Initial release July 12, 2012 Operating system Available in Chinese (Mandarin) | Development status Active Platform PC | |
Developer(s) Shanghai HENIAN Information Technology Co. Ltd. | ||
Luo Tianyi (洛天依) is a Chinese vocaloid developed formerly by Bplats, Inc. under the Yamaha Corporation, and was created in collaboration with Shanghai HENIAN Information Technology Co. Ltd. She was released for the Vocaloid 3 engine. Her voice is provided by a female Chinese voice actress Shan Xin (山新).
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Development
To create strong support for the first Chinese Vocaloid, a contest was held to pick the most popular design. The winning entry would become a Vocaloid, while the runner up entries were included in the Vocaloid promotions.
Her original name was Yayin Gongyu (雅音宫羽) and it was the winning entry out of the contest.
Additional Software
On April 2, 2012, Shan Xin confirmed that she had just finished her second day of recording the voicebank, also mentioning that she had done an interview with Japanese reporters. According to her report, she recorded in the 'Japanese way', which led to a fan asking if it would be a Japanese or Chinese voicebank. Shan Xin responded by stating to wait for the announcement. Her Japanese voicebank was not yet finished at the time of YANHE's development, however, they mentioned hoped to have her released soon. Later in November 2013, it was confirmed the vocal was cancelled.
Tianyi's Vocaloid 4 production was officially announced on March 12, 2016. Her original vocal would be improved and it was confirmed that she would be receiving at least one additional vocal. However, the name of it was not revealed at the time and it was unknown if she was receiving any more vocals.
Characteristics
She has a pet called "Tian Dian (天钿)" and according to her biography is an Angel sent to bring happiness via music to the world like the Vocaloids of the past.