Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The inaugural MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN ceremony, the largest music awards in the country, is set to take place in May in Kyoto.

Living near Paris, Iyane (He/Him) is mainly covering Japanese media on DualShockers. He started his writing career in 2018 after being scouted for his blogging and talent for live-translating Japanese ...

An interesting thing can happen with Vocaloid songs. Since these are characters who don’t have defined roles or personalities, people will sometimes use the music to create personas and situations for ...

Hope Mullinax is a freelance writer with over ten years of experience working for various publications. She is the Site Expert for Dork Side of the Force and previously a Star Wars contributor with ...

While there are other virtual singers, it would be the twin-tailed, turquoise-haired, virtual diva Hatsune Miku that would take over the world. As the first Vocaloid made by Crypton, she had a lot to ...

I can't dance. I can feel a rhythm, but coordinating my limbs in time to that beat and making it not look ridiculous is just a skill I have not mastered - the chaos of a mosh pit is much easier to fit ...

Dallas’ biggest live act last weekend wasn’t even technically alive. Hatsune Miku’ is a 3D projection, an animated singer created in Japan who sings and dances next to a live band on stage. Her ...

: [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: In this report, we incorrectly say that the Hatsune Miku voice synthesizer is "entirely AI-generated." A version of the software that powers the "vocaloid" singer Hatsune ...