MEIKO

MEIKO is a Vocaloid DTM software created by Crypton Future Media. She is the first Japanese vocaloid and first Japanese female Vocaloid, she utilizes the Vocaloid engine developed by YAMAHA. Her voice is provdied by the Japanese female singer Haigo Meiko (拝郷 メイコ). The illustration was done by Shogo Washizu, who is often called わっしー(Wasshi) and was once a member of Crypton.

She sold 3,000+ units in her first year according to DTM magazine, this was abnormal for a software synethiser at the time, this was far better then her counterpart Kaito had faired who had sold only 500 units. As of note, for a commerical product to be successful, a software synesither had to sell 1,000 units. Because of Meiko's success followed by the success of Hatsune Miku, Crypton focused on female vocals for their Vocaloid 2 era voicebanks, it was also common expectations that females would sell better then males.

However, after Hatsune Miku's success, Kaito went into rediscovery which put him on per with the sales of Vocaloid 2 era voicebanks. In 2008 while Kaito was 2nd place in the Nico Nico Douga best seller award, Meiko was struggling to keep popularity with the more modern female Vocaloids released. By 2009 up until 2011, while Kaito was almost constantly on the top 10 products page from Crypton Future Media, Meiko was barely selling at all. 

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