Xin Hua () is a Mandarin speaking Vocal for
Vocaloid 3 made for
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
. She was developed by the
Yamaha Corporation
is a Japanese multinational musical instrument and audio equipment manufacturer.
It is one of the constituents of Nikkei 225 and is the world's largest musical instrument manufacturing company.
The former motorcycle division was establishe ...
and distributed by Facio, in collaboration with Gynoid Co., Ltd.
Development
Xin Hua was introduced through a webpage on January 16, 2015. The page contained information about her age, voice provider, and product information. She was released on February 10 and was first distributed through TICA, along with other goods and merchandise.
She was mostly aimed at the Taiwan market and was very difficult, but not impossible, to get outside of Taiwan. Despite this, she was quite popular and in April 2015, her physical packages that were put out for sale at the
Niconico ''Chōkaigi'' event were completely sold out.
It later explained that her name derived from "桃之夭夭，灼灼其華", a line from "Tao Yao" in ''
Classic of Poetry
The ''Classic of Poetry'', also ''Shijing'' or ''Shih-ching'', translated variously as the ''Book of Songs'', ''Book of Odes'', or simply known as the ''Odes'' or ''Poetry'' (; ''Shī''), is the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry, co ...
'' which translates to "The peach tree is young and elegant, brilliant are its flowers". Gynoid thought that a peach tree or blossom suited her cute concept and better represented the youth of a sixteen year old high school girl, thus she was given the name "Xin Hua". It was noted that they wanted the name to also fit the phrase, "最美的風景是人心", meaning "The most beautiful scenery (in Taiwan) is the heart of (Taiwanese) people". This is due to Taiwan being famous for its hospitality.
Characteristics
She wears a Taiwanese school uniform and has a pet bear called "Xiao Hua (小花 ''Xiǎo Huā'') ".
See also
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List of Vocaloid products
References
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Vocaloids introduced in 2015
Fictional singers