Hiyama Kiyoteru

Singing voice synthesizer developed by AH-Software

Hiyama Kiyoteru
Hiyama Kiyoteru V4 - "Natural" + "Rock" package
Developer(s)	AH-Software Co. Ltd.
Initial release	December 4, 2009

Stable release	Hiyama Kiyoteru V4 / October 29th, 2015

Operating system	Windows, Mac
Available in	Japanese
Type	Vocal Synthesizer Application

Hiyama Kiyoteru (氷山キヨテル) is a masculine vocaloid character produced by AH-Software Co. Ltd and released originally for Vocaloid 2. His voice is provided by Japanese male singer Kiyoshi Hiyama.

Development

He was released on the same day as Kaai Yuki and SF-A2 Miki with Kaai Yuki and he being released as "student" and "teacher" vocals. The voice who had been sampled for him had been secret for a time, however, Kiyoshi himself announced it on Nico Nico Live on August 12, 2010.^[1]^[2]

His vocals were one of the Vocaloid 2 male vocals which was used in reference to the creation of VY2.^[3]

Additional software

Silhouettes for the AH-Software Vocaloid 2 vocals were revealed on a poster on November 6, 2014; however, it was unconfirmed what they were for at the time.^[4] On November 20, it was confirmed in the livestream for Vocaloid 4 that they all, with the exception of Tohoku Zunko, would receive updated vocals for the new engine. Kiyoteru's new vocals were recorded from scratch to improve his upper and lower ranges.^[5] Kiyoteru was confirmed to receive a "Natural" and "Rock" vocal for his Vocaloid release, allowing him to make use of the cross-synthesis feature in Vocaloid 4.

In an interview, Tomohide Ogata expressed a desire to produce English versions of their Vocals, however, the project is too complex. He went on to explain that because all of their providers are Japanese, they would rather seek English speakers of a similar voice to the Japanese versions from the United States and United Kingdom.^[6]

Characteristics

Kiyoteru's tie clip is a motif of YAMAHA's electric upright bass SLB100 and his glasses are ZS92001A by Zoff.^[7]

Kiyoteru is a teacher who participates in a rock band called Ice Mountain on weekends, with the stage name "Ice Mountain Teru." He is also said to be good at mathematics. "Ice Mountain" were featured in a book of the same name, and all members were given biography details in relation to this. According to the book, the default configuration for his software package happens to be Kiyoteru's vocals as a rookie singer.^[8]

Name	Hiyama Kiyoteru
Age	22
Height	176 cm / 5 ft 9 in
Weight	59 kg / 130 lb
Suggested Tempo Range	60~160bpm (V2, Natural), 70 - 190bpm (Rock)
Suggested Vocal Range	C2 - G3 (V2), A1~C4 (Natural), C2~G4 (Rock)

References

^ [1] VOCALOID Blog - 出た！比山貴咏史氏が「氷山キヨテルの中の人」であることをカミングアウト (Coming out Ice Mountain Teru)
^ [2] Himi Izutsu Official Web - 比山貴咏史（比山清） Kiyoshi Hiyama
^ [3] IT Media News - コードネームは「勇馬」　ヤマハ純正のイケメンボカロ「VY2」の話を聞いてきた
^ "AHSのおがた＠もすかう". Twitter. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^ "All V2 AH-Software Get Updates! - VocaloidOtaku.net Forums - Providing Everything Vocaloid - Page 23". Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^ "VOCALOID - Spirits of Creators No.23 - Mr. Tomohide Ogata-... - Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^ [4] IT Media - 新人VOCALOID「ボカロ小学生」「ボカロ先生」「ボカロフルカワミキ」登場――さっそく歌ってもらった (1/2) (The new Vocaloids a Grade schooler, a teacher, and Furukawa Miki appear)
^ "link". Archived from the original on 2011-10-30. Retrieved 2016-03-12.

Vocaloid

Versions

Vocaloid
Vocaloid 2
Vocaloid 3
Vocaloid 4
Vocaloid 5
Vocaloid 6 (a.k.a Vocaloid:AI, released on 2022-10-13)

Studios /
Vocaloid Products

Yamaha / Bplats	VY1 (2,i,3,W,4,M,5) VY2 (2,i,3,W,5) Mew (3,M) Tone Rion (3, 4) Aoki Lapis (i,3,W,M) ZOLA Project (3,M,6) Merli (i,3,M) Macne Nana (3,4) Anon Kanon (3) Galaco (3,M) Cyber Diva (4,M,5) Sachiko (4,M) ARSloid (4) Unity-chan (4,M) Rana (3,4) Fukase (4) Cyber Songman (4,5) Yumemi Nemu (4) Masaoka Azuki (4) Kobayashi Matcha (4) Mirai Komachi (4) Amy (5) Chris (5) Kaori (5) Ken (5) SARAH (6) ALLEN (6) HARUKA (6) AKITO (6) Po-uta (6) Fuiro (6) ASAHI (6) SAKURA (6) SHION (6) TAKU (6) LUCAS (6) MICHELLE (6)
Zero-G Ltd	Leon (1) Lola (1) Miriam (1) Prima (2) Sonika (2) Tonio (2) Avanna (3) Dex (4) Daina (4)
Crypton Future Media	Meiko (1,2β,3) Kaito (1,2β,3) Hatsune Miku (2,2Eβ,3,4x) Kagamine Rin / Len (2,4x) Megurine Luka (2,2+β,3β,4x)
PowerFX	Sweet Ann (2) Big Al (2) Oliver (3) Yohioloid (3) Ruby (4)
Internet Co., Ltd.	Gackpoid (2,3,4) Megpoid (2,2+β,3,4,M,,6) Lily (2,3) Gachapoid (2,3) Cul (3) Kokone (3) Chika (3) Otomachi Una [ja] (4,6)
AH-Software	Hiyama Kiyoteru (2,4) Kaai Yuki (2,4) SF-A2 Miki (2,4) Nekomura Iroha (2,4) Yuzuki Yukari (3,4,M) Tohoku Zunko (3,4) Kizuna Akari [ja] (4) Haruno Sora [ja] (5)
Ki/oon Music	Utatane Piko (2)
SBS A&T	SeeU (3)
Voctro Labs	Bruno (3) Clara (3) Maika / Ona (3)
1st Place	IA (3)
Shanghai Henian	Luo Tianyi (3,4) Yanhe (3) Yuezheng Ling (3) Yuezheng Longya (4) Mo Qingxian (4) Zhiyu Moke (4)
Beijing Photek S&T	Stardust (Xingchen) (4)
Exit Tunes	Mayu (3)
Gynoid	V Flower (3,4) Xin Hua (3,4) Meika Hime & Mikoto (5)
ST Media	Uni (4)
Akatsuki Virtual Artists	LUMi (4)