AH-Software
Appearance
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Company type | Public KK (unlisted) |
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Industry | Software, hardware, digital content, IT solutions |
Founded | August 22, 2005 [1] |
Headquarters | Waseda Bldg. 6F, 7-7-7 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0005 Japan [1] |
Area served | Japan |
Key people | Tomohide Ogata, President & CEO [1] |
Products | List |
Services | Online shopping |
Number of employees | 13 (as of March 2010) [1] |
Website | Official website |
AH-Software is the software brand of AHS Co., Ltd., an importer of digital audio workstations and encoders in Tokyo, Japan. It is also known as the developer of Voiceroid and a number of Vocaloid voicebanks.
Products and services
Vocaloid Products
AHS released their first Vocaloids on December 4, 2009, named SF-A2 Miki, Kaai Yuki, and Hiyama Kiyoteru. Kaai Yuki became the first Vocaloid to use a child's voice. AHS also published a Hello Kitty-based Vocaloid, "Nekomura Iroha", based on the Kittyler featured in the game Hello Kitty to Issho! Block Crash 123!! in cooperation with Sanrio. AHS are also heading the first project led by producers working with the software.[2]
Vocaloid 2 Products
Product | Language | Sex | Voice sampled | Release date |
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SF-A2 Miki[3] | Japanese | Female | Miki Furukawa | December 4, 2009 |
Kaai Yuki[4] | Japanese | Female | Unknown | December 4, 2009 |
Hiyama Kiyoteru | Japanese | Male | Kiyoshi Hiyama | December 4, 2009 |
Nekomura Iroha[5][6][7] | Japanese | Female | Kyounosuke Yoshitate | October 22, 2010 |
Vocaloid 3 Products
Product | Language | Sex | Voice sampled | Release date |
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Yuzuki Yukari[2] | Japanese | Female | Chihiro Ishiguro | December 22, 2011 |
Tohoku Zunko[8][9] | Japanese | Female | Satomi Satō | June 5, 2014 |
Vocaloid 4 Products
Product | Language | Sex | Voice sampled | Release date |
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Yuzuki Yukari V4 | Japanese | Female | Chihiro Ishiguro | March 18, 2015 |
Nekomura Iroha V4 | Japanese | Female | Kyounosuke Yoshitate | June 18, 2015 |
SF-A2 miki V4 | Japanese | Female | Miki Furukawa | June 18, 2015 |
Kaai Yuki V4 | Japanese | Female | Unknown | October 29, 2015 |
Hiyama Kiyoteru V4 | Japanese | Male | Kiyoshi Hiyama | October 29, 2015 |
Tohoku Zunko V4 | Japanese | Female | Satomi Satō | October 27, 2016 |
Kizuna Akari | Japanese | Female | Madoka Yonezawa | April 26, 2018 |
Vocaloid 5 Products
Product | Language | Sex | Voice sampled | Release date |
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Haruno Sora | Japanese | Female | Kikuko Inoue | July 26, 2018 |
Speech Synthesis
- Voiceroid
- Tsukuyomi Shouta; based on a seven-year-old male.
- Tsukuyomi Ai; based on a five-year-old female.
- Yoshida-Kun; based on the character from Eagle Talon.[10]
- Tsurumaki Maki; a teenage female musician voiced by Tomoe Tamiyasu.[11][12]
- Yuzuki Yukari
- Tohoku Zunko; a teenage female created to promote the recovery of the Tohoku region. She was released as a Vocaloid on June 5, 2014.[13]
- Kotonoha Akane・Aoi; two females that are a pair of sisters.
- Minase Kou; a male teacher (like Hiyama Kiyoteru).
- Kyomachi Seika; a young adult female voiced by Rika Tachibana and produced in collaboration with Tsukurujyo, a production group based in Seika, Kyoto. She was adopted as the district mascot.[14]
- Tohoku Kiritan; Zunko's youngest sister, a preteen voiced by Himika Akaneya. Produced in collaboration with SSS Co., Ltd.[15]
- Kizuna Akari
- Haruno Sora
- Tohoku Itako; Zunko and Kiritan's oldest sister, a young adult voiced by Ibuki Kido. Also a collaboration with SSS Co., Ltd.[16]
- Tsuina-chan; based on the character Tsuina the Ogre Hunter, a teenage female voiced by Mai Kadowaki who can speak both Standard and Kansai dialects.[17]
- Iori Yuzuru; a young male with androgynous design, produced in collaboration with AI Inc.[18]
Sound editing and recording
- Crazy Talk SE.[19]
- Jam Band
References
- ^ a b c d "Corporate Profile". AHS Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
- ^ a b "出た!「ボカロPによるボカロPのためのボカロ制作」プロジェクトが始動!" [It's Appeared! The Start of the "Vocaloid Work for Vocaloid P Due to Vocaloid P" Project] (in Japanese). Hatsune Miku Miku. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
- ^ "SF-A2 開発コード miki" [SF-A2 Development Code miki]. AH-Software. Archived from the original on 16 June 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ^ "ボカロ小学生 歌愛ユキ" [Vocaloid Elementary School Student Kaai Yuki]. AH-Software. Archived from the original on 8 July 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ^ "Yamaha's Twitter page" (in Japanese). Twitter. August 12, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ^ "AH Software's Twitter page" (in Japanese). Twitter. August 13, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ^ "VOCALOID2 猫村いろは" [Vocaloid 2 Nekomura Iroha] (in Japanese). AH Software. Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2010.
- ^ "Yamaha's Twitter page" (in Japanese). Twitter. June 5, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
- ^ "VOCALOID3 東北ずん子" [Vocaloid 3 Tohoku Zunko] (in Japanese).
- ^ Product page
- ^ link to Maki
- ^ links
- ^ "Tohoku Zunko VOICEROID+ Software Gets Release Date". Vocaloidism. August 30, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
- ^ "Local Mascot Girl in Kyoto Named as "Seika Kyomachi"". CrunchyRoll. September 2, 2013. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
- ^ "東北きりたん(CV:茜屋日海夏)に声をください!ボイスロイド化プロジェクト | SSSファンド" (in Japanese). Green Funding. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
- ^ "東北ずん子姉妹のVOICEROID2がついに登場!『VOICEROID2 東北イタコ』2018年11月8日発売|AHS(AH-Software)" (in Japanese). AH-Software. September 27, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
- ^ "Crowdfunding for Tsuina the Ogre Hunter to Become a VOICEROID!". Vocaloid News Network (VNN). January 22, 2019. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
- ^ "AHS Official Livestream 153 Highlights". VocaSphere. January 30, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
- ^ "Gigazine". Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2018-09-28.