Megurine Luka

Bilingual Female Virtual Singer

A female VOCALOID released by Crypton Future Media with Japanese and English support. A 20-year-old virtual singer characterized by pink long hair and blue eyes.

Quotes

  • “Sound that travels around”
  • “Convey feelings to others even in a form invisible to the eye”
  • “My song travels around the world”

Trivia

  • The first VOCALOID product to have two singing voice libraries in Japanese and English.
  • Voice actress is Yu Asakawa (Asakawa Yu).
  • The pure white skin is a design aimed at reducing the risk of use in adult works.
  • The fan-created deformed character 'Tako Luka' is popular.
  • Crypton's CV series third installment, with the largest capacity ever over 3GB.
  • The voice is suitable for multiple genres such as Latin, jazz, electronica, etc.

Alternate names

MEGURINE LUKA Luka Tako Luka

Tags

VOCALOID Virtual Singer Voice Synthesis Crypton Pink Hair Female Character Music Software Piapro Characters Japanese Support English Support

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Profile

Species
Humanoid Virtual Singer
Gender
Female
Birthday
January 30
Birth year
2009

Appearance

Overall appearance
Pure white skin, long pink hair, blue eyes, and a glamorous appearance exuding adult charm. Wears a costume inspired by a physical modeling synthesizer.
Height
162cm
Weight
45kg
Eye color
Blue
Hair color
Pink
Distinguishing features
  • Pure white skin
  • Pink long hair
  • Blue eyes
Iconic items
  • Frozen tuna (originating from fan staple item debate)
  • Earphones
  • Physical modeling synthesizer-style costume
  • Tako Luka (official deformed version origin)

Personality and abilities

Core personality
Mature
Detailed personality
No detailed character settings in the official profile, but she conveys an image of calmness and adult charm. Fan creations feature many serious songs with few silly works.
Keywords
  • Adult
  • Calm
  • Bilingual
  • Expressive
  • Highly versatile
Motto
As 'sound that travels around,' convey feelings in a form invisible to the eye.
Talents
  • Bilingual singing in Japanese and English
  • Voice suitable for multiple genres
  • Delicate vocal expressions
  • Strong in Latin, jazz, electronica
  • Powerful vocal expressions
Skills
  • Compatible with VOCALOID2 and VOCALOID4
  • Voice quality adjustment via E.V.E.C.
  • Expressions of breathiness and growls in singing
  • Cross Synthesis (voice color fusion)
  • Management of the largest singing database capacity
Motivation
To convey emotions and stories to many people across language barriers through music.
Habits
No official habits or catchphrases are set.
Favorite colors
Pink
Music
Latin, Jazz, Ethno pops, House, Electronica
Hobbies
Vocal expression

History

Backstory
Released on January 30, 2009, by Crypton Future Media as the third installment in the Character Vocal series. Features the first bilingual Japanese and English VOCALOID voice library with over 3GB of data. Sampled from voice actress Yu Asakawa's voice.
Debut date
January 30, 2009
Work title
VOCALOID
Media type
Software

Megurine Luka V4X Release

Significant event
Megurine Luka V4X Release
Description
Released on March 19, 2015, as a VOCALOID4 compatible product. Crypton's proprietary E.V.E.C. technology enables fine voice quality adjustments.

Piapro Characters Super Pack Release

Significant event
Piapro Characters Super Pack Release
Description
Released on August 30, 2024, as a super pack with newly tuned Japanese singing libraries for 6 Piapro Characters.

KarenT Song Distribution

Significant event
KarenT Song Distribution
Description
Song distribution by the official label KarenT is ongoing, with approximately 1390 songs available as of June 2024.

Tie-up with Coastal Bus

Significant event
Tie-up with Coastal Bus
Description
In the summer of 2009, a limited-time bus service using Megurine Luka's song 'Toeto' as the melody was operated by Hokkaido Coastal Bus.

Relationships

Hatsune Miku

Teammate

A member of the same Crypton company's Piapro Characters, and has co-starred in many songs together.

Kagamine Rin/Len

Teammate

Collaborates as synchronous virtual singers in the series.

MEIKO

Teammate

One of the Piapro Characters members.

KAITO

Teammate

One of the Piapro Characters members.

Piapro Characters

Piapro Characters: unknown

Crypton Character Vocal Series

Crypton Character Vocal Series: unknown

Media appearances

VOCALOID Related Works

Anime

Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- Series and others

Game / Supporting

MIKU-Pack Serialized Manga

Manga / Supporting

Started May 2015

Hatsune Miku 'Magical Mirai' Related Events

Event / Cameo

Coastal Bus Toeto Melody Campaign

Commercial / Mascot

Summer 2009

Voice cast and creators

Yu Asakawa

Voice actor
Yu Asakawa
Language
Japanese
Version or series
Original VOCALOID Library

Crypton Future Media

Creator name
Crypton Future Media
Role
Original author

KEI

Creator name
KEI
Role
Character designer

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