Meiko Vocaloid - Nendoroid

Meiko is a Japanese Vocaloid that gained great popularity overseas. She is the fourth Vocaloid ever released and was the first-ever Japanese singing Vocaloid. Meiko’s cute anime-like appearance is accurately shrunk into a Nendoroid size: “Nendoroid Meiko.”

Nendoroid Meiko

This Meiko Nendoroid accurately recreates her dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. Her hair and eyes have been painted with care with different shades of brown to create more depth and showcase a subtle gradient in her hair color. She wears a cropped red vest with a zipper, a red skirt with a white belt, and brown boots. Meiko comes with multiple parts, including a microphone, microphone stand, and two lower-body parts so you can recreate her dynamic poses as if she is performing at a concert. The two lower body parts allow us to show her jumping in the air and her sitting down. Other accessories include a sake bottle and a faceplate with a dizzy look to recreate Meiko’s drunken look.

Manufacturer: Good Smile Company
Sculptor: Yukiwo Ageta (Max Factory)
Specifications: Painted, articulated, non-scale ABS & PVC figure with optional parts and stand
Height (Approx.): 100 mm | 3.9"

About Meiko

Meiko is the first-ever Japanese singing Vocaloid produced and released. She reached great fame with multiple songs reaching over a million views.

About Meiko: Background

Meiko was created by Yamaha Corporation and released by Crypton Future Media and is a Vocaloid singing synthesizer application. She was released on November 5th, 2004. She is the female counterpart to Kaito and was designed to provide vocals for professionals. In 2014 a MEIKO V3 was released.

After her first release, she quickly gained traction and was very positively received, especially by amateurs, as it provided them a way to gain vocals in the comfort of their homes. For a while, she was more popular than her counterpart Kaito. However, her popularity deteriorated as Hatsune Miku was released. She had sold over 3000 copies during a time when over 1000 copies of the software being were considered a success.

She has over 2400 songs. Two songs called Evil Food Eater Conchita, produced by Akuno-P, and Nostalgic, produced by yuukiss have reached over one million views on NicoNico. These are considered to be Meiko’s most popular songs. Her initial popularity allowed her to hold live concerts as an animated projection and other Crypton Future Media Vocaloids.

About Meiko: Abilities

Meiko’s voice is noted to be a very straightforward voice, making it a voice easy to use in any type of song. This quality of her voice is the reason for the multi-genre of her songs.

Meiko’s voice uses samples from the singer Meiko Haigo, and the Vocaloid’s name is taken from her.

Other Important Vocaloid Characters

Meiko is one of the first Vocaloid released from Crypton Future Media. After her, various Vocaloids were released and have reached immense popularity, including well-known names, such as Kagamine Rin/Len, Kaito, and Hatsune Miku.

Kaito

Kaito, is a male Vocaloid produced by Yamaha and released by Crypton Future Media. While he did not gain much popularity initially, there have been multiple songs using Kaito, which have accumulated over one million views. These songs include Cantarella, FLOWER TAIL, Sennen no Dokusouka, and many more.

Kagamine Rin

Kagamine Rin is the “twin” of Kagamine Len. She was created on the concept of making a pair of female and male voicebanks. While they seem like siblings, the official statement is they two are neither siblings nor lovers. They slowly gained traction after the release of their Vocaloid and have released multiple covers and original songs that have reached over one million views. In addition, songs such as Adolescence, siGrE, Juvenile, and more have acquired over a million views.

Kagamine Len

Kagamine Len is the other counterpart of Kagamine Rin. The pair were initially marketed as gaining “two vocals for one price.” However, they were unable to achieve instant success to the level of Hatsune Miku. They were created to be mirror images of each other. They are well-known for their iconic yellow color. While they did not meet instant success, they have produced multiple hits, including Rettou Joutou, produced by Giga-P, Hello Dystopia, produced by Mafumafu, and more. These songs, in particular, became a sensation and had over 10 million views.

Hatsune Miku

Hatsune Miku is one of the most popular and well-known vocaloids, with fans worldwide. She is known for her iconic mint green color scheme and unique high-pitched tone. She has held multiple live stages and has had multiple songs reach over 10 million. Some of her most well-known songs are Vampire, produced by DECO27, Cinderella, produced by OTOIRO, Ghost Rule, produced by DECO27, and more.