AH-Software

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.

AHS Co., Ltd.
株式会社 AHS
TypePublic KK (unlisted)
IndustrySoftware, 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]
ProductsList
ServicesOnline shopping
Number of employees
13 (as of March 2010) [1]
WebsiteOfficial website

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
Product Language Sex Voice sampled Release date
SF-A2 Miki[3] Japanese Female Miki Furukawa 2009-12-04December 4, 2009
Kaai Yuki[4] Japanese Female Unknown 2009-12-04December 4, 2009
Hiyama Kiyoteru Japanese Male Kiyoshi Hiyama 2009-12-04December 4, 2009
Nekomura Iroha[5][6][7] Japanese Female Kyounosuke Yoshitate 2010-10-22October 22, 2010

Vocaloid 3 Products
Product Language Sex Voice sampled Release date
Yuzuki Yukari[2] Japanese Female Chihiro Ishiguro December 22, 2011
Tohoko Zunko[8][9] Japanese Female Satomi Satō 2010-10-22June 5, 2014

Vocaloid 4 Products
Product Language Sex Voice sampled Release date
Yuzuki Yukari V4 Japanese Female Chihiro Ishiguro March 18, 2015
Nekomura Iroha V4 Japanese Female Kyounosuke Yoshitate June 18, 2015
SF-A2 miki V4 Japanese Female Miki Furukawa June 18, 2015
Kaai Yuki V4 Japanese Female Unknown October 29, 2015
Hiyama Kiyoteru V4 Japanese Male Kiyoshi Hiyama October 29, 2015
Tohoku Zunko V4 Japanese Female Satomi Satō October 27, 2016
Kizuna Akari Japanese Female Madoka Yonezawa April 26, 2018

Vocaloid 5 Products
Product Language Sex Voice sampled Release date
Haruno Sora Japanese Female Kikuko Inoue July 26, 2018

Speech Synthesis
  • Voiceroid
    • Tsukuyomi Shouta; based on a seven-year-old male.
    • Tsukuyomi Ai; based on a five-year-old female.
    • Yoshida-Kun; based on the character from Eagle Talon.[10]
    • Tsurumaki Maki; a teenage female musician voiced by Tomoe Tamiyasu.[11][12]
    • Yuzuki Yukari
    • Tohoku Zunko; a teenage female created to promote the recovery of the Tohoku region. She was released as a Vocaloid on June 5, 2014.[13]
    • Kotonoha Akane・Aoi; two females that are a pair of sisters.
    • Minase Kou; a male teacher (like Hiyama Kiyoteru).
    • Kyomachi Seika; a young adult female voiced by Rika Tachibana and produced in collaboration with Tsukurujyo, a production group based in Seika, Kyoto. She was adopted as the district mascot.[14]
    • Tohoku Kiritan; Zunko's youngest sister, a preteen voiced by Himika Akaneya. Produced in collaboration with SSS Co., Ltd.[15]
    • Kizuna Akari
    • Haruno Sora
    • Tohoku Itako; Zunko and Kiritan's oldest sister, a young adult voiced by Ibuki Kido. Also a collaboration with SSS Co., Ltd.[16]
    • Tsuina-chan; based on the character Tsuina the Ogre Hunter, a teenage female voiced by Mai Kadowaki who can speak both Standard and Kansai dialects.[17]
    • Iori Yuzuru; a young male with androgynous design, produced in collaboration with AI Inc.[18]

Sound editing and recording
  • Crazy Talk SE.[19]
  • Jam Band

References
  1. "Corporate Profile". AHS Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
  2. "出た!「ボカロPによるボカロPのためのボカロ制作」プロジェクトが始動!" [It's Appeared! The Start of the "Vocaloid Work for Vocaloid P Due to Vocaloid P" Project] (in Japanese). Hatsune Miku Miku. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
  3. "SF-A2 開発コード miki" [SF-A2 Development Code miki]. AH-Software. Archived from the original on 16 June 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
  4. "ボカロ小学生 歌愛ユキ" [Vocaloid Elementary School Student Kaai Yuki]. AH-Software. Archived from the original on 8 July 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
  5. "Yamaha's Twitter page" (in Japanese). Twitter. August 12, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  6. "AH Software's Twitter page" (in Japanese). Twitter. August 13, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  7. "VOCALOID2 猫村いろは" [Vocaloid 2 Nekomura Iroha] (in Japanese). AH Software. Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2010.
  8. "Yamaha's Twitter page" (in Japanese). Twitter. June 5, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
  9. "VOCALOID™3 東北ずん子" [Vocaloid 3 Tohoko Zunko] (in Japanese).
  10. Product page
  11. link to Maki
  12. links
  13. "Tohoku Zunko VOICEROID+ Software Gets Release Date". Vocaloidism. August 30, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
  14. "Local Mascot Girl in Kyoto Named as "Seika Kyomachi"". CrunchyRoll. September 2, 2013. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  15. "東北きりたん（CV：茜屋日海夏）に声をください！ボイスロイド化プロジェクト | SSSファンド" (in Japanese). Green Funding. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  16. "東北ずん子姉妹のVOICEROID2がついに登場！『VOICEROID2 東北イタコ』2018年11月8日発売｜AHS(AH-Software)" (in Japanese). AH-Software. September 27, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  17. "Crowdfunding for Tsuina the Ogre Hunter to Become a VOICEROID!". Vocaloid News Network (VNN). January 22, 2019. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  18. "AHS Official Livestream 153 Highlights". VocaSphere. January 30, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  19. "Gigazine". Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
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