the second voice provider will be announced around Summer, and the voicebanks will be released in Fall.

Update 2: Lui was drawn Yuukari; here’s the original illustration.

Source: ユーカリ

Ring was drawn by Muraichi.　Notice that Yamaha/VocaFes renamed her “Suzune” instead of “Suzunone”.

Source: むらいち

Update 3: According to HatsuneMikuMiku, Ring will be released around Fall/Winter 2011 (possibly during the next VocaFes which is scheduled to take place on September 11 at Tokyo Big Site), and Lui will be released around Winter/Spring 2012. They’re still looking for Lui’s voice provider, and they’re auditioning both males and females.

Apart from the two Grand Prize winners, the two Excellence Prize winners will have their characters used for VY1 and VY2, and the five remaining winners will have their characters used for VocaFes’ mascots; all the winners are females. The original characters have been “refined” by 119 (Hikeshi), the artist who did the illustration for supercell’s “Melt”.

Here are the Excellence Prize winners. The images come from HatsuneMikuMiku.

VY1 illustration, Kiku Kobushi, female, by Rimiko (original).

VY2 illustration. 66 (Roro), male, by Manbou no Ane. Left: original, right: refined version.

A higher quality picture of the original illustration can be found on Manbou no Ane’s pixiv account. Check the HatsuneMikuMiku article for the four other winners (utsumimow’s illustration is missing because the VocaFes staff forgot to mention her during the event, and didn’t release the refined version of her work. You can however see it on her pixiv account).

Sources: 2ch, VocaFes website, MiKA’s blog, HatsuneMikuMiku.

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  • marchelene

    i really think they should make a vocaloid with a flatter, mature male voice.
    AND those designs! we have no curly-haired vocaloids! she looks like a miku. she should have dark red/maroon-ish hair.

    • Nami

      eh… not maroon probably
      white like her original design would be nice

  • http://twitter.com/1FNPONY @1FNPONY

    What the hell….THEY CHANGED EVERYTHING?

  • hakei

    I'm raging a bit because the original designs for Rui and Ring were …. Original. Their "enhanced" version of the two characters look like rip-offs of Rin/Len and Miku. The artist (who, if I read right, drew Melt pics) changed the characters too much, especially Ring. I expected the new fanmade Vocaloids to be really original – which they were, until somebody changed them to look similar to Cypton's Vocaloids.

    • kiku

      i agree, i like the mecha additions, but i don’t like all the changes to ring especially. she looked cool and original at first. now she looks like.. well..

  • Decembirth

    Been said, but it feels nice to state it again because I want to show my support for Yuukari and Muraichi properly. It is a shame that the official designs are so drastically different from the originals, I am looking at them over and over and wonder why a contest was even held. Did the artist Yamaha hired(?) just need a base to go on? Might as well have made the characters up instead of asking people for them.

    Original Lui was done to be shota (as in pretty, basically) but certainly masculine if you ask me. While Original Ring was drawn quite womanly yet youthful. Both designs were scraped in place of drastic cyber moe… or something like that. I hope the artists are not hurt by this event and continue to draw their Vocaloids their way.

  • Absento

    ……. I thought… They were both girls ;w;…. I think their design might be a little over kill, but it's oki o3o (Except that they look like Miku and Rin)

  • akari

    Oh don’t tell me ..another shota boy D:
    And a miku without ponytails Dx

    Seriously I thought that the designs would be a little more original ¬¬#
    and also vocaloid need another man they already have many women they do not need another woman and an almost woman D:
    I’m really disappointed -_-

  • merongxP

    I am sort of disappointed.
    We don't need more Vocaloid shotas. We need moar MEN.
    And I liked Ring's original design a lot more.

  • FreedomSylph

    at last VY1 and VY2 have their own character design :D
    go Mizki! and go… er… Yuma! (I prefer their name to be like that)

    • SBR

      Having a mascot design now seems like their only adding it to shut up the unappricative types…

      …Kind of like how you react Freedom…

  • UnintentionalRyhme

    Mm-hmm, I’m gonna have to agree with the others here: the altered design kind of sucks. When I saw a piece of fanart for these two, I thought it was Miku and Len. I honestly really liked the original designs, especially Ring’s. But maybe their voices can make up for this? :c

    Oh, and a side note: No more shotas. PLEASE. Len and Piko were enough.

  • CatBakery

    Is Lui wearing…regular boots or boots with heels? xD;

    I CALL TRAP.

  • CatBakery

    On another note…ISN'T THAT RORO GUY AT THE BOTTOM HOT? Huh? huh?…Okay i'll go back to lurking..

    • samgirl

      AGREED! RORO IS SMOKIN' ;D

      …..why didn't they choose him?! Oh wait, I'm sort of glad they didn't because they probably would've shota'd him…

      I am now a Roro fan. >w<

    • Nami

      Roro is a depiction of VY2

  • Hana

    I think when they redesigned them they made the outfits way over complicated. They aren’t even the orignal characters anymore. As well. the official art just doesn’t look as good as it could have, as the posing and everything is so stiff. They honestly should have kept the designs, and asked the original artists to draw the characters again in a different pose and used that as official art.

  • Chocorama

    Go back to Rings original design D: I have nothing against Miku but really we don't need a second and I love Rings original color scheme :( Kind of reminds me of Danny Phantom :D She could be the ghost vocaloid lol

  • GUEST :)

    okay people let me say this: some of you people have to realize that the companies that make Vocaloids probably don't check (or care) if a different company has already made a design that looks similar and I don't think they'd care at all about them looking similar to characters or alternate designs in a music video. Come on guys there's over 20 Vocaloids now do you really think they're ALL going to look completely different?

  • 16-bitCello

    Hmmm…with their orange and blue colour schemes, did anyone else think "Portal" ?

    • redemption2

      Pretty sure you’re the only one, lol.

  • TRC

    Ring+Lui original designs = do want
    Redesigns = do not want. srsly.

    VY1/VY2 fan interpretation = WANT SO BADLY (especially Roro! :D)

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  • Ari

    Dang it Yamha! Ring's design was cute until you made her a Miku copy D:<
    Also another traploid D,:

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  • kitty

    i like the boy, but the girl is a copy of miku. hope she has a good voice!

  • Zoe-Robyn

    As for rings design, I think the original is better, but I do like the blue ones clothes. Im thinking the first ones colors and rings on the blue ones design
    Damn, I could have made a much more Unique look >.<;

  • Rinka

    I actually kinda like them…. The singer for Ring has a nice voice. I really, really loved the orginal designs. They were genius. But of course, they had to go off and change them completely and give them useless clothing, if you can even call them that. Its copying RIN AND LEN. And that pisses me off. What is orginal anymore for Vocaloid? Ring's orginal design was so cute and orginal, but they made it ugly. Lui's design was unique and new, but they had to give him different hair(and whats up with his headphones? :/) I'm kinda dissapointed, but I still like them and I'm not giving up. Maybe fan art will help this. Fingers crossed the voices sound nice!

  • Lady

    I really wish I could see Mizki's design a little better.

  • Pirorirorin

    Is it hopeless to wait for a TRUE male vocaloid ? Where are youuuu,CV04 ???? TT____TT

  • Luira

    Oh my jesus, Lui doesn't have a voice provider yet? And my last name is Lui. IT'S FATEEEEE, AFTERALL IT'S MY DREAM TO DO THAT.
    But it'll never happen lololol /dreams away

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1519453183 Emilio Montenegro

    the new voacloids are horrible!he totally seems like a girl,and she is exactly like miku with other clothes!

  • Seungrified

    You know, when I saw Ring’s original design, it made me fall in love with her.
    Then the company gave her clothes.
    I thought the design with the rings, also known as the original design of Ring, was the best. It was beautiful.
    But the new design the company gave doesn’t look too good.

    And as for Lui, he’s one year younger than me. O_O This is pretty.. Awkward.

  • Alma

    I don’t hate the newer designs, but the originals were definitely FAR better.

    But whatever, if the voices are good, I’ll be happy.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001210839868 Indigo Allgood

    I’m not gonna like Lui. It’s like he’s trying to replace Len/Rin! If that happens, I won’t even acknowledge his existence. HMPH! *pouting*

    • Meow

      Well, don’t be a hater. C’mon, Yuukari worked pretty hard to get Lui in. don’t be mean. D:

    • Milom

      I dnt like lui,he looks like rin and len in one: is like a really really girly boy,”he” looks more like a girl than like a boy.
      and ring totally looks like miku!

      • Ring

        your stupid. everything you said was wrong

    • Kurea

      No one’s gonna replace Len and Rin, dont judge them because of that. Seriously. Miku and Ring are different, and Lui and Ring are not trying to replace Rin and Len. Ring and Lui aren’t twins, or siblings!

  • GUEST

    where’s ring’s box art??? yuzuki, IA, and cul have boxarts but they will be released after ring…but ring has no box art??? weird…

  • DiNGxDiNG

    I have to admit… I do like Ring’s design. It’s not bad. But I definitely like her original better.
    As for Lui, he’s just cute either way. >w<
    Look, I don't care if they look/act like the other vocaloids. I'm sure some of use could use more originality, but with the laziness rate of Yamha, that's not gonna happen.
    Also, can you guys just feel happy for the people who won? I mean, if you fanmade vocaloid(c'mon we all have one) was chosen, would you be happy?
    It's laughable, really, the jealousy of some people.

    • Milo

      its not just that lui totally looks like len,its the fact that lui totally looks like a girl!
      where are the mens?!

      • DiNGxDiNG

        Gakupo, Kaito, VY2.
        People just don’t pay attention anymore. -_-

  • Milo

    he totally looks like a girl! more than the girls!
     :(

  • Milo

    there are not a lot of vocaloids in the world,the people who take care of this contest must to know miku,rin and len,they are the most famous vocaloids ever! -.-

  • Milo

    totally agree!
    where are the japanese mens on vocaloid?!
    There are just kaito and gakupo! -.-
    this new “male” vocaloid totally,totally looks like a girl,he only needs boobs,…
    (and the girl totally looks like miku with another outfit)

  • Kurea

    Their great! seriously, i wish people would stop comparing Ring to Miku! Miku is really popular and good and stuff.. but Ring is unique in her own way!

  • SilentDreamer01

    I liked Lui’s original design better because he looks manlier there than the remake version

  • WigglyCenti

    A new company is developing Ring, don’t know about Lui

  • Sayano Machizuki

    I LOVE LUI!! >W< He's SO cute, and I love him no matter what.
    SeeU looks like other anime characters, does that mean people dis her? No. GET OVER IT. Who cares? He is unique in his own way, doesn't that count for something? And LEN isn't manly, AT ALL. Kaito can be shota like ((I know Gakupo can. =u=''))
    It doesn't matter if he's girly. There's ALOT of Vocaloids, they're BOUND to look similar.

  • Sayano Machizuki

    Nobody cares about YOUR opinion on her hair. >:I

  • Sayano Machizuki

    YOU ALL EFFING MAKE ME SICK. It was good, so they put it up there. YOU GUYS HAVE STICKS SHOVED SO FAR UP YOUR ASS I’M SURPRISED YOU DON’T WALK FUNNY. I read some of the comments. DEAL WITH IT. Ring and Lui are similar to other Vocaloid, YES. Do they still look good? YES. SO GO F**** YOURSELVES, AND KEEP YOUR DISLIKES TO YOURSELF.

  • noah

    when are these going to be released?!? it said spring/winter 2012. lui doesn’t even have a voice provider yet!

  • Miki

    WTF? They look like Rin/Len and Miku wannabes! The original design was much, much better! And is the boy wearing heels? WOW. Congrats on making yet another super girly-girl shota boy. There seriously needs to be more male Vocaloids that actually LOOK male. So far we only have Kaito, Gakupo, Yuuma, and SOMETIMES Len.

  • JapaneseNinjaNo1Neko

    I think Lui’s pretty cute. I mean, sure, there’s hardly any male Vocaloids. But that’s mostly because most singers, American, Japanese, whatever race, are female. Females tend to have nicer voices in most peoples’ opinions. Plus, we have Gakupo, Kaito, Kiyoteru, VY2, I think there are more. But Len, Piko, Oliver, some other shota-type and Lui are extremely adorable. That makes it awesome for fangirls.

    • JapaneseNinjaNo1Neko

      And yes, I know my comment is pretty late.

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