AH-Software explained
AHS Co., Ltd. 株式会社 AHS |
Type: | Public KK (unlisted) |
Foundation: | August 22, 2005[1] |
Location: | Waseda Bldg. 6F, 7-7-7 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0005 Japan |
Area Served: | Japan |
Key People: | - Kanru Hua, President & CTO[2] (since June 30, 2022)[3]
- Tomohide Ogata, Executive Chairman (since June 30, 2022);[4] President & CEO (until June 30, 2022)
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Industry: | Software, hardware, digital content, IT solutions |
Products: | List |
Services: | Online shopping |
Num Employees: | 13 (as of March 2010) |
AH-Software is the software brand of AHS Co., Ltd. (original full name: Artist House Solutions Co., Ltd.),[5] 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.[6]
Vocaloid 2 Products
Product | Language | Sex | Voice sampled | Release date |
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SF-A2 Miki[7] | Japanese | Female | | 2009-12-04December 4, 2009 |
Kaai Yuki[8] | Japanese | Female | Unknown | 2009-12-04December 4, 2009 |
Hiyama Kiyoteru | Japanese | Male | Kiyoshi Hiyama | 2009-12-04December 4, 2009 |
Nekomura Iroha[9] [10] [11] | Japanese | Female | Kyounosuke Yoshitate | 2010-10-22October 22, 2010 | |
Vocaloid 3 Products
Product | Language | Sex | Voice sampled | Release date |
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Yuzuki Yukari | Japanese | Female | Chihiro Ishiguro | December 22, 2011 |
Tohoku Zunko[12] [13] | Japanese | Female | Satomi Satō | 2010-10-22June 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
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.[14]
- Tsurumaki Maki; a teenage female musician voiced by Tomoe Tamiyasu.[15] [16]
- 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.[17]
- 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.[18]
- Tohoku Kiritan; Zunko's youngest sister, a preteen voiced by Himika Akaneya. Produced in collaboration with SSS Co., Ltd.[19]
- 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.[20]
- 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.[21]
- Iori Yuzuru; a young male with androgynous design, produced in collaboration with AI Inc.[22]
Sound editing and recording
- Crazy Talk SE.[23]
- Jam Band
Notes and References
- Web site: Corporate Profile . AHS Co., Ltd. . 2011-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110129015818/https://www.ah-s.com/english/010_corpo.html . 2011-01-29 .
- Web site: Corporate Profile . AHS Co., Ltd. . 2024-04-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220804092236/https://www.ah-soft.com/company/english/010_corpo.html . 2022-08-04 .
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJVmg0cIZrM&t=2246 . 2024-04-03 . AHS公式生放送 (English: AHS Official Live Broadcast) . 株式会社AHS (English: AH-Software Co. Ltd.) . AH-Software . 2022-06-30 . 181 . 0:37:26 . 新代表取締役 & CTO ファ カンル . New Representative Director & CTO, Kanru Hua . . ja.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJVmg0cIZrM&t=2430 . 2024-04-03 . AHS公式生放送 (English: AHS Official Live Broadcast) . 株式会社AHS (English: AH-Software Co. Ltd.) . AH-Software . 2022-06-30 . 181 . 0:40:30 . 取締役会長 尾形 友秀 . Executive Chairman, Tomohide Ogata . . ja.
- Web site: AH-Software . AHS Co., Ltd. . 2024-04-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230603173430/https://www.ah-soft.com/regist/howto.html . 2023-06-03 .
- Web site: 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. Hatsune Miku Miku. October 21, 2010. Japanese.
- Web site: SF-A2 開発コード miki. SF-A2 Development Code miki. AH-Software. July 1, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100616002019/http://www.ah-soft.com/vocaloid/miki/index.html. 16 June 2010 . live.
- Web site: ボカロ小学生 歌愛ユキ. Vocaloid Elementary School Student Kaai Yuki. AH-Software. July 1, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100708053724/http://www.ah-soft.com/vocaloid/yuki/index.html. 8 July 2010 . live.
- Web site: Yamaha's Twitter page. Twitter. August 12, 2010. August 16, 2010. Japanese.
- Web site: AH Software's Twitter page. Twitter. August 13, 2010. August 16, 2010. Japanese.
- Web site: VOCALOID2 猫村いろは. Vocaloid 2 Nekomura Iroha. AH Software. September 16, 2010. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20100920135210/http://www.ah-soft.com/vocaloid/iroha/index.html. 20 September 2010 . live.
- Web site: Yamaha's Twitter page. Twitter. June 5, 2014. June 5, 2014. Japanese.
- Web site: VOCALOID3 東北ずん子. Vocaloid 3 Tohoku Zunko. Japanese.
- http://www.ah-soft.com/press/voiceroid/0930.html Product page
- http://vocaloid.blog120.fc2.com/blog-date-20101022.html link to Maki
- http://www.ah-soft.com/voiceroid/maki/ links
- Web site: Tohoku Zunko VOICEROID+ Software Gets Release Date . Vocaloidism. August 30, 2012. September 7, 2012.
- Web site: Local Mascot Girl in Kyoto Named as "Seika Kyomachi". CrunchyRoll. September 2, 2013. May 31, 2020.
- Web site: 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. ja. Green Funding. May 31, 2020.
- Web site: 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). ja. AH-Software. September 27, 2018. May 31, 2020.
- Web site: Crowdfunding for Tsuina the Ogre Hunter to Become a VOICEROID!. Vocaloid News Network (VNN). January 22, 2019. May 31, 2020.
- Web site: AHS Official Livestream 153 Highlights. VocaSphere. January 30, 2020. May 31, 2020.
- Web site: Gigazine . 2018-09-28 . https://archive.today/20120707190745/http://en.gigazine.net/index.php?/news/comments/20091113_voiceroid/ . 2012-07-07 . dead .