Roots of Hatsune Miku
The artists and genres Hatsune Miku came out of — one hop back on the influence tree.
AsteriaartistMatthew James Joines, known professionally as asteria, is a New Zealand record producer, singer, and songwriter currently based in Warsaw, Poland. He is a prominent figure in the "scenecore" and krushclub subgenres, known for a production style he describes as "sonic anarchy." As of 2026, he has reached over 1.2 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
TetoartistKasane Teto is a virtual singer with a voicebank for UTAU, a singing voice synthesizer software. The character was initially created as a joke for April Fools' Day 2008 on the Japanese textboard 2channel, but she was later made into an actual voicebank in the same year. Teto has been introduced as a "diva born from a hoax".
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