AH-Software

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AHS Co., Ltd.
株式会社 AHS
Company type Public KK (unlisted)
Industry Software, hardware, digital content, IT solutions
FoundedAugust 22, 2005 [1]
HeadquartersWaseda Bldg. 6F, 7-7-7 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0005 Japan [1]
Area served
Japan
Key people
Tomohide Ogata, President & CEO [1]
Products List
Services Online shopping
Number of employees
13 (as of March 2010) [1]
Website Official website

AH-Software is the software brand of AHS Co., Ltd., 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.

Contents

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. [2]

Vocaloid 2 Products

ProductLanguageSexVoice sampledRelease date
SF-A2 Miki [3] JapaneseFemale Miki Furukawa December 4, 2009
Kaai Yuki [4] JapaneseFemaleUnknownDecember 4, 2009
Hiyama KiyoteruJapaneseMaleKiyoshi HiyamaDecember 4, 2009
Nekomura Iroha [5] [6] [7] JapaneseFemaleKyounosuke YoshitateOctober 22, 2010

Vocaloid 3 Products

ProductLanguageSexVoice sampledRelease date
Yuzuki Yukari [2] JapaneseFemaleChihiro IshiguroDecember 22, 2011
Tohoku Zunko [8] [9] JapaneseFemale Satomi Satō June 5, 2014

Vocaloid 4 Products

ProductLanguageSexVoice sampledRelease date
Yuzuki Yukari V4JapaneseFemaleChihiro IshiguroMarch 18, 2015
Nekomura Iroha V4JapaneseFemaleKyounosuke YoshitateJune 18, 2015
SF-A2 miki V4JapaneseFemaleMiki FurukawaJune 18, 2015
Kaai Yuki V4JapaneseFemaleUnknownOctober 29, 2015
Hiyama Kiyoteru V4JapaneseMaleKiyoshi HiyamaOctober 29, 2015
Tohoku Zunko V4JapaneseFemaleSatomi SatōOctober 27, 2016
Kizuna AkariJapaneseFemale Madoka Yonezawa April 26, 2018

Vocaloid 5 Products

ProductLanguageSexVoice sampledRelease date
Haruno SoraJapaneseFemale Kikuko Inoue July 26, 2018

Speech Synthesis

Sound editing and recording

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Voiceroid</span> Speech synthesizer application

Voiceroid is a speech synthesizer application developed by AH-Software and is designed for speech. It is only available in the Japanese language. Its name comes from the singing software Vocaloid, for which AH-Software also develops voicebanks. Both AH-Software's first Vocaloids and Voiceroids went on sale on December 4, 2009.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">SF-A2 Miki</span>

SF-A2 codename miki is a female Vocaloid character produced by AH-Software Co. Ltd for Vocaloid 2. Her voice is sampled from the Japanese female singer-songwriter, Miki Furukawa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yuzuki Yukari</span> Japanese voicebank released for Vocaloid 3

Yuzuki Yukari (結月ゆかり), sometimes referred to as Yukari Yuzuki, is a Vocaloid character produced by Vocalomakets and distributed by AH-Software. She is also voiced by Chihiro Ishiguro.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">VY2</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">ZOLA Project</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tohoku Zunko</span>

Tohoku Zunko is a character created for Voiceroid and was later also developed for the Vocaloid 3 engine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">V Flower</span> Voice synthesizer software

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hiyama Kiyoteru</span>

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kaai Yuki</span> Singing voice synthesizer developed by AH-Software

Kaai Yuki (歌愛ユキ) is a child vocaloid character produced by AH-Software Co. Ltd and released originally for Vocaloid 2.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nekomura Iroha</span> Vocaloid voicebank

Nekomura Iroha (猫村いろは) is a female Vocaloid voicebank produced by AH-Software Co. Ltd for Vocaloid 2. The voice sampled for her was confirmed to be Showa-style singer Kyounosuke Yoshitate. She is illustrated by okama, a Japanese manga artist and illustrator.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rana (software)</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vocaloid 5</span> 2018 singing voice synthesizer

Vocaloid 5 is a singing voice synthesizer and successor to Vocaloid 4 in the Vocaloid series. It was succeeded by Vocaloid 6.

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