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Kasane Teto

GENERAL INFORMATION

SEX
Chimera[1]

AGE
31[2]

HEIGHT
159.5cm

WEIGHT
47kg

VOICE
Mayo Oyamano

PRODUCT INFORMATION

CREATOR
TWINDRILL

RELEASE
April 1, 2008

STATUS
Active

LANGUAGE
MORE
Japanese

ILLUSTRATOR
Others
Sen (線)like you also viewed

TYPE
Original character and UTAU

CODE
GUMI
0401 Hatsune Miku Flower Voca

AFFILIATION
denizens of vip@2ch
Crypton Future Media
Kasane Teto | UTAU Synthesizer V Studio
SEGA
TALQu
AH-Software Co. Ltd.

Kasane
WEBSITETeto (重⾳テト) is a Japanese (and later
https://kasaneteto.jp/
English) UTAU who was originally created as a
troll "VOCALOID" by fans. Her surname 重⾳
(Kasane) literally means "heavy sound" or
"overlapped sound;" while these interpretations
are widely accepted among fans, TWINDRILL has
not released any announcements about the
meaning of the name.[3] Her name テト (Teto)
comes from Tetopettenson, a parody song of Le
Beau Tambour.

Although her voicebank is only for use in UTAU,

many people still mistake her for a VOCALOID.
Though she had no Snal voicebank released for
the engine, Teto had a private voicebank with
Crypton Future Media, Inc. and there were
attempts to release her for VOCALOID in
collaboration with AH-Software Co. Ltd.. She
later was to be released with a speech
voicebank for TALQu in January 2022 and an AI
voice database for Synthesizer V Studio in April
2023.[4][5]

Her voice provider is Mayo Oyamano.

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History

Honest Trailers Commentary …

Following the rising popularity of Hatsune Miku,

"Vippers" (Vip News Bulletin@2ch users)
schemed a troll "new VOCALOID release" as an
April Fool's joke. Sen (線) provided the rough
sketch and Nobuyo Oyama, a spoof for
Doraemon's former voice actress Nobuyo
Oyama, provided the vocal. The Teto project
continued after the troll campaign, and her vocal
was recorded again for the use on UTAU, which
vocal synthesis software was released two
months earlier. UTAU and Teto were both
unnoticed among VOCALOID composers at Srst,
but during the last half of the year of her release
several creators started composing songs for
Teto, causing her fame to be established during
the following year. The voice provider's name
reading was then changed to Mayo Oyamano (⼩
⼭乃 舞世 Oyamano Mayo) to avoid unnecessary
confusion.

Teto was given o]cial acceptance to piapro on

April 1, 2010, and to Project DIVA on October 10,
2011.

At one point, Teto was tested in the VOCALOID

engine by Wataru Sasaki, but was scrapped due
to not meeting expectations.[citation needed] In
2012, Tomohide Ogata from AH-Software Co.
Ltd. came into contact with Mayo Oyamano,
discussing the idea of turning Teto into a
VOCALOID. However, the voice could not be
reproduced in a satisfactory manner.[6][7]

Teto was announced to have a TALQu speech

voicebank in July 2021, which later released on
January 8, 2022.[8] She was also released as an
AI voice database for Synthesizer V Studio on
April 27, 2023.[9]

Impact on VOCALOID

The Srst cover song using Teto was created as

early as April 6, 2008, and her signature song
"⽿のあるロボットの唄 (Mimi no Aru Robot no
Uta)" was published on June 10 by Mimirobo-P.
Since then several creators including Lamaze-P,
Telmin and Death Ohagi started to create Teto
songs. Some of these early works include "Fake
Diva", "Triple Baka", "Kasane Territory", and
"Popipo Mk-II".

This trend changed on August 1, 2009, when

UTAU was updated and VCV voicebanks became
available. Teto's VCV voicebank was released on
October 20, 2009 and her singing became more
natural than before. This evolution made more
DAW users turn their eyes towards Teto. Many
Teto songs were posted to Niconico, and Teto
and UTAU established a place among
VOCALOID.

Kasane Teto o.cial art By CAFFEIN, no background

Fanwork by CAFFEIN

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Marketing

Since her adoption for Project DIVA in 2011, Teto

has had several unusual chances for a non-
VOCALOID vocal synthesizer character to appear
in media.

Media Appearances

Japanese record label Avex released a CD album

containing Teto songs on October 10, 2012.

From April of 2013 to March of 2014 Teto was

adopted as an o]cial character for Hokkaido
Broadcasting Co., Ltd.

The Kabuki play Kuruwa Kotoba Awase Kagami,

where Teto acted as a side character, was
performed on April 29, 2017. The story was
inspired from "Yoshiwara Lament", one of the
most famous songs of Teto.

In the CD album ⼿塚治⾍と冨⽥勲の⾳楽を⽣演

奏で, released on September 6, 2017, Teto
collaborated with Miku.

In honor of her 10th anniversary, Teto made an

appearance in Miku Symphony 2018-2019 and
performed 3 of her popular songs.

Figurines

An o]cial Nendoroid has been made for Teto.

An o]cial Sgure based on her popular song

"Yoshiwara Lament" was made for Teto.

Literature

In Maker Hikoushiki Hatsune Mix, Teto makes a

cameo appearance in chapter 14, Kagamine Mix.

Video Games

Teto, along with other non-VOCALOID

characters, is a playable character in the Project
DIVA series.

Teto as seen in Manga

Hatsune Mix

Teto's Project DIVA

2nd/extend Module

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Product Information

Product Information

Optimum

Genre: Pop, Anison Optimum Range: A#3~E#5

Optimum Tempo: 70~150 BPM

Package details as noted:

Teto is held under license by Team

TWINDRILL and usage of her image and
voicebank must comply with their licensing
agreement. Her initial release is BOUCALOID
on April 1, 2008 with triphones on
September 17, 2011, and her second release
is BOUCALOID APPEND on October 1, 2012.

Vocal traits as noted:

As noted:

Kasane Teto has the next banks available for

download:
Diphone (Original Consonant-Vowel bank
from 2008, consistently updated)
Triphone (Regular Vowel-Consonant-
Vowel bank, consistently updated)
Extra (with ending breaths and rolling "r"
as found in German and French)
Sasayaki (Extra Whisper CV/VCV bank)
Rikimi (Extra Growl CV bank)
Sakebi (Extra Shout/Power VCV bank)
English (CVVC bank, it is recommended to
use an external plugin to input lyrics).
Jaku (Extra Weak CV/VCV bank)
Ejji (Extra EDGE CV/VCV bank with ending
breath pack)
Nameraka (Extra Smooth VCV bank)

Software issues as noted:

Needs a special su]x to get the Extra

voicebanks (appends) working (囁 for Whisper,
⼒ for Growl, 弱 for Weak, ' for Edge, 滑 for
Smooth and ↑ for Shout/Power).
Western users may need to convert
voicebanks to romaji if the computer's region
settings are not conSgured correctly.
Users have reported that her English bank has
small ~aws (such as mistaking si for shi) but
gives a decent, Japanese-accented English.

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Additional information

Reputation

Status

Sales

She can be downloaded for free from her

website. She is also regarded as one of the
most used UTAU in Japan, if not the most
used.

Reaction

Since her Srst voicebank release, Kasane

Teto have received a very positive response
from the public. Kasane Teto has more than
20.000 videos starring her at Niconico.

Impact

She is regarded as one of the primary

reasons UTAU became popular due to her
infamy as a fake and fame as a character. Her
fame lead to the raise of the UTAU
"Vipperoids".
She is recognized as the arst UTAU with a
recorded voicebank, as Utane Uta's is
borrowed from AquesTalk Female-1, which is
machine synthesized.
Kasane Teto, Momone Momo, and Utane Uta
were referred to as the "3 UTAU Girls" as a
result of their fame.

Misc

She has made guest appearances in o]cial

VOCALOID media by Crypton Future Media
such as Project Diva. In fact, because of her
fame and constant guest appearances
alongside VOCALOIDs, she has been often
been mistaken as a VOCALOID.

Achievements

She is the arst VIPPERloid.

She is the arst UTAU character to appear in
the Project DIVA video games.
She is among the rare instances of a non-
commercial voicebank who has seen a
commercial adaptation and release by an
established company.

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References

g. ↑ Q&A 性別がキメラってどういうこと？
What does "gender: chimera" mean?
k. ↑ Q&A テトは本当に31歳なの？⼈間に直すと
年齢は半分になるの？
Is Teto really 31 years old? Should her
human age be counted by half?
l. ↑ Q&A 重⾳テト制作時に参加者の⼀⼈から提
案されて採⽤された苗字ですが、その由来は
不明です。
(This is) a surname suggested by a vipper
(denizen of vip@2ch) and we adopted it, but
where this name was from is not clear.
m. ↑
https://twitter.com/twindrill_teto/status/14
16739783213142018
p. ↑ https://www.ah-soft.com/press/synth-
v/20230403.html
q. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-
tMiZmwLvY
t. ↑ "Synthesizer V AI Kasane Teto Announced
by AHS and Twindrill" - a summary and
translation of KASANE TETO's debut
contents by MARUMAIN
u. ↑
https://twitter.com/twindrill_teto/status/14
16739783213142018
v. ↑ https://www.ah-soft.com/press/synth-
v/20230403.html

External links

Language Description Site

Japanese Kasane Teto O]cial Link

website

Japanese Kasane Teto Blog O]cial Link

blog

Japanese atWiki Kasane Teto Wiki Link

Japanese @twindrill_teto The Link

o]cial Twitter account for
Kasane Teto

Japanese TwinDrillTeto O]cial Link

YouTube channel

English UTAU Wiki Kasane Teto Link

page

English UTAU Wiki 2.0 Kasane Teto Link

page

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