Fun Facts About Vocaloids (all taken from: tvtropes)

Hatsune Miku was originally planned to appear in Coachella 2020. However, this fell through when Coachella 2020 got cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Luckily, she returned for the 2024 Coachella lineup.
Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage! introduced a brand new generation of fans to Vocaloid music, and also gave a popularity boost to older songs.
The Project DIVA series from SEGA casts the Crypton Vocaloids, some of the most popular Vocaloids (Miku, Rin, Len, Luka, MEIKO, and KAITO)into a popular Rhythm Game franchise.
Vocaloid has inspired the creation of quite a few other vocal synths - some more notable examples include UTAU, Synth V and CeVIO.
Crypton first described Kagamine Rin and Len as mirror images, then took that back and called them twins. Later, they ended up taking both statements back and ended up leaving it up to anyone's interpretation and have since endorsed varying interpretations of them, such as including songs that depict them as siblings or romantic couples in official works.
While not quite "voice actors" in the traditional sense, female vocaloids are commonly used to play male roles in songs featuring male characters. As well, Len has been used to play female roles
GUMI's voice is provided by Megumi Nakajima, who previously voiced the Idol Singer Ranka Lee in Macross Frontier. Her design and outfit is even similar to Ranka's.
Regarding KAITO as an older brother figure and referring to him as "KAITO-oniisan" has been a popular trend since the old days of Vocaloid. Crypton took notice and began referring to KAITO this way as well. In fact, he's the only virtual singer referred to in this way, as normal honorifics are used for the other Crypton virtual singers instead.

About Vocaloid

What are Vocaloids?

Vocaloids are vocal synthesizers that are owned by Crypton Future Media, but is now generally refer to any vocal synthesizer with a drawn character. For better explanations and resources about vocaloids, click here. For new fans, a helpful spreadsheet of popular songs can be found here.

Why just 8?

The eight vocaloids I've dedicated this page to (Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Len, Kagamine Rin, Megurine Luka, MEIKO, KAITO, Gumi, and Gackpo) were chosen for a few reasons:

Simplicity. It allows the site to be more organized for me.
Storage. Allows for more room for graphics and page decoration.
Popularity. These vocaloids are the most popular (in my opinion), so most people will be looking for these characters.

Profiles:

Hatsune Miku

Voice: Saki Fujita
Company: Crypton Future Media, Inc.
First Release: August 31, 2007
Sex: Female
Signature Item: Spring Onion
Color: Teal

Kagamine Len

Voice: Asami Shimoda
Company: Crypton Future Media, Inc.
First Release: December 27, 2007
Sex: Male
Signature Item: Banana
Color: Yellow

Kagamine Rin

Voice: Asami Shimoda
Company: Crypton Future Media, Inc.
First Release: December 27, 2007
Sex: Female
Signature Item: Orange (fruit)
Color: Orange

Megurine Luka

Voice: Yū Asakawa
Company: Crypton Future Media, Inc.
First Release: January 30, 2009
Sex: Female
Signature Item: Tuna
Color: Pink

MEIKO

Other Names: Sakine Meiko
Voice: Meiko Haigō
Company: YAMAHA Corporation, Crypton Future Media, Inc.
First Release: November 5, 2004
Sex: Female
Signature Item: Sake
Color: Red

KAITO

Other Names: Shion Kaito
Voice: Naoto Fūga
Company: YAMAHA Corporation, Crypton Future Media, Inc.
First Release: February 14, 2006
Sex: Male
Signature Item: Icecream
Color: Blue

Gumi

Other Names: Megpoid
Voice: Megumi Nakajima
Company: Internet Co., Ltd.
First Release: June 26, 2009
Sex: Female
Signature Item: Carrot
Color: Green

Gackpo

Other Names: Gackpoid, Kamui Gakupo
Voice: GACKT
Company: Internet Co., Ltd.
First Release: July 31, 2008
Sex: Male
Signature Item: Eggplant
Color: Purple

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