SYNTHSIZER V AI - Kasane Teto - Pop Up Parade L 22cm

SYNTHESIZER V AI – Kasane Teto – POP UP PARADE L Size 22 cm

Meet Kasane Teto in her Synthesizer V AI look with this POP UP PARADE L Size figure produced by Good Smile Company. This new version brings the design associated with her Synthesizer V AI voice bank to the larger scale of the POP UP PARADE collection, standing approximately 22 cm tall. Good Smile Company presents the L Size range as a line-up offering a presence and level of visual impact similar to that of a scale model figure.

The figurine incorporates the key elements of Teto’s modern visual identity, notably his long reddish locks ending in their famous spirals, his costume with red and dark accents, and the characteristic details of his Synthesizer V AI design. 

Technical specifications

• Manufacturer: Good Smile Company

• Range: POP UP PARADE

• Size: L

• Series: Kasane Teto / Synthesizer V AI

• Character: Kasane Teto

• Version: Synthesizer V AI Ver.

• Product type: pre-painted collectable figurine

• Articulation: none

• Scale: unspecified / non-scale

• Height: approx. 22 cm

• Material specified by BEM'S: PVC

• Display stand: included

• Manufacturer / distributor: Good Smile Company

• EAN: 4570232593657

Character background and lore

Kasane Teto has a unique history within the world of virtual singers. She was collectively created by Japanese internet users in March 2008 as an April Fool’s Day prank: the character was initially presented as a supposed new VOCALOID, even though she did not have an official voice bank at the time. Her appearance, name and several elements of her profile were gradually defined by this community.

However, the prank took an unexpected turn when users decided to actually give her a voice. Vocal samples performed by Mayo Oyamano were used to create a sound bank compatible with the free UTAU software. Teto then became a genuine virtual singer and gradually built up her own community of musicians, illustrators and creators. Kasane Teto’s official website now describes her as a ‘singing character’ with various vocal libraries.

A new milestone was reached in April 2023, to mark her fifteenth anniversary, with the release of Synthesizer V AI Kasane Teto. This new voice bank utilises Synthesizer V’s voice synthesis technology and offers the character a much more fluid and natural performance whilst retaining the vocal identity developed since her early days with UTAU.

This POP UP PARADE L figure specifically depicts Kasane Teto’s Synthesizer V AI appearance, rather than her original UTAU design. It thus embodies one of the major developments in a character who began as a community joke in 2008 and, fifteen years later, has become a true icon on the international voice synthesis scene.